Various - Capitol Sings Harry Warren

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:33
Size: 127.2 MB
Styles: Easy Listening, Vocal
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[2:49] 1. Nat King Cole - I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In A Five And Ten Cent Store)
[2:36] 2. Ray Anthony & His Orchestra - Chattanooga Choo Choo
[2:53] 3. Bobby Darin - You'll Never Know
[2:22] 4. Dakota Staton - September In The Rain
[2:39] 5. Helen Forrest - I Had The Craziest Dream
[3:07] 6. The Four Freshmen - Lulu's Back In Town
[3:09] 7. Ethel Ennis - Serenade In Blue
[2:59] 8. Chet Baker - There Will Never Be Another You
[2:12] 9. Nancy Wilson - The More I See You
[3:10] 10. Nat King Cole Trio - I'll String Along With You
[3:02] 11. Al Belletto - Jeepers Creepers
[2:56] 12. Ann Richards - Lullaby Of Broadway
[3:01] 13. Time-Life Orchestra - At Last
[2:09] 14. June Christy - I Know Why (And So Do You)
[1:32] 15. Count Basie - With Plenty Of Money And You
[3:35] 16. Dinah Shore - I Only Have Eyes For You
[2:26] 17. The Four Freshmen - On The Atchison, Topeka & The Santa Fe
[2:41] 18. Peggy Lee - You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
[3:00] 19. Nat King Cole - An Affair To Remember
[3:06] 20. Dean Martin - That's Amore

If this era and genre of music is your taste then you will love this collection. The various singers add a wonderful blend of variety and the orchestrations are time capsules of a day long gone by. (Sad). But this music will bring you back and make you appreciate popular music again. ~Aurexia

Capitol Sings Harry Warren

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Dakota Staton - An Invitation

Styles: Vocal
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 28:57
Size: 67,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:50) 1. Broadway
(2:44) 2. Trust in Me
(2:40) 3. Moonray
(2:40) 4. Ain't No Use
(2:34) 5. The Late, Late Show
(2:10) 6. Summertime
(2:35) 7. Misty
(3:09) 8. Invitation
(2:16) 9. Give Me the Simple Life
(2:48) 10. You Showed Me the Way
(2:25) 11. The Party's Over

Described by influential critic Leonard Feather as "a dynamic song stylist recalling at times elements of Dinah Washington and Sarah Vaughan," Dakota Staton never enjoyed the widespread acclaim or commercial success of her reference points, but she remains one of the most soulful and commanding jazz singers of the postwar era. Born outside of Pittsburgh on June 3, 1930, Staton began singing and dancing as a child, later attending the Filion School of Music. At 16, she starred in the stage show Fantastic Rhythm and two years later joined local bandleader Joe Wespray. From there, Staton headlined a lengthy residency at Detroit's landmark Flame Show Bar, followed by years traveling the Midwest club circuit. Eventually she settled in New York City, and while performing at Harlem's Baby Grand she captured the attention of Capitol Records producer Dave Cavanaugh, who extended a contract offer. Staton's debut single, "What Do You Know About Love?," appeared in 1954, and a year later she claimed jazz magazine DownBeat's Most Promising Newcomer award.

By no means strictly a jazz act, however, Staton was also a bold, brassy R&B singer and performed alongside Big Joe Turner and Fats Domino at legendary disc jockey Alan Freed's first Rock 'n' Roll Party showcases. Freed regularly played Staton's "My Heart's Delight" on his daily WINS show, and when her long-awaited full-length debut, The Late, Late Show, finally hit retail in 1957, it proved an enormous crossover hit, peaking at number four on the Billboard pop charts. Its 1958 follow-up, The Dynamic Dakota Staton!, reached the number 22 spot and more importantly heralded the beginning of her long collaboration with arranger and conductor Sid Feller.

After marrying trumpeter Talib Ahmad Dawud in 1958, Staton converted to Islam and for a time performed under the name Aliyah Rabia. She was also an active member of Dawud's advocacy group the Muslim Brotherhood, which existed in large part to combat the radical politics of Black supremacist Elijah Muhammad. The Muslim Brotherhood found itself the center of controversy when Muhammad claimed, "they should be ashamed of trying to make fun of me and my followers while serving the devil in the theatrical world." The resulting media attention undermined Staton's commercial momentum, and while 1959's Crazy He Calls Me still charted, she never again enjoyed the crossover success that greeted her previous records. After ten Capitol dates, culminating in 1961's live Dakota at Storyville, she jumped to United Artists for 1963's From Dakota with Love. After two more UA sessions, Live and Swinging and Dakota Staton with Strings, she exited the label and did not cut another record for eight years. Upon relocating to Britain in 1965, Staton worked hotels and cruise ships, and was largely forgotten by the time she returned to the U.S. in the early '70s, signing to Groove Merchant and cutting the 1972 comeback attempt Madame Foo Foo with soul-jazz great Richard "Groove" Holmes. Sessions for Muse and Simitar followed, and in 1999 she signed with High Note for her final studio date, A Packet of Love Letters. Staton's health declined slowly but steadily in the years to follow, and she died on April 10, 2007, at the age of 76.~Jason Ankeny https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dakota-staton-mn0000668932/biography

An Invitation

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Dakota Staton - Great Ladies Of Song: Spotlight On Dakota Staton

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:31
Size: 104.2 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[2:25] 1. Anything Goes
[2:34] 2. Don't Explain
[1:53] 3. But Not For Me
[2:36] 4. Misty
[2:24] 5. September In The Rain
[3:12] 6. Solitude
[2:32] 7. I Hear Music
[2:38] 8. My One And Only Love
[2:08] 9. East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)
[2:35] 10. The Late, Late Show
[2:24] 11. You Don't Know What Love Is
[2:20] 12. Too Close For Comfort
[2:49] 13. You've Changed
[1:43] 14. Love Walked In
[3:03] 15. Crazy He Calls Me
[1:53] 16. On Green Dolphin Street
[3:28] 17. Body And Soul
[2:46] 18. The Song Is Ended

Capitol's Great Ladies of Song series provides a fine introduction to the classic jazz vocals of the ‘50s and ‘60s. Brimming with talent, the label mostly stayed true to such vocalists as Nancy Wilson, Peggy Lee, June Christy, and Dakota Staton. Staton was the odd one out here in the popularity stakes, which was certainly not due to the caliber of her singing. This Great Ladies disc proves the point with 18 gems from her prime 1957-1961 stretch. Including the title track hit from her great debut album, The Late, Late Show, the collection gathers together highlights from most of her Capitol releases. And adding plenty of ideal backdrops, arrangers and accompanists Benny Carter, George Shearing, and Sid Feller provide an added touch of class. A great place for Staton newcomers to get familiar with all the singer's charms. ~Stephen Cook

Great Ladies Of Song: Spotlight On Dakota Staton

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Various - Capitol Sings Hollywood

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:43
Size: 134.4 MB
Styles: Vocal, Easy Listening
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[2:57] 1. Betty Hutton - Stuff Like That There
[2:56] 2. Bob Manning - That Old Feeling
[2:41] 3. Bobby Darin - There's A Rainbow 'round My Shoulder
[1:53] 4. Dakota Staton - On Green Dolphin Street
[2:17] 5. Dean Martin - Louise
[3:01] 6. Ethel Ennis - My Foolish Heart
[3:04] 7. Johnny Mercer - If I Had A Talking Picture Of You
[3:13] 8. Julie London - It Could Happen To You
[2:39] 9. June Christy - They Can't Take That Away From Me
[3:29] 10. June Hutton - My Baby Just Cares For Me
[3:12] 11. Keely Smith - When Your Lover Has Gone
[2:48] 12. Lena Horne - Singin' In The Rain
[2:46] 13. Mark Murphy - Put The Blame On Mame
[3:11] 14. Mel Tormé - Again
[4:02] 15. Nancy Wilson - But Beautiful
[2:54] 16. Nat King Cole - Smile
[3:07] 17. Peggy Lee - Stormy Weather
[4:17] 18. Sue Raney - I Remember You
[2:06] 19. Trudy Richards - You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
[2:00] 20. Vic Damone - Stella By Starlight

Capitol Records has one of the most distinctive buildings in Los Angeles and if a movie shows the city begin destroyed by aliens or tornadoes it usually involves the destruction of the round building that bears the company's name. Capitol was founded by songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, the first major label on the West Coast competing with New York City's Columbia, Decca and RCA-Victor. Starting with artists like Paul Whiteman and Martha Tilton, by the end of the decade the label was recording Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, Les Brown, Nat King Cole, and Frank Sinatra. While the works of Crosby and Sinatra are exempt from the Capitol Sings series, you will always find familiar singers singing familiar songs, as with the title track sung by Lena Horne, as often as you hear unfamiliar songs sung by forgotten singers, such as Ethel Ennis singing "My Foolish Heart."

"Captiol Sings Hollywood" is Volume 20 in the series and one brings together twenty tracks representing a particular venue (e.g., Broadway) instead of a specific songwriter (e.g., Irving Berlin). Just be aware that if a song originated in a Broadway show that was made into a Hollywood musical then it is exempt from being included in this collection. That would explain why you may well be unfamiliar with most of these twenty songs. "Singin' in the Rain" and "Stormy Weather" are recognizable classics, and the same should be said for Charlie Chaplin's "Smile," sung here by Nat King Cole in one of the best tracks on the album. and June Christy's swing version of "They Can't Take That Away From Me." But after that you may recognize singers like Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, and Mel Torme more than "Louise," "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder," and "Again." Still you will find a few new little gems on this album, what with Sarah Vaughn's "I Remember You" and Nancy Murphy's saucy "Put the Blame on Mame." That last is from the movie "Gilda" (I mention this because I was drawing blanks on the vast majority of these tracks as to what movies they were culled from and this one immediately jumped to my mind, as did the fact that Anita Ellis sang it for Rita Haywroth).

Despite the unfamiliar songs this is still an enjoyable album, even if it is a lesser one by the standard of the Capitol Sings series. But if you like one of these albums you will certainly enjoy the rest of them. Final Note: On this album Peggy Lee sings Harold Arlen's "Stormy Weather," but on the "Over the Rainbow: Capitol Sings Harold Arlen" the song is sung by Keely Smith. So even when a song by a particular composer or lyricist shows up on more than one album, you will find different cover versions on each album. Again, this simply reflects how deep the Capitol vault is when it comes to these songs. ~Lawrence Bernabo

Capitol Sings Hollywood

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Dakota Staton - Moonglow

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:31
Size: 106.5 MB
Styles: Standards/Vocal jazz
Year: 1972/1985
Art: Front

[3:21] 1. Between 18th & 19th On Chestnut Street
[3:35] 2. Why Don't You Think Things Over
[3:02] 3. A Nightengale Sang In Berkeley Square
[4:27] 4. He Will Call Again
[5:28] 5. Save This Love Affair
[4:17] 6. I'd Go Back Home
[3:17] 7. Porgy
[2:39] 8. Hurry Home
[3:15] 9. Little Man, You've Had A Busy Day
[2:34] 10. Cherokee
[3:30] 11. Losin' Battle
[3:25] 12. Moonglow
[3:33] 13. Play Your Hands Girls

Dakota Staton (vocals), Norman Simmons (piano), Peter Loeb (tenor & soprano saxophones), Horace Ott (electric piano), Richard "Groove" Holmes (organ), Cornell Dupree, Lloyd Davis (guitar), Bob Cunningham, Paul Martinez (bass), Bobby Hamilton, Bernard Pudrie (drums), Kwasi Jayourba (conga, bongos).

Described by influential critic Leonard Feather as "a dynamic song stylist recalling at times elements of Dinah Washington and Sarah Vaughan," Dakota Staton never enjoyed the widespread acclaim or commercial success of her reference points, but remains one of the soulful and commanding jazz singers of the postwar era. Born outside of Pittsburgh on June 3, 1930, Staton began singing and dancing as a child, later attending the Filion School of Music. At 16, she starred in the stage show Fantastic Rhythm and two years later joined local bandleader Joe Wespray. From there, Staton headlined a lengthy residency at Detroit's landmark Flame Show Bar, followed by years traveling the Midwest club circuit. Eventually she settled in New York City, and while performing at Harlem's Baby Grand she captured the attention of Capitol Records producer Dave Cavanaugh, who extended a contract offer. Staton's debut single, "What Do You Know About Love?," appeared in 1954, and a year later she claimed jazz magazine Down Beat's Most Promising Newcomer award. By no means strictly a jazz act, however, she was also a bold, brassy R&B singer and performed alongside Big Joe Turner and Fats Domino at legendary disc jockey Alan Freed's first Rock 'n' Roll Party showcases. Freed regularly played Staton's "My Heart's Delight" on his daily WINS show, and when long-awaited full-length debut The Late, Late Show finally hit retail in 1957, it proved an enormous crossover hit, peaking at number four on the Billboard pop charts. Its 1958 follow-up, The Dynamic Dakota Staton!, reached the number 22 spot and more importantly heralded the beginning of her long collaboration with arranger and conductor Sid Feller. After marrying trumpeter Talib Ahmad Dawud in 1958, Staton converted to Islam and for a time performed under the name Aliyah Rabia. She was also an active member of Dawud's advocacy group the Muslim Brotherhood, which existed in large part to combat the radical politics of black supremacist Elijah Muhammad. The Muslim Brotherhood found itself the center of controversy when Muhammad claimed "they should be ashamed of trying to make fun of me and my followers while serving the devil in the theatrical world." The resulting media attention undermined Staton's commercial momentum, and while 1959's Crazy He Calls Me still charted, she never again enjoyed the crossover success that greeted her previous records. After ten Capitol dates, culminating in 1961's live Dakota at Storyville, she jumped to United Artists for 1963's From Dakota with Love. After two more UA sessions, Live and Swinging and Dakota Staton with Strings, she exited the label and did not cut another record for eight years. Upon relocating to Britain in 1965, Staton worked hotels and cruise ships, and was largely forgotten by the time she returned to the U.S. in the early '70s, signing to Groove Merchant and cutting the 1972 comeback attempt Madame Foo Foo with soul-jazz great Richard "Groove" Holmes. Sessions for Muse and Simitar followed, and in 1999 she signed with High Note for her final studio date, A Packet of Love Letters. Staton's health declined slowly but steadily in the years to follow, and she died April 10, 2007, at the age of 76. ~bio by Jason Ankeny

Moonglow

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Various - Capitol Sings Coast To Coast

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:46
Size: 118.5 MB
Styles: Easy Listening, Vocal
Year: 1994
Art: Front

[2:45] 1. Margaret Whiting - Moonlight In Vermont
[2:24] 2. Susan Barrett - Old Cape Cod
[2:48] 3. Dakota Staton - Broadway
[2:39] 4. Jo Stafford - Autumn In New York
[2:48] 5. Dean Martin - When It's Sleepy Time Down South
[3:03] 6. Judy Garland - Carolina In The Morning
[2:39] 7. The Four Knights - Georgia On My Mind
[3:02] 8. Peggy Lee - Basin Street Blues
[2:05] 9. Dinah Shore - Mississippi Mud
[2:36] 10. Ray Anthony & His Orchestra - Chattanooga Choo Choo
[2:13] 11. Kay Starr - Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana)
[3:38] 12. Nat King Cole - (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
[2:00] 13. Sandler & Young - Chicago
[2:17] 14. June Christy - You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
[2:13] 15. Gordon Macrae - When It's Springtime In The Rockies
[2:50] 16. Peggy Lee - I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City
[2:54] 17. Johnny Mercer - San Fernando Valley
[2:21] 18. Nancy Wilson - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
[2:15] 19. Ella Fitzgerald - Hawaiian War Chant (Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai)
[2:07] 20. The Pied Pipers - Avalon

In the 1950's, Capitol Records had some of the best talent in the music industry, including Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, both of whom were at the apex of their respective forms. At least Dean is present in this collection of songs, all of which are tied to the theme of places within the United States (continental and otherwise). Even though Frank is not represented, some of my favorite voices of the era are here, including Jo Stafford, Margaret Whiting, Nat "King" Cole, Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett and the incomparable Johnny Mercer. Unfortunately, the songs don't always match up to the talent. There are some stand-outs, such as "Moonlight in Vermont," "Old Cape Cod," "Autumn in New York" and "Georgia on My Mind." ~Sarah Bellum

Capitol Sings Coast To Coast

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Various - Capitol Sings Around The World: Far Away Places

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:01
Size: 132.8 MB
Styles: Vocal pop
Year: 1994
Art: Front

[2:31] 1. Nat King Cole - Around The World
[3:18] 2. Lena Horne - I Love Paris
[3:08] 3. The Andrews Sisters - Tulip Time
[2:18] 4. Vic Damone - The Moon Of Manakoora
[2:16] 5. Dakota Staton - A Foggy Day
[3:16] 6. Dean Martin - Canadian Sunset
[3:24] 7. Bing Crosby - New Vienna Woods
[2:39] 8. The Dinning Sisters - Brazil
[2:30] 9. Bobby Darin - Sunday In New York
[1:54] 10. Kay Starr - On A Slow Boat To China
[2:11] 11. Nancy Wilson - The Boy From Ipanema
[3:07] 12. Peggy Lee - Bali Ha'i
[2:47] 13. The Four Freshmen - Frenesi
[2:54] 14. Dinah Shore - April In Paris
[3:12] 15. The Andrews Sisters - The Japanese Sandman
[4:45] 16. Nat King Cole - A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
[2:49] 17. June Christy - A Night In Tunisia
[2:39] 18. Dean Martin - Arrivederci Roma
[3:13] 19. Margaret Whiting - Far Away Places
[3:01] 20. The King Sisters - Aloha Oe (Hawaiian Farewell Song)

Capitol Sings Around The World: Far Away Places

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Dakota Staton - Dynamic!

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:33
Size: 95.2 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[2:29] 1. Let Me Off Uptown
[2:49] 2. Night Mist
[2:27] 3. Anything Goes
[2:49] 4. When Sunny Gets Blue
[2:08] 5. They All Laughed
[2:46] 6. I Wonder
[2:16] 7. Say It Isn't So, Joe
[2:21] 8. Too Close For Comfort
[3:27] 9. Little Girl Blue
[2:13] 10. It Could Happen To You
[2:42] 11. Some Other Spring
[2:33] 12. Cherokee
[3:07] 13. Invitation
[2:23] 14. The Party's Over
[2:39] 15. The Nearness Of You
[2:16] 16. I'll Remember April

Singer Dakota Staton's follow-up album to The Late Late Show (her big hit) is even better and still stands as one of the highpoints of her career. Backed on some selections by trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison and either a rhythm section or an orchestra, Staton (who turned 26 around this time) is heard throughout in peak form. She really tears into "Let Me off Uptown," puts plenty of feeling into "When Sunny Gets Blue" and swings hard on "Cherokee." Other highlights include "They All Laughed," "Say It Ain't So, Joe," "Too Close for Comfort" and "It Could Happen to You." ~Scott Yanow

Dynamic!

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Dakota Staton - Congratulations To Someone

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:33
Size: 111.2 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[4:01] 1. Country Man
[6:24] 2. I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
[3:26] 3. Girl Talk
[4:05] 4. Cry Me A River
[4:25] 5. Heartbreak
[4:59] 6. It's The Talk Of The Town
[4:26] 7. Make It Easy On Yourself
[4:15] 8. How Did He Look
[4:47] 9. Congratulations To Someone
[4:06] 10. Blues For Tasty
[3:36] 11. A Losing Battle

Dakota Staton (vocals); Cornell Dupree, Lloyd Davis (guitar); Eddie Daniels, Frank Wess (tenor saxophone); Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone); Joe Newman , Lew Soloff, Marvin Stamm, Burt Collins, Cecil Bridgewater (trumpet); Eddie Bert, Garnett Brown, Bill Watrous (trombone); Horace Ott (electric piano); Richard "Groove" Holmes (organ); Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (drums); Kwasi Jayourba (congas, bongos).

Dakota Staton was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 3, 1931. Although hers was not a musical family, Dakota claims to have known from early on that performing was her destiny. “When I was four years old, I started singing and dancing like Shirley Temple,” she recalled in an interview. Staton further developed these budding abilities at Pittsburgh’s Filion School of Music. “When I was sixteen, I was in a stage show called Fantastic Rhythm. From that show, I was chosen to be a vocalist with the top band in the Pittsburgh area, Joe Wespray and his orchestra. "I sang with him for two years. Then I went to Detroit, Michigan, and worked in all the show bars there…” While in Detroit, Staton made a particularly strong impression at The Flame Show Bar. From there, she followed a nightclub circuit that led as far afield as Toronto and Montreal in Canada before returning stateside and passing through Indianapolis; Minneapolis; Cleveland and St. Louis before eventually winding it’s way to New York. It was while singing in a Harlem nightclub called the Baby Grand that Staton was discovered by Capitol producer Dave Cavanaugh and signed to the label.

Congratulations To Someone 

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Dakota Staton - The Late, Late Show

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 30:35

Size: 70.0 MB

Styles: Vocal jazz, Standards

Year: 1957/2009

Art: Front

[2:47] 1. Broadway

[2:44] 2. Trust In Me

[2:08] 3. Summertime

[2:32] 4. Misty

[2:16] 5. A Foggy Day

[2:33] 6. What Do You See In Her

[2:31] 7. The Late, Late Show

[2:41] 8. My Funny Valentine

[2:15] 9. Give Me The Simple Life

[2:45] 10. You Showed Me The Way

[2:37] 11. Moonray

[2:39] 12. Ain't No Use

Singer Dakota Staton's first full-length album was one of her best. She had a hit with "The Late, Late Show" and performed memorable versions of "Broadway," "A Foggy Day," "What Do You See in Her," "My Funny Valentine" and "Mooney." Backed by a largely unidentified orchestra arranged by Van Alexander (with Hank Jones on piano), Staton sounds both youthful and mature, displaying a highly appealing voice on a near-classic set. ~Scott Yanow

The Late, Late Show

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Dakota Staton - Time To Swing

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 39:44

Size: 91.0 MB

Styles: Jazz vocals

Year: 1959/2009

Art: Front

[1:53] 1. When Lights Are Low

[2:27] 2. Willow Weep For Me

[1:52] 3. But Not For Me

[2:25] 4. You Don't Know What Love Is

[1:41] 5. The Best Thing For You

[2:10] 6. The Song Is You

[2:00] 7. Avalon

[2:32] 8. Baby, Don't You Cry

[2:32] 9. Let Me Know

[2:34] 10. (It Will Have To Do) Until The Real Thing Comes Along

[2:47] 11. If I Should Lose You

[1:40] 12. Gone With The Wind

[2:48] 13. You've Changed

[2:23] 14. All In My Mind

[3:01] 15. Detour Ahead

[2:25] 16. Once There Lived A Fool

[2:27] 17. You'd Better Go Now

Dakota Staton was a classy Sarah-influenced vocalist who easily straddled the worlds of jazz and supper club pop. Her biggest success, 1957's "The Late, Late Show," had a sort of novelty-value sing-song quality, almost a pre-requisite for a jazz side to hit the pop charts in the '50s. TIME TO SWING is a short and breezy Capitol LP from 1959, the mood uptempo though there are some ballad treatments here, like "You Don't Know What Love Is" and "Until The Real Thing Comes Along." The clean, lightly- scored arrangments are by Sid Feller, a Capitol house-arranger at the time. As stated, the album is a short one; all the tracks clock in under 2:50 and a few are under 2:00! The reissue label DRG (which has been licensing neglected Capitol LPs as of late) includes five bonus cuts to make up the shortfall, including a fine version of "You've Changed," which Billie Holiday memorably introduced on her 1958 LADY IN SATIN. ~Richard Mortifoglio

Bass – George Duvivier; Drums – Don Lamond; Guitar – Ken Burrell; Oboe, Flute – Romeo Penique; Piano – Hank Jones; Saxophone – Al Johnson, Bill Woods, Don Hammond, George Berg, Jerome Richardson, Ray Beckenstein; Trumpet – Joe Wilder, Taft Jordan.

Time To Swing

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George Shearing, Dakota Staton - In The Night

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 1958
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:00
Size: 77,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:14)  1. From Rags To Richards
(2:57)  2. I'm Left With The Blues In My Heart
(2:20)  3. Pawn Ticket
(2:02)  4. In The Night
(2:42)  5. Easy
(2:28)  6. I Hear Music
(3:47)  7. Senor Blues
(2:44)  8. Confessin' The Blues
(2:18)  9. Later
(3:06) 10. The Thrill Is Gone
(2:33) 11. The Late, Late Show
(2:42) 12. I'd Love To Make Love To You

With its progressive-leaning jazz and modernist blues vocals, In the Night was the prototype for the piano-vocals collaboration record that George Shearing would remake with Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, and Nancy Wilson while at Capitol (and many others afterwards). In July 1957, just after Dakota Staton's immense success with "The Late, Late Show," Capitol recorded two of its biggest jazz stars together for what would turn out to be one of the finest teamings in either's career. Staton appears on every other song, lending her blend of post-bop vocal prowess and late-night melodrama to a set of well-chosen songs including "In the Night" and "I Hear Music." (Ironically, the version of "The Late, Late Show" heard here is an instrumental.) 

Shearing and Staton are joined by the pianist's group at the time, including Emil Richards on vibes, the splendid Toots Thielemans on guitar, and a few features for Latin percussionist Armando Peraza. The group's finest features are the opener, "From Rags to Richards," a fine Shearing original with excellent solos from Richards and Shearing, and Ray Bryant's "Pawn Ticket," with fine work from Thielemans and Richards. ~ John Bush   http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-the-night-mw0000030492.

Personnel: George Shearing (piano); Dakota Staton (vocals); Emil Richards (vibraphone); Toots Thielemans (guitar); Al McKibbon (bass); Perry Brice (drums).

In The Night

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Dakota Staton - Crazy He Calls Me

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 31:47
Size: 72.8 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 1958/2009
Art: Front

[3:23] 1. Crazy He Calls Me
[2:01] 2. Idaho
[3:26] 3. Invitation
[2:32] 4. Can't Live Without Him Anymore
[2:21] 5. I Never Dreamt
[2:39] 6. The Party's Over
[3:30] 7. Angel Eyes
[2:09] 8. No Moon At All
[2:32] 9. What Do You Know About Love
[2:45] 10. Morning, Noon Or Night
[2:17] 11. How Does It Feel
[2:08] 12. How High The Moon

Possessing a sprawling voice, Dakota Staton marked her Capitol heyday with sets taking in everything from torch ballads and Shearing-soft swing to bluesy sides and novelty numbers. At times, though, she could overdo things a bit, awkwardly shifting from belting intensity to coy whispers within a single bar and giving it all a little too much of an interpretive spin. This is a minor quibble, though, because what's really memorable about this and other late-'50s and early-'60s Capitol releases of hers is that Staton delivers top-quality interpretations with a dazzling and usually well-gauged array of vocal nuances. In this regard, Staton's debut, The Late, Late Show, is deservedly considered her best; but the equally impressive Crazy He Calls Me should not be missed. Featuring singular takes on the title track, "How Does It Feel?," and "The Party's Over" -- not to mention a fine and varied selection of charts by Nelson Riddle, Sid Feller, and Howard Biggs -- the album figures in with many other classic jazz vocals dates of the era. ~Stephen Cook

Crazy He Calls Me

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