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Dakota Staton - 'Round Midnight (1961)

2018-08-31T12:01:30Z

Dakota Staton - 'Round Midnight (1961)


A1 	'Round Midnight 	3:00
A2 	Knock Me A Kiss 	2:12
A3 	Let Them Talk 	2:30
A4 	Indiana 	1:45
A5 	You Call It Madness 	3:26
A6 	So In Love 	2:25
B1 	I Won't Worry 	2:28
B2 	Don't Explain 	2:32
B3 	Will You Still Be Mine? 	2:11
B4 	Along About Midnight 	2:32
B5 	The Folks Who Live On The Hill 	3:20
B6 	Hey Lawdy Mama 	2:22

Dakota Staton - vocals
Benny Carter - conductor, saxophone

Frankly. Dakota Staton never really made a bad album. I have all the Capitol ones and they are all excellent and this is no exception. As always she is great. The arrangements are first rate. ---amazon.com

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Dakota Staton - A Packet of Love Letters (1996)

2014-09-06T16:07:39Z

Dakota Staton - A Packet of Love Letters (1996)


01 - More Than You Know
02 - Remember
03 - Too Late Now
04 - What Now My Love
05 - Trav'lin' Light
06 - Night Life
07 - The Way You Look Tonight
08 - Dakota Staton
09 - You'd Better Love Me

Dakota Staton – vocals
Houston Person – sax tenor
Aaron Claves – piano
Melvin Sparks – guitar
Percy Smith – drums

Now in her mid-sixties, Dakota Staton has never sounded better. Her soulful, hither-come-yon, rich voice and clean inflections sound as graceful and classy as the early days. Backed by a very complementary crew including tenor saxophonist Houston Person and guitarist Melvin Sparks, Staton is able to win long time fans and newcomers over to her soulful way of thinking quite easily. This is not an album of all ballads, which has been the exception rather than the norm. There are plenty of tearjerkers, like "More Than You Know," the Billie Holiday influenced "Too Late Now," the midnight slow "Travelin' Light," and the R&B-based "Guess Who?" "What Now My Love?" gets a mid-tempo treatment with Staton's phrasing reminiscent of Carmen McRae, fortified by Person's happy tenor. Forward moving upbeat numbers "Remember" and "The Way You Look Tonight" find Staton bubbling like a glass of vintage champagne, and the zinger, Willie Nelson's "Night Life" is a down home blues version, Staton animated and nonplussed, with Sparks in a B.B. King mode. Staton remains an expert in her field, and this will be an essential purchase for those devotees who remember "The Late Late Show, " her classic. One nit to pick; this effort only cracks a total of some 40 minutes of music. Wish she would have cut a few more tunes. ---Michael G. Nastos, Rovi

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Dakota Staton - Late, Late Show (1957)

2014-09-01T16:04:08Z

Dakota Staton - Late, Late Show (1957)


1. Broadway
2. Trust in Me
3. Summertime
4. Misty
5. A Foggy Day
6. What Do You See in Her?
7. The Late, Late Show
8. My Funny Valentine
9. Give Me the Simple Life
10.You Showed Me the Way
11.Moonray
12.Ain't No Use

Dakota Staton  - vocals
Hank Jones – piano
Jonah Jones – trumpet
Van Alexander - conductor

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, Rovi

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