DAKOTA STATON - Time to Swing (1959-2009) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

 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
Tracklist :
1    When Lights Are Low 1'56
Written-By – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
2    Willow Weep For Me 2'30
Written-By – Ann Ronnell
3    But Not For Me 1'55
Written-By – George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin
4    You Don't Know What Love Is 2'28
Written-By – Don Raye, Gene de Paul
5    The Best Thing For You 1'45
Written-By – Irving Berlin
6    The Song Is You 2'12
Written-By – Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II
7    Avalon 2'03
Written-By – Jolson, DeSylva, Rose
8    Baby, Don't You Cry 2'34
Written-By – Buddy Johnson
9    Let Me Know 2'34
Written-By – Hank Jones
10    Until The Real Thing Comes Along 2'37
Written-By – Nichols, Freeman, Holiner, Cahn, Chaplin
11    If I Should Lose You 2'49
Written-By – Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
12    Gone With The Wind 1'43
Written-By – Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson
- BONUS TRACKS -
13    You've Changed 2'50
14    All In My Mind 2'27
15    Detour Ahead 3'04
16    Once There Lived A Fool 2'27
17    You'd Better Go Now 2'29
Credits :
Arranged By, Conductor – Sid Feller (pistas: 1-13)
Bass – George Duvivier
Drums – Don Lamond
Guitar – Kenny Burrell
Oboe, Flute – Romeo Penique
Orchestra – Normal Simmons And His Orchestra (pistas: 15-17)
Piano – Hank Jones
Saxophone – Bill Woods, Al Johnson, Don Hammond, George Berg, Jerome Richardson, Ray Beckenstein
Trumpet – Joe Wilder, Taft Jordan