Time to Swing [Bonus Tracks] [PA]

Performer: Dakota Staton
Producer: Andy Wiswell; Hugh Fordin (Reissue)
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: Personnel: Dakota Staton (vocals); Kenny Burrell (guitar); Romeo Penque (flute, oboe); Raymond Beckenstein (flute, alto saxophone); Don Hammond (reeds); Phil Woods (alto saxophone); Jerome Richardson, Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone); George Berg (bass saxophone); Joe Wilder, Taft Jordan (trumpet); Don Lamond (drums). Liner Note Author: Will Friedwald. Recording information: New York, NY (04/13/1959-04/20/1959). 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.

Dakota Staton's deep, husky voice and dynamic, swinging delivery made an immediate impact on the jazz community when she arrived in New York in the mid 1950s. While her initially rising star never provided her with the fame her talent deserved, she continued to record and perform to the delight of audiences in the U.S. and Europe until her death in 2007.

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