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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZSTATON, Dakota(b Aliyah Rabia, 3 June 1932, Pittsburgh PA; d 10 April 2007, NYC) Superb jazz-oriented singer who won the down beat poll '55 as most promising newcomer, soon recorded for Capitol; after singles and her first album '54-6 (some tracks with Nelson Riddle) The Late, Late Show was the first of four chart albums and one of the first recordings of Erroll Garner's 'Misty'. The other hit albums were Dynamic!, Crazy He Calls Me and Time To Swing '58-9, the last with studio bands that included Phil Woods, Joe Wilder, Budd Johnson, Hank Jones etc; she also made In The Night with George Shearing. She continued to record for Capitol including two albums with Benny Carter bands '60; switched to United Artists '63-4, there was an album on London '67, then two on Groove Merchant '72-3. A long absence from the studio was broken by No Man Is Going To Change Me '85 on GP (Glenn Productions); the music business had changed for the worse and a great many fine artists were ignored by the bean counters. She made a welcome return with Dakota Station '90 (with Houston Person on tenor sax) and Darling Please Save Your Love For Me '91 (with Billy Easley) on Muse, singing as strongly as ever. Along the way there had been bargain reissues on Pickwick LPs, and two Groove Merchant tracks with a Manny Albam big band were recycled on Blues In The Night, a Laserlight CD shared with Junior Parker and others. |