Requisites
Dynamic: This 1958 classic boasts the talents of the legendary Pittsburgh jazz and soul vocalist Dakota Staton. Tasteful and swinging, with an alternation between lush orchestra arrangements and intimate combo settings, the album coheres beautifully and represents Staton in fine form. This is her sophomore project on the heels of her critically acclaimed “The Late, Late Show” with an addition four previously unreleased tracks added to the re-mastered compact disc. Staton has redefined jazz singing as pure fun!
Personnel: Dakota Staton – vocal, George Shearing – piano, Harry “Sweets” Edison – trumpet, plus orchestra
Record Date: February 1958
Songs: Let Me Off Uptown, Night Mist, Anything Goes, When Sunny Gets Blue, They All Laughed, I Wonder, Say It Isn’t So Joe, Too Close For Comfort, Little Girl Blue, It Could Happen To You, Some Other Spring, Cherokee, Invitation, The Party’s Over, I’ll Remember April, The Nearness Of You
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notoriously Vocal
Spain (I Can Recall) / Al Jarreau – This Time ♦ Birdland / Manhattan Transfer – Extensions ♦ Old Black Magic / Bill Henderson – Beautiful Memory ♦ Lonesome Lover / Joe Chambers – Horace To Max ♦ Along Came Betty / Mark Murphy – Jazz Standards ♦ Dancing In The Wings / Melissa Walker – May I Feel ♦ China Doll / Leon Thomas – Blues & Soulful Truth ♦ Take The A Train / Echoes Of An Era ♦ River Man / Andy Bey – Shades Of Bey ♦ Secret Of Life / Rosemary Clooney – 70 ♦ Then I Met You / Kenny Burrell – Blue Muse ♦ Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / Wave Mechanics Union – Second Season: Progressive & Classic Rock As Jazz
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Jazz In Film
The Andromeda Strain: This 1971 film adaptation of the Michael Crichton novel follows a group of scientists investigate a deadly new alien virus before it can spread. Directed by Robert Wise, stars James Olson, Arthur Hill, David Wayne, Kate Reid and Paula Kelly.
The music score provided by tenor/baritone saxophonist and film composer Gil Melle.
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notoriously Bossa
Estate / Tex Allen – Late Night ♦ If You Never Come To Me / Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim / Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim ♦ Wave / Oscar Peterson & Claus Ogerman Orchestra / The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook ♦ Make This City Ours Tonight / Sarah Vaughan / Brazilian Romance ♦ Children’s Games / Kenny Drew Jr. / Remembrance ♦ Joe Joe Dancer Bossa Nova / Hadley Caliman / Gratitude ♦ Desafinado / Eliane Elias / Bossa Nova Stories ♦ Clouds / Cannonball Adderley / Cannonball’s Bossa Nova ♦ Vivo Sonhando / Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto / Getz-Gilberto ♦ Bossa Nova Do Marilla / Milt Jackson & Monty Alexander Trio / Soul Fusion ♦ Brazil / Antonio Carlos Jobim / Stone Flower
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notoriously Latin
Early Morning Song / Bobby Matos – Beautiful As The Moon ♦ Tin Tin Deo / Eddie Palmieri – Listen Here ♦ You Don’t Know What Love Is / Chucho Valdes – New Conceptions ♦ Dance Of The Firefly / Luis Conte – En Casa De Luis ♦ La Escuela / Wayne Wallace – From Hear To There ♦ Cuban Nightmare / Bobby Sanabria & The Manhattan School Of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra – Tito Puente Masterworks Live! ♦ Tojo / Paquito D’Rivera – Panamericana Suite ♦ Goldfinger / Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers – Tough! ♦ Sunshower / Dave Valentin – Sunshower ♦ Lisa / Poncho Sanchez – Latin Soul ♦ Cuban Fantasy / Cal Tjader – Cuban Fantasy
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