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fdrennen
04-13-2007, 02:47 PM
Dakota Staton, '50s jazz singer, dies
NEW YORK, April 13, 2007 (UPI) -- Dakota Staton, a 1950s jazz and blues singer known for her sassy style, has died in New York at the age of 76.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2007/04/13/dakota_staton_50s_jazz_singer_dies/
Saratoga48
04-14-2007, 05:00 PM
I have quite a bit of Dakota's music. Most of the really great female jazz singers are gone. Ella, Sarah, Carmen McRae, Lady Day
reggaenaut
04-14-2007, 09:58 PM
I grew up listening to Dakota records. She belongs to my core of female singers: Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fritzgerald, Carmen McRae, Abbey Lincoln and Lorez Alexandria. May she REST IN PEACE.
reggaenaut
04-18-2007, 10:18 PM
The fact that only we(the above) posted on Dakota indicated that we are from another era. Our age is showing.
Saratoga48
04-19-2007, 07:12 AM
The fact that only we(the above) posted on Dakota indicated that we are from another era. Our age is showing.

I'd prefer to think that our good taste is showing.

I have seen an awlful lot of posts here touting Ella and Sarah, a few about Lady Day, but none on Dakota. I dont of course see all the music posts.