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Dakota Staton was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and studied music at Pittsburgh's Filion School of Music. She was soon chosen to be a vocalist with the Joe Wespray Orchestra, then the top band in the Pittsburgh area. After spending two years with Wespray she traveled to Detroit, working in various clubs there. Staton then followed the nightclub circuit which led her to Canada, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Cleveland, and eventually New York. It was while singing in a Harlem nightclub called the Baby Grand that Capitol Records producer Dave Cavanaugh discovered Staton and signed her to the label. After several singles Staton attracted the attention of Down Beat magazine, winning the magazine's high profile "Most Promising New Comer Award" in 1955

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Cento Threeo, Kat Gang, Sylvia Brooks, Leigh Pilzer, Armen Donelian, The Miggy Augmented Orchestra & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
June 29, 2026

This broadcast celebrates the beginning of Summer with new music from Cento Threeo, Kat Gang, Sylvia Brooks, Leigh Pilzer, Armen Donelian and the Miggy Augmented Orchestra, plus birthday shoutouts to Irene Higginbotham (Good Morning Heartache), Jaimie Branch, Amy Shook, Brianna Thomas, Monika Herzig, Sasha Berliner, Chenxi Pan, Alicia Olatuja, Dominique Eade, Tamuz Nissim, Migiwa Miyajima and ...

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Duchess, Suzanne Pittson, Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, Kemuel Roig, Eve Cornelious, Chuck Bergeron & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
June 15, 2026

This broadcast celebrates Jazz In June with new music from Duchess, Suzanne Pittson & Bevan Manson, Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, Kemuel Roig, Eve Cornelious and Chuck Bergeron, with birthday shoutouts to Dakota Staton, Memphis Minnie, Valaida Snow, Bobby Sanabria, Emilie-Claire Barlow and Ian Shaw, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see ...

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Tribute to Sonny Rollins (RIP); Recognizing Birthdays For Oliver Nelson, Paquito D'Rivera, and Others

by David W. Daniels
June 9, 2026

In addition to our musical tribute to Sonny Rollins and the birthdays named, this week's Exploration show features new music from New Jazz Underground, Eliane Elias, and Brian Jackson with Rahsaan Patterson. Other musicians whose birthdays were recognized include Louis Hayes, Dakota Staton, and bassist Tony Levin.Playlist Sonny Rollins “Trav'lin Light" from The Standard ...

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Diane Marino: Romance In The Dark

Read "Romance In The Dark" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
November 9, 2024

Romance in the Dark, from highly-versatile vocalist-pianist-arranger Diane Marino and a team of Nashville's top studio players, offers 10 entertaining selections. Comprised of covers of well-known standards and classic soul material (with a handful-plus being remixed and remastered from the vocalist's previously released recordings), it is a thoroughly enjoyable and, yes, romantic effort. ...

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New Releases From Jo Harrop, Matthew Whitaker, Jacky Terrasson, Ivana Cuesta, Birthday Shoutouts To Beryl Booker, Memphis Minnie, Dakota Staton & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
June 17, 2024

This broadcast includes new releases from Jo Harrop, Matthew Whitaker, Jacky Terrasson (feat. Camille Bertault), Ellynne Rey, Ivana Cuesta and Ruth Saphir, with birthday shoutouts to Beryl Booker, Dakota Staton, Memphis Minnie, Jocelyn Gould, Lili Anel, Deanna Kirk, Sylvia Robinson ("Love On A Two Way Street"), Monnette Sudler, Jenny Scheinman, Marty Elkins, and Jonathan Karrant, among ...

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Interview With Legendary Jazz Pianist Neil Bridge

by Steven Roby
October 7, 2023

This episode of Backstage Jazz features an interview with legendary jazz pianist and former Denver Public Schools Music Educator, Neil Bridge. Joining him is his wife and Muse, Vocalist/Collaborator Karen Lee Bridge. Neil Bridge is a legendary Jazz Pianist, composer, arranger, band leader, musical director, and former DPS music educator. Throughout his illustrious career, ...

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New Releases, Fathers Day, Birthday Shoutouts & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
June 26, 2023

The Fathers Day broadcast includes new releases from Kevin O'Connell, Michael Costantino, Meshell Ndegeocello and Alex Hamburger, with singles from violinist Aline Homzy and Nina Simone, plus birthday shoutouts to Migiwa Miyajima, Dakota Staton, Geri Allen, Sasha Berliner|| and {{Alicia Olatuja, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Dakota Staton

June 3, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating Dakota Staton's birthday today! Dakota Staton was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and studied music at Pittsburgh's Filion School of Music. She was soon chosen to be a vocalist with the Joe Wespray Orchestra, then the top band in the Pittsburgh area. After spending two years with Wespray she traveled to Detroit, ...

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Ahmad Jamal: In his Own Sense of Time and Place

by Josef Woodard
April 20, 2023

This interview first appeared in the Santa Barbara News-Press on October 2005. The introduction has been updated. For the late, great and uniquely poetic pianist Ahmad Jamal, who passed on at age 92 on April 16, 2023, easy descriptors never sufficed in capturing his particular magic. He was a classicist, a modernist, a minimalist ...