Barbara Paris vocals, Billy Wallace Piano, Ken Walker Bass, Jill Fredrickson drums.
Now that Billy is gone....it is so true....The melody lingers on. The Song is Ended (1927) I learned this tune from a recording of Dakota Staton. I heard her once at El Chapultepec in Denver and afterwards, we continued our friendship. She spent the last years of her life at Isabella Nursing home in Harlem. I went to see her there when I was in New York. One time I brought along a video of her singing on television and played it for all the residents. We would visit and talk about jazz. One resident there said I must be an angel because he hadn't heard her speak in months. When I visited her, the conversation just bloomed, of course, because it was a jazz conversation. One day after a visit with Dakota I went to the Union for a jam session. It was during the IAJE Jazz convention. I sat next to an older gentleman. He got up and played the trumpet. When he returned I introduced myself and he turned out to be Fred Staton, Dakota Staton's brother. Her scatting sounded just like his trumpet playing. Billy Wallace accompanied Dakota during one of her performances in Denver.