I found out about this incredible and inspirational musician through you, George. So thank you for sharing Ms. Doreen’s outstanding talents through your platform and help her gain the recognition she truly deserves. Much love from a long-time subscriber of yours!!
I had the pleasure of meeting her, when we returned to New Orleans recently. During our brief chat while the band set up on Royal Street, we talked a bit. She was so gracious and lovely. What a nice woman. Her music is sublime, of course..and she is indeed a treasure.
Every musician should strive to make their instrument "sing" -- yet so few actually attain this level where her choice of instrument becomes an extension of her to actually become part of her.
Having just been at the world's biggest artificial intelligence conference in New Orleans, the most impressive thing I saw the entire time was Doreen playing on the corner of Royal.
...and I'm jealous of you. Not to demean the south, but the chance is seeing Doreen is the only that that could draw me into the part of the country she inhabits.
No offense, but you need to change your vernacular if you think "THE SHIT" should be anywhere near this beautiful player. Words have power. Well, they should. We all get how cool you are using the "street" usage to mean the opposite of the definition so that you don't get harassed by "friends" for being intelligent but someone with this kind of talent deserves nothing but the utmost respect, including the diction you use. #twocentsworth
As a person who makes a part of their living playing the clarinet, I have been a huge fan of this woman for years. She is able to do things with the clarinet that are truly beyond even the highest-caliber of training available - in other words: you cannot teach what Doreen is capable of doing. Having seen almost all of the videos of her playing on the streets and shredding (she also is an amazing vocalist), what really strikes me in this video is how incredibly humble she is. You can tell that she was humbled to be playing a solo in front of a major orchestra, even though she absolutely stole the show and totally belongs right there in front. She barely knew how to take the roaring standing ovation she received, yet she truly is a god amongst this genre of clarinet playing. This is a musician that one can only aspire to emulate. I’ll keep trying.
It really is remarkable to see the spirit of jazz shine through the classical aura... so emotive, evocative.. just beautiful. I'd find it hard to stay composed in a crowd while hearing her soul at work.
If you see her street performing on Royal or in Jackson Square on a Sunday, plant your butts on the curb and listen for a while. You are SUPER lucky to see her live street performances.
I saw her many years ago and got a cd of hers signed. I had no Idea what we were really seeing but Im so glad we stopped and took the time to take in her full performance. That CD still remains one of my absolute favorites. A true legend.
@@29demonfish Yes! She's definitely a legend. You got lucky to see her in person. I always search for her on Sundays on Royal Street when I'm the quarter.
mrs doreen is my idol, i am 11 years old and just started learning clarinet and came across doreen and i can’t even imagine how long this took and how much practice this would take. i know i’m going to be like doreen when i am older!
Bless your heart. Do not let ANYTHING stop you. All the very best. I played clarinet for 14 years growing up. It is a righteous instrument. Go for it !!!
@@20caratstone thank you! i’m still playing and i am so much better at clarinet than when i wrote this comment. this will encourage me even more to keep trying!
I've been playing the clarinet for 8 years and I'm now in my first year of music school, it's definitely worth it to keep playing! With enough dedication and practice, I'm sure that one day you'll be on Doreen's level! :)
Doreen Ketchen on clarinet is like Jimmy Hendrix on guitar. Nothing but a pure authentic spiritual gift of music. I have been playing instruments for 43 years. I never ever heard anyone sound like this on a clarinet. She made the clarinet sexy!! 🎶🎵🎼
@@lisanidog8178 “There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a CONSULTER with FAMILIAR SPIRITS, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For ALL that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.” PERIOD!
For years of my life, I have heard MANY soloists of different instruments, some good some bad. But I have never once heard of someone as musically talented and remarkable as Doreen. Mind that this is coming from a musical snob. Doreen, I personally don’t believe in talent, only hard work, but after hearing this performance I now believe two new things. One, if there isn’t talent, then Doreen is the hardest working musician I have ever encountered. And two, If talent does exist, Doreen has a true gift from god. Doreen, you deserve so much more recognition.
Before I got to your comment I was just thinking “anointed by God…”. Talent is given, and to those who use their talents, more will be given. Doreen’s music moves me to tears, music to and for the soul.
Hi Jerry, I'm just reading this. Wow, thanks so much for your wonderful words! I am honored to have made you believe in two new things. I am now, even more inspired, to move people with my music, as your words, have charmed my heart. All the best, Doreen.
she was born to be a musician. as a musician, I am in tears because of how moved I am by the sheer emotion and passion she plays with. no amount of theory classes, degrees of whatever can teach what she has. she has a pure connection with music and that's what it's all about. when you tap into the feeling that she is experiencing it is the most insane life-changing feeling that anyone can ever truly feel. That feeling is what made me fall in love with my art for real. she is one of a kind sol and human with such a powerful connection to her art. I could rave about this performance for ages. THIS is what music is about everyone. for anyone who doesn't play an instrument... this is why we musicians do what we do. truly amazing.
Less than 10 seconds after she starts playing, she is so completely lost in the music, it gives me goosebumps watching her play. Not many people out there can bare their soul in their music the way she does. She was born to do this, thank god we have Doreen.
I actually cried - even more so since I had seen her video playing on the street, and was asking myself "why is she not performing in the greatest concert halls??" She literally prays through this clarinet. People like her are a gift from God Almighty to inspire us all.
Because playing the streets is traditional NO. If she wanted to be paying concert halls all the time I'm sure she could. She's widely recognized as a famous clarinet player.
@@Crazy_Diamond_75 While playing on the street is a tradition and there are great players who started this way, a great musician has a slim chance to reach the right recognition and compensation just by doing that. She definitely has the quality for the best concert halls, yet reaching there also requires someone to notice you who could make a decision to book you. There are other worthy musicians who do not have that fortune. I'm glad to have discovered her on youtube. She should be internationally recognized and have a major-label recording contract.
As someone who didn't conform to standard orchestra "rules" and "etiquettes" for classical music I can assure you She got kicked out of many bands/orchestras for playing exactly like this. I'm just so glad she never gave up!
In my mind/headcannon she's probably been playing that clarinet in church for like 40 years. Like a clarinet version of Sam Cooke or something. Then one day someone recognized that she's quite possibly the best in the world.
Actually, she is classically educated and playing jazz came later in life. She studied clarinet performance at the Hartt School and had many notable (classical) teachers.
@@organizedchaosmark It’s like sometimes people forget that Picasso also had great “basic” skills. Rarely people go above and beyond without the fundamentals.
You touch on a good point - it is so difficult to transcend past the basic analysis that comes with classical or controlled training. I can only dream of doing it some day. But she could not have this control without first starting with the basica
I cried from the admiration of the director, her humbleness, and her clearly amazing talent. Just a heart felt, warming, beautiful, spirit lifting, emotional performance. She is the greatest Jazz Clarinetist of all time.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏We Salute You!
Jermaine Benson. I agree with all your comments except the last one. She is not the greatest of all time..by a long way. a very long way but she is a fine player having rare but raw talent.
@@Legaltalent112 Really not being difficult with you. With the greatest respect to you, Doreen is more spectacular than emotional. And spectacular she certainly is. Glad that you enjoy her but look around and see if you still think the same when you've heard some world greats. I wish you well in your comparisons. Benny goodman, Artie Shaw, Buddy de Franco, Barney Bigard, Eddie Daniels, Sidney Bechet, Don Byron. Many more..Regrettably some no longer with us and more regrettably, no ladies. There are today.
Seeing all the comments from clarinetists and other musicians to that effect, I am left awed that THIS lady sits and performs on street corners like she's just a, for lack of a better word, 'normal' person.
As a jazz clarinetist this woman is such an inspiration. I wish one day to ever be as good a player a Ms. Ketchens. She's so into all the music she makes and it honestly soothes my soul in a way nothing but good playing can
@@snowm6472 Certainly is. Much more and I wish thatI knew what it is! I've already answered you but it seems to have disappeared into cyber space. Maybe I'll find again and ensure that it's addressed to you. However, raw talent CAN be built on further by practising.
I attended Bonnabel High School in Kenner, LA from 1998-2000. I was a clarinet player. Had I known of Ms. Doreen, I think I would have kept playing. Twenty years later, I have picked up my clarinet again. I never knew a clarinet could make these tones. Thanks for sharing this God-given gift Ms. Doreen!
was watching this pretty harp player kill her instrument literally..making sounds didn’t think possible on it.. it was just her and the harp and it blew me away cause i didn’t think much of the harp but it wasn’t harps fault
Antonio Torres I've seen her and I've been blessed I know it now , I have all the respect in the world for Doreen and her accomplishments . Best wishes always Doreen Ketchens !
She plays like the clarinet like it's a voice her mind is yearning for, but her body is incapable of producing, and the two, at last, have found themselves together. That's the best way I can put it. It was absolutely beautiful. Flawless.
Wow. It's been a year and I'm revisiting this again. Her playing still seems so amazing to me. It's such a raw and emotionally stark contrast to the controlled and synchronized reading of notes on a sheet of paper that surround her. In a very real way though, that's a benefit to her as the contrast emphasizes and elevates her raw and emotional style of playing. The only thing that ruined this for me then, and still does now, is the audience clapping through her playing.
If I’d have known it could sound like that when I was a kid in music class wishing I had a flute instead of a clarinet, I would have been going home begging my parents to buy me one. I am so grateful to be able to hear Doreen play, it’s truly as though this instrument was made for her.
Lol I always wished I played the flute instead of the clarinet too, because the flute was so much smaller and easier to carry. Now I wish I never stopped playing.
She deserves her name written in the clouds with all the other great musicians of history. I'm so glad she's alive during our time. I'm ashamed to be just now learning about her.
Who's here in 2021? Awesome Performance !! My son sent this to me and I've got to share it too!! What a Treasure she is. I could listen to this all Day!!
I've retired from teaching but I am sending this one to my colleagues who teach band and orchestra to rally kids to joining either discipline - or both (like I did). Wow!!
The Clarinet Playing is OUTSTANDING, but can we also take a moment to talk about the top! Doreen... why did you not only have to slay the song you had to slay the fashion game too. She is unstoppable.
Burst into tears because it truly felt like I was transported into a painting of the streets of New Orleans in 1920... It sounded like a memory. Breathtaking. Thank you.
Doreen plays clarinet the way she sings. With heart and soul in very note. As a clarinetist, I just love her playing. Her improvisation is on a whole new level from anything I've seen. Her amazing technique, her brilliant tone, her amazing altissimo notes, and so much more. I can't fault it, and I don't think anyone can. Absolutely beautiful Doreen!
Someone linked me to this saying it made them cry. I thought OK I'll listen but that's a little dramatic. So I listened and that is the exact point I welled up.
The ancestors were there, but not only those connected to her by blood. Also the spirits of all the great black composers and musicians like Johnny Dodds, George Lewis, Rudolph Dunbar, William Grant Still, Sidney Bechet and countless others who practically defined what clarinet music is today. The long tradition of African American clarinet music, that she embodies so gracefully.
gosh. Doreen must be one of the best living jazz clarinet players in the world. Not just her technique is incredibly refined, but her mind for improv is just flat out incredible. I hope the other musicians there that day learned something about improv in the jazz world from absolute legend Doreen Ketchens
I hope the other musicians got a chance to let loose too 😃 I have never heard of her until just now. Yes, tears and goosebumps. Love and awed. Yay. Thank you
I’ve been a musician since the age of five. I’ve never been more moved by a performer in my entire life. As a Black woman, my heart SANG watching this. THIS is the kind of woman I a sprite to be. Thank you so much for this beautiful gift Doreen. You are the magic of music. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🥳🥳🥳🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I don't care the color of your skin. If you are not moved by her, you have no appreciation for talent. This lady has the talent to make an instrument come alive. Her heart makes the rest of us beam with pure joy.
@@bobstratton6362 but things aren't emancipated from each other. And also, the author of this comment is talking about her impression and her image about herself so you dont have nothing to say about skin color
I'm in AWE. Not the kind of awe people over state when they say something is awesome... I mean, truly in AWE. I had NO IDEA the clarinet could be played this way. Doreen, you are amazing.
I am a grown man of 39 years on this earth and I hate to cry......this opened up the waterworks. What magnificent, soulful, virtuosic, technical, smooth, singing clarinet this woman plays. My GOD. I might have to pull out my clarinet and start playing again!!!
Ooooooh myyyyyyyyy GOD!!!!!!! She is absolutely amazingly marvelous!!!! I am Arab and from Saudi Arabia and never took the clarinet seriously, but Doreen Ketchens I will never forget your name!
I very rarely will ever tear up over a musical performance. That was utterly amazing. The incredible skill of a trained musician with the raw emotion of a blues street performer. Just incredible. You can tell when a performer is awesome when you look at the other musicians on the stage and they are smiling and drawn in the same way as the audience is. Just WOW!!!
@@tgregorywoodley3871 "Your ignorance, eh?" 'Waist or waste?" I have played the same instrument and 3 others, professionally all my life all over UK, N. Europe and in the USA..New Orleans and Memphis ...I can't be all that l lost, hopelessly or otherwise. You on the other can't even distinguish between waist & waste. MY ignorance Eh? Your reference to 'anointed by God' confirms my suspicions.
@@MauriatOttolink 46 other people liked the comment, your point is redundant. If you don't like someone's opinion, just ignore it and move on. If you're triggered by God being mentioned in this comment, that's your problem, not anybody else's.
@@chasemason5129 It reveals how easily, the over-impressed and the under-informed, get pissed off when criticism from a knowledgeable source exposes their inadequacies, obviously including yours. Simple old principle.... When you really don't know..you really don't know that you really don't know! Makes your comment irrefutably redundant. When, like me, you've played the same instrument plus others, professionally all over UK, Northern Europe AND New Orleans and Memphis oh, and have taught in senior schools, come back to me and we might be able to talk at the same level. Meantime...................
I am watching this with my mouth literally hanging open. I can't even imagine the sense of rhythm, breath control and just sheer emotion required to master this kind of thing.
I recently commented- like, maybe 8 minutes ago- on one of their street performances, and words cannot describe how happy I am that she got the recognition she so rightfully deserves
Omg I love this performance so much!!! As an orchestra student, it's basically unheard of for people to clap or make noise during a performance, but the fact that people were clapping along to the music shows how people were really loving this unique and fun performance! I recently discovered you on RUclips, and I love you and your music so much! Great job! 💜😭
I thought it was common in blues and jazz to not have a completely silent crowd. Then again, the audience failing at clapping in rhythm is old white people to a T.
Doreen Ketchens is every nuance of New Orleans jazz embodied in a single individual. Just listening to her play and you can see yourself strolling down the rue with a parasol in one hand and a Hurricane in the other.
Was in New Orleans in 1997 first year anniversary and had the pleasure to hear Doreen play on Bourbon Street. Never forgot her performance till this day. I stumbled on this video and it was a blessing. The Human Spirit is what I appreciate most and Doreen has a beautiful person and her music touches my soul. Thank you Doreen for your music and passion.
Isn't she the best! I have watched her many times on RUclips on the streets of New Orleans. Doreen the clarinet queen. I play the clarinet too, not like that, but i play in a band and teach some senior friends of mine. It's never too late to learn and continue to pass it on. That woman can make the clarinet talk. I spoke to a guy playing clarinet on the streets of Hollywood today and he went to Louisiana, brought his clarinet and took a picture with her. I used to watch Pete Fountain on the Lawrence Welk show and got to see him live. Keep clarinet alive!
SHE EATS EVERY. TIME. NO CRUMBS LEFT!! there is NO ONE that can play like this!!! SHE IS THE MOMENT!! a TRUE ICON!!!! we STAN CLARINET QUEEN DOREEN!!!! YES MAAAMMM💗💗
OMG, i thought the concducter is just being nice to introduce the lady....but, I didn't know she will blow away the the audience and make me so joyfully teary ..... love this!!
One of the greatest clarinet solos of all times. She sings the clarinet like it's an extension of her body and soul. Outstanding performance!
Oh wow your here. But yes indeed, it was outstanding.
I found out about this incredible and inspirational musician through you, George. So thank you for sharing Ms. Doreen’s outstanding talents through your platform and help her gain the recognition she truly deserves. Much love from a long-time subscriber of yours!!
Get to work George.
Amazing flawless soulful
Came here from your video 😂
Miss Doreen getting the respect she so richly deserves.
She's definitely got some chops. Can listen to her ALL day.
I wish she was more recognized on the National and even international level.... she deserves so much
I had the pleasure of meeting her, when we returned to New Orleans recently. During our brief chat while the band set up on Royal Street, we talked a bit. She was so gracious and lovely. What a nice woman. Her music is sublime, of course..and she is indeed a treasure.
Yessss I came here from a video posted 7 years ago and im so happy for her!
Kinda sucks tho just went to her page on IG and she only has 8k followers the city cant show no love?😔
She IS the music. She doesn't "play" the clarinet, she channels her SOUL through it. Wow.
Yes ! Yes ! Yes !
Facts 💯
You can't put it better! There's no better words for it, I'm typing this as I'm listening and crying at the same time!😊
Every musician should strive to make their instrument "sing" -- yet so few actually attain this level where her choice of instrument becomes an extension of her to actually become part of her.
@@shabrethajennings7291 mm
Having just been at the world's biggest artificial intelligence conference in New Orleans, the most impressive thing I saw the entire time was Doreen playing on the corner of Royal.
Powerful
...and I'm jealous of you. Not to demean the south, but the chance is seeing Doreen is the only that that could draw me into the part of the country she inhabits.
You know a soloist is THE SHIT when the conducter steps aside so everyone can see this raw one of a kind talent
ikr i was like dayum this aint some normal stuff! its literally just out of pure respect and dignity
Did you notice at the end the violins were trying to anticipate when to start back up after her solo?
@Nathaniel Walker
Yes, she nodded to the conductor it was time. She was done with her rendition. It was great.
No offense, but you need to change your vernacular if you think "THE SHIT" should be anywhere near this beautiful player. Words have power. Well, they should. We all get how cool you are using the "street" usage to mean the opposite of the definition so that you don't get harassed by "friends" for being intelligent but someone with this kind of talent deserves nothing but the utmost respect, including the diction you use. #twocentsworth
@@backseatdriver9576 Amen.
As a person who makes a part of their living playing the clarinet, I have been a huge fan of this woman for years. She is able to do things with the clarinet that are truly beyond even the highest-caliber of training available - in other words: you cannot teach what Doreen is capable of doing. Having seen almost all of the videos of her playing on the streets and shredding (she also is an amazing vocalist), what really strikes me in this video is how incredibly humble she is. You can tell that she was humbled to be playing a solo in front of a major orchestra, even though she absolutely stole the show and totally belongs right there in front. She barely knew how to take the roaring standing ovation she received, yet she truly is a god amongst this genre of clarinet playing. This is a musician that one can only aspire to emulate. I’ll keep trying.
Absolute truth.
She's like the Mariah Carey of Clarinetists ...
@@2MasterBuilder2 literally couldn’t have said it better myself.
Just found out about her today. Trully the God still loves human as he bring us this gift to humanity. Bless her 💕
Thanks to RUclips or I would have never stumbled over the talent of this dear lady. I think Beeny Goodman could have learned a few things from her.
When you hear “whoos” in an orchestral concert, something truly special is happening.
It really is remarkable to see the spirit of jazz shine through the classical aura... so emotive, evocative.. just beautiful. I'd find it hard to stay composed in a crowd while hearing her soul at work.
100% she brought the house down.
indeed
3:25
Lady wow, God has blessed you, with this gift and I'm honored to hear you play!!
If you see her street performing on Royal or in Jackson Square on a Sunday, plant your butts on the curb and listen for a while. You are SUPER lucky to see her live street performances.
that’s dope she does that
I know I’m a few months late but does she still perform?
@@ooof5281 she was there 3 weeks ago
I saw her many years ago and got a cd of hers signed. I had no Idea what we were really seeing but Im so glad we stopped and took the time to take in her full performance. That CD still remains one of my absolute favorites. A true legend.
@@29demonfish Yes! She's definitely a legend. You got lucky to see her in person. I always search for her on Sundays on Royal Street when I'm the quarter.
Outstanding. She's incredible. I'd never heard of her.
Thanks algorithm.
Same
Got me making the stank face! Clarinet is in flames when she is done. Love the random great video.
True. She is incredible.
Check out her busking videos.
Her busking videos are outstanding, give them a watch
mrs doreen is my idol, i am 11 years old and just started learning clarinet and came across doreen and i can’t even imagine how long this took and how much practice this would take. i know i’m going to be like doreen when i am older!
Bless your heart. Do not let ANYTHING stop you. All the very best. I played clarinet for 14 years growing up. It is a righteous instrument. Go for it !!!
@@20caratstone thank you! i’m still playing and i am so much better at clarinet than when i wrote this comment. this will encourage me even more to keep trying!
You got this buddy! Be your best self and I think you'll accomplish great things :)
I've been playing the clarinet for 8 years and I'm now in my first year of music school, it's definitely worth it to keep playing! With enough dedication and practice, I'm sure that one day you'll be on Doreen's level! :)
Go for it!
Be the best version of yourself. Good luck.
Doreen Ketchen on clarinet is like Jimmy Hendrix on guitar. Nothing but a pure authentic spiritual gift of music. I have been playing instruments for 43 years. I never ever heard anyone sound like this on a clarinet. She made the clarinet sexy!! 🎶🎵🎼
😇. 😇😇. 😇. 😇 😇. 😇😇 😇 😇. 🎼 😇😇 😇 🎼. 😇. 😇 😇 😇. 😇. 😇😇. 😇. 😇😇😇. 😇 😇😇😇 😇. 😇😇. 😇. 😇 😇 😇. 🛀 😇. 😇😇. 😇😇 😇. 😇 😇 😇. 😇😇😇😇😇 😇 😇😇😇. 😇. 😇😇. 😇😇 😇
She's also Benny Goodman reincarnated on clarinet. Outstanding!
No one ever mastered the clarinet like this beautiful soul.... every note!!!!!!
@@sing2me one. Benny Goodman and she channels him.
@@lisanidog8178 “There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a CONSULTER with FAMILIAR SPIRITS, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For ALL that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.” PERIOD!
For years of my life, I have heard MANY soloists of different instruments, some good some bad. But I have never once heard of someone as musically talented and remarkable as Doreen. Mind that this is coming from a musical snob. Doreen, I personally don’t believe in talent, only hard work, but after hearing this performance I now believe two new things. One, if there isn’t talent, then Doreen is the hardest working musician I have ever encountered. And two, If talent does exist, Doreen has a true gift from god. Doreen, you deserve so much more recognition.
THANK YOU JERRY! I hope my music has moved you, as much as, your words have moved me! May God Bless you and your family.
All the best,
Doreen
Before I got to your comment I was just thinking “anointed by God…”.
Talent is given, and to those who use their talents, more will be given.
Doreen’s music moves me to tears, music to and for the soul.
Hi Jerry, I'm just reading this. Wow, thanks so much for your wonderful words! I am honored to have made you believe in two new things. I am now, even more inspired, to move people with my music, as your words, have charmed my heart. All the best, Doreen.
@@doreensjazzneworleans8454 Who hath sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
2 Corinthians 1:22
King James Bible.
@@doreensjazzneworleans8454 each time I listen to your playing words fail me
OMG she's not blowing with her lungs. She's blowing with her soul ❤❤💯🔥
Yes her Soul. I agree
@@LavenderGA1 yes!
This!
What
Amen brother
This lady made me cry. There’s a lot of soul in that tune. Bravo!
Me too😭
I had the same reaction, holy smokes that woman has talent.
me too
Yup, I cried
Me too ...
l couldn't hold back the tears! 😭
She beat my emotional vocabulary. In her own world, she took me out of mine.
A legend, she is!
Yessssssss🥰
I couldn’t have said this better
dito
I wept with joy. It's GLORIOUS.
Also brought me to tears, such incredible music
she was born to be a musician. as a musician, I am in tears because of how moved I am by the sheer emotion and passion she plays with. no amount of theory classes, degrees of whatever can teach what she has. she has a pure connection with music and that's what it's all about. when you tap into the feeling that she is experiencing it is the most insane life-changing feeling that anyone can ever truly feel. That feeling is what made me fall in love with my art for real. she is one of a kind sol and human with such a powerful connection to her art. I could rave about this performance for ages. THIS is what music is about everyone. for anyone who doesn't play an instrument... this is why we musicians do what we do. truly amazing.
Wow! Thank you Rivers Lewis! I am both honored and humbled by your words! All the best, Doreen
As a fan of both classical music and jazz (I’m an amateur violinist) I really agree with you comment. This was an amazing performance.
Well said
So well said @riverslewis781. Anyone who plays an instrument seems to appreciate another musicians talents.
@@doreensjazzneworleans8454 ❤️
And out she comes, sparkling in gold like the queen she is. :-)
RUclips doesn't notify when you get likes for a comment so just saying you pretty famous in the comments section
period
Theres no queen, she is black
@@rasyhabintanggautama ??
@@jackcari u heard me
Less than 10 seconds after she starts playing, she is so completely lost in the music, it gives me goosebumps watching her play. Not many people out there can bare their soul in their music the way she does. She was born to do this, thank god we have Doreen.
Agree ...... I get goosebumps every time I listen to this performance.
watch mario pietrodarchi playing oblivion
@@florinnatu just did. Great recommendation! Love Piazzolla
@@MrStrangeSensation glad you liked it. i love Piazzolla too. for me he.s the best
This Lady is Super Baad. Much love &Respect
i’ve never heard someone play a clarinet like that!! she’s a baller
she the best
her playing makes me tear up for no reason. it feels like she’s speaking straight to my soul
Isn't that the truth
im crying right now in french class
Me too.
Same here
Ain’t it the truth, as I read this I started crying myself!
I actually cried - even more so since I had seen her video playing on the street, and was asking myself "why is she not performing in the greatest concert halls??"
She literally prays through this clarinet.
People like her are a gift from God Almighty to inspire us all.
wow I have same thought with you while watching her street performance and suddenly the youtube automatically recommended this video for me
So true. She is amazing
She truly is like one of a kind in the truest sense of the word
Because playing the streets is traditional NO. If she wanted to be paying concert halls all the time I'm sure she could. She's widely recognized as a famous clarinet player.
@@Crazy_Diamond_75 While playing on the street is a tradition and there are great players who started this way, a great musician has a slim chance to reach the right recognition and compensation just by doing that. She definitely has the quality for the best concert halls, yet reaching there also requires someone to notice you who could make a decision to book you. There are other worthy musicians who do not have that fortune. I'm glad to have discovered her on youtube. She should be internationally recognized and have a major-label recording contract.
she plays as natural as if she's having a conversation, its truly awe inspiring! thank you for sharing your wonderful music with us, miss ketchens!
Seriously! Almost more like she's straight up PREACHING with the congregation of the orchestra supporting her expression
Mind blowing piece on clarinet. Beyond words. Thank you.
I've NEVER heard somebody work a clarinet quite like she does, she's truly amazing.
Legend says her clarinet can do anything. Shop for groceries, build a barn, tap dance, play golf and even play music.
❤
As someone who didn't conform to standard orchestra "rules" and "etiquettes" for classical music I can assure you She got kicked out of many bands/orchestras for playing exactly like this. I'm just so glad she never gave up!
In my mind/headcannon she's probably been playing that clarinet in church for like 40 years. Like a clarinet version of Sam Cooke or something. Then one day someone recognized that she's quite possibly the best in the world.
Actually, she is classically educated and playing jazz came later in life. She studied clarinet performance at the Hartt School and had many notable (classical) teachers.
man if it's true it's their loss, this woman is god tier
@@organizedchaosmark It’s like sometimes people forget that Picasso also had great “basic” skills. Rarely people go above and beyond without the fundamentals.
You touch on a good point - it is so difficult to transcend past the basic analysis that comes with classical or controlled training. I can only dream of doing it some day. But she could not have this control without first starting with the basica
Didn't even know a clarinet could sound like this! You make it sing! I got no words to express how impressive this is!
and yet here you are describing it. lol
I cried from the admiration of the director, her humbleness, and her clearly amazing talent. Just a heart felt, warming, beautiful, spirit lifting, emotional performance. She is the greatest Jazz Clarinetist of all time.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏We Salute You!
Jermaine Benson her humbleness was apparent when she was getting ready to play
Jermaine Benson. I agree with all your comments except the last one. She is not the greatest of all time..by a long way. a very long way but she is a fine player having rare but raw talent.
She is in my Mount Rushmore of greatest jazz clarinetists along with Don Byron, Artie Shaw and Buddy DeFranco
@@MauriatOttolink She is the best i have ever heard on clarinet. Just pure emotion is what she gives me.
@@Legaltalent112
Really not being difficult with you. With the greatest respect to you, Doreen is more spectacular than emotional. And spectacular she certainly is. Glad that you enjoy her but look around and see if you still think the same when you've heard some world greats. I wish you well in your comparisons.
Benny goodman, Artie Shaw, Buddy de Franco, Barney Bigard, Eddie Daniels, Sidney Bechet, Don Byron. Many more..Regrettably some no longer with us and more regrettably, no ladies.
There are today.
What a charming,humble lady-considering she is arguably the greatest clarinetist in the world.
Seeing all the comments from clarinetists and other musicians to that effect, I am left awed that THIS lady sits and performs on street corners like she's just a, for lack of a better word, 'normal' person.
Damn, this is one of the greatest performances I've ever seen in my life. I can't stop smiling, I'm sooo happy right now!!!
Thats amazing! I'm so happy for you
You should go to NO and see her in person on the street.
@@flyerbob124 That would be amazing, for sure!
@@MJAY-N7129 thank you!
Unreal performance. I wish I was there live! 😄
As a jazz clarinetist this woman is such an inspiration. I wish one day to ever be as good a player a Ms. Ketchens. She's so into all the music she makes and it honestly soothes my soul in a way nothing but good playing can
Kennedy Gifford.
Well start practising ...8 hours a day...every day.
MauriatOttolink i would argue there is much more than practice exhibited here
@@snowm6472
Certainly is. Much more and I wish thatI knew what it is!
I've already answered you but it seems to have disappeared into cyber space.
Maybe I'll find again and ensure that it's addressed to you.
However, raw talent CAN be built on further by practising.
MauriatOttolink i agree
If I could go back in time to middle school to learn a different instrument, I'd love to go for trumpet or clarinet.
I attended Bonnabel High School in Kenner, LA from 1998-2000. I was a clarinet player. Had I known of Ms. Doreen, I think I would have kept playing. Twenty years later, I have picked up my clarinet again. I never knew a clarinet could make these tones. Thanks for sharing this God-given gift Ms. Doreen!
I might get mine fixed and pick it back up. Love her playing. I wonder what kind she plays? Mine is just an school entry level Bflat Bundy brand.
I’m playing mine again too because of her.
How are you doing today my name is Bryan cooker
@Tashuna Ray okay cool
@Tashuna Ray so where are you from
As a clarinetist of 40 years, I proclaim this woman needs a glass crystal mouthpiece or clarinet! Imagine!!
This is crazy, I didn't even know a Clarinet could sound anything like this much less serve as such a powerful lead instrument. She is incredible!
was watching this pretty harp player kill her instrument literally..making sounds didn’t think possible on it..
it was just her and the harp and it blew me away cause i didn’t think much of the harp
but it wasn’t harps fault
She deserved that standing ovation. Amazing
YESSS, yes, indeed she did❣💖
I want to see her live before I die
me too
Antonio Torres head on down to n'orleans.
Partilho a mesma opinião
Stop ..dawg.that didn't sound exactly right.
Antonio Torres I've seen her and I've been blessed I know it now , I have all the respect in the world for Doreen and her accomplishments . Best wishes always Doreen Ketchens !
She plays like the clarinet like it's a voice her mind is yearning for, but her body is incapable of producing, and the two, at last, have found themselves together. That's the best way I can put it. It was absolutely beautiful. Flawless.
She can sing really well.
Wow. It's been a year and I'm revisiting this again. Her playing still seems so amazing to me. It's such a raw and emotionally stark contrast to the controlled and synchronized reading of notes on a sheet of paper that surround her. In a very real way though, that's a benefit to her as the contrast emphasizes and elevates her raw and emotional style of playing. The only thing that ruined this for me then, and still does now, is the audience clapping through her playing.
I bet the orchestra never heard clarinet playing like that. Truly awesome and she clearly played with Love.
If I’d have known it could sound like that when I was a kid in music class wishing I had a flute instead of a clarinet, I would have been going home begging my parents to buy me one. I am so grateful to be able to hear Doreen play, it’s truly as though this instrument was made for her.
Lol I always wished I played the flute instead of the clarinet too, because the flute was so much smaller and easier to carry. Now I wish I never stopped playing.
Her eyes are squeezed shut. That is coming straight from her soul.
You said it. I felt that too.
Yes, did someone peel an onion? 😭 This is so beautiful. ❤️
@@dinglelm I’m not crying, you’re crying.
@@accouswk ms doreens music gives me life. Now go watch it again so you can cry some more. 😄
@@dinglelm it’s amazing right?
She deserves her name written in the clouds with all the other great musicians of history. I'm so glad she's alive during our time. I'm ashamed to be just now learning about her.
I'm not religious but some people are touched by God or some special light. Doreen makes me feel like I have a direct peek into heaven. Wow.
Yep but your not going there because your white. It's nice to have a peak though.
@@Paul-rf8xs 😂😂😂that was unexpected...time out ref!!!
@@Paul-rf8xs What about their white?
@@Paul-rf8xs how do you lnow white people going to hell?
@@Paul-rf8xs LMAO blatant racism always cracks me up. The funniest part is you probably think you said something actually meaningful
Who's here in 2021? Awesome Performance !! My son sent this to me and I've got to share it too!! What a Treasure she is. I could listen to this all Day!!
Les frissons !
I've retired from teaching but I am sending this one to my colleagues who teach band and orchestra to rally kids to joining either discipline - or both (like I did). Wow!!
Iam here 20 -8-21 I got tears in my eyes ❤️
Yes
A black woman playing her soul and heart out through an instrument, making the Good Lord so proud. We need more of this in America.
Amen.
We need more of this in the whole world!
Greetings from Germany :)
Wow I had no idea this woman was black until you felt the need to point that out
@@keagp7073 oh jezz
there was nothing negativ about mentioning it😒
The Clarinet Playing is OUTSTANDING, but can we also take a moment to talk about the top! Doreen... why did you not only have to slay the song you had to slay the fashion game too. She is unstoppable.
Burst into tears because it truly felt like I was transported into a painting of the streets of New Orleans in 1920... It sounded like a memory. Breathtaking. Thank you.
How are you doing today my name is Bryan cooker
Doreen plays clarinet the way she sings. With heart and soul in very note. As a clarinetist, I just love her playing. Her improvisation is on a whole new level from anything I've seen. Her amazing technique, her brilliant tone, her amazing altissimo notes, and so much more. I can't fault it, and I don't think anyone can. Absolutely beautiful Doreen!
Racist
@@Mster_J how lol
Are you reduced to tears, within three minutes, or just me?
Yesss
At about 5 and a half minutes.
Yep! It was so powerfully emotional, that I couldn’t help it and I’m rarely overcome by my emotions.
Nope. She got me too. Don't even know why. Pure talent and soul. Wow.
I mean yeah, really what the heck just happened? Did I just see God?
This is probably the best clarinet solo in the history of the world.
6:47 That note, the dynamics, the chord, the intensity. It was like the ancestors were with her. Almost made me lose it. 😢😢 Great Piece!
Someone linked me to this saying it made them cry. I thought OK I'll listen but that's a little dramatic. So I listened and that is the exact point I welled up.
The ancestors were there, but not only those connected to her by blood. Also the spirits of all the great black composers and musicians like Johnny Dodds, George Lewis, Rudolph Dunbar, William Grant Still, Sidney Bechet and countless others who practically defined what clarinet music is today. The long tradition of African American clarinet music, that she embodies so gracefully.
gosh. Doreen must be one of the best living jazz clarinet players in the world. Not just her technique is incredibly refined, but her mind for improv is just flat out incredible. I hope the other musicians there that day learned something about improv in the jazz world from absolute legend Doreen Ketchens
I hope the other musicians got a chance to let loose too 😃
I have never heard of her until just now.
Yes, tears and goosebumps. Love and awed. Yay. Thank you
If not THE best
JMF
Same, tears and goosebumps; wonderful performance! God bless her soul with such a talent! We’ve been enriched by her music!
That's improv!?!?
Did you see the violinists smiling?
Why isn't she on NPR Tiny Desk yet?
After we all have our Covid shots, she should definitely be invited.
deffinitely
Cus there's a whole world outside of youtube
Gibson Ballard We're on the other side of the world and very often YT is the only way we are blessed and honoured to watch people like her 🙏
Maybe she doesnt fit the npr narrative.
She has to be one of the best musicians alive today. Every. Single. Note. Has more passion, love and soul than most of us can play an entire song
I’ve been a musician since the age of five. I’ve never been more moved by a performer in my entire life. As a Black woman, my heart SANG watching this. THIS is the kind of woman I a sprite to be. Thank you so much for this beautiful gift Doreen. You are the magic of music. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🥳🥳🥳🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I don't care the color of your skin. If you are not moved by her, you have no appreciation for talent. This lady has the talent to make an instrument come alive. Her heart makes the rest of us beam with pure joy.
@@bobstratton6362 but things aren't emancipated from each other. And also, the author of this comment is talking about her impression and her image about herself so you dont have nothing to say about skin color
@@BargB kma
@@bobstratton6362 I don't care about you
@@FMAiscool likewise
Ms Doreen is a national treasure...along with being one of the sweetest people you could ever know.
Desculpe não saber linguagem inglesa, mas deu pra entender,ela é tesouro mundial all right.
@@enzosantiagodasilvasantiag274 Exactamente, ella es un tesoro mundial! Disculpe, no hablo portugués pero puedo leerlo un poco. 🙃
A clarinet has never brought tears to my eyes until this moment right here.
*youre never hear a clarinets in a same way after this*
I'm in AWE. Not the kind of awe people over state when they say something is awesome... I mean, truly in AWE. I had NO IDEA the clarinet could be played this way. Doreen, you are amazing.
I am a grown man of 39 years on this earth and I hate to cry......this opened up the waterworks. What magnificent, soulful, virtuosic, technical, smooth, singing clarinet this woman plays. My GOD. I might have to pull out my clarinet and start playing again!!!
Such clean tone
those top notes after 3:00 might be the most beautiful sounds I've ever heard from a clarinet!
I KNOW RIGHTTTT SHE SOUNDS SO BEAUTIFUL LIKE DAMN
She sounded like a whistling bird. Hot damn. She's got enough soul to bring peace to the Middle East, and here she is slaying us with a clarinet.
Truly one of the greatest clarinet players of all time.
yes... yes she is up waaaaaaay up there... like on King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band from the 1920s.
Im crying so hard right now, this performance was so beautiful. I never heard a clarinet make that kind of sound before
Use a tissue
Mi too 🤷🏽♀️🤝👌🥰✌🏽✅🧠😢😤se llama empatía cariño 🤗
Ooooooh myyyyyyyyy GOD!!!!!!! She is absolutely amazingly marvelous!!!! I am Arab and from Saudi Arabia and never took the clarinet seriously, but Doreen Ketchens I will never forget your name!
I cried like a baby. Never heard anything like this my whole life.
I very rarely will ever tear up over a musical performance. That was utterly amazing. The incredible skill of a trained musician with the raw emotion of a blues street performer. Just incredible. You can tell when a performer is awesome when you look at the other musicians on the stage and they are smiling and drawn in the same way as the audience is. Just WOW!!!
Damn it's 2021 and i'm just now hearing about Ms Doreens💖💖💖
Me tooooo
Same here. Amazing Gift from above.
Lol...I just saw her videos now🤣
South Africa in the building ❤
Me also vid popped up tonite
Great talent will look for more of her now
"What if Louis Armstrong's parents gave him a clarinet instead of a cornet?"
That's the kind of talent she has.
Well she is known as Lady Louis. An on point observation!😊
@@CumulusSkies Really? Ha, I didn't know that. :)
It’s even more insane that she was able to keep rhythm so perfectly when all of those people started clapping off beat. I would’ve been so mad lol.
why is everone clapping out of time 😭😭
How she can soar over the whole orchestra is so amazing
@Taylor Howard: Yes! It's as if she moves to piccolo range.
I just want to see her play live before i go to the great beyond. She is a phenomenal musician. Jizzz
Doreen Ketchens is just not a musician with a clarinet, she is an artist that can make her instrument come alive...
I agree with the conductor, It is an honor to watch her perform, I cried.
It is a distinct honor to just listen to her on RUclips. I can only imagine what it was like to be there and hear this in person.
When a persons playing makes you cry, thats when you just know that have "it". Amazing work.
Holy Jesus. Chills. Tears. Knotty throat.
Wow!!!
😢 God just creates people that walk around with all that in them. Another level.
When someone brings tears to your eyes with a musical instrument, they have been anointed by God!
TGregory Woodley
'Scuse me while I vomit at such a silly reply.
@@MauriatOttolink you're obviously hopelessly lost, so won't waist anymore responses to your ignorance.
@@tgregorywoodley3871 "Your ignorance, eh?"
'Waist or waste?"
I have played the same instrument and 3 others, professionally all my life all over UK, N. Europe and in the USA..New Orleans and Memphis ...I can't be all that l lost, hopelessly or otherwise. You on the other can't even distinguish between waist & waste.
MY ignorance Eh?
Your reference to 'anointed by God' confirms my suspicions.
@@MauriatOttolink 46 other people liked the comment, your point is redundant. If you don't like someone's opinion, just ignore it and move on. If you're triggered by God being mentioned in this comment, that's your problem, not anybody else's.
@@chasemason5129
It reveals how easily, the over-impressed and the under-informed, get pissed off when criticism from a knowledgeable source exposes their inadequacies, obviously including yours.
Simple old principle.... When you really don't know..you really don't know that you really don't know!
Makes your comment irrefutably redundant.
When, like me, you've played the same instrument plus others, professionally all over UK, Northern Europe AND New Orleans and Memphis oh, and have taught in senior schools, come back to me and we might be able to talk at the same level.
Meantime...................
i literally stood up and applauded in my living room. Thank you !
Same here 🙌🙌
IM LITERALLY CRYING SHE IS AMAZING OMG
I am watching this with my mouth literally hanging open. I can't even imagine the sense of rhythm, breath control and just sheer emotion required to master this kind of thing.
I recently commented- like, maybe 8 minutes ago- on one of their street performances, and words cannot describe how happy I am that she got the recognition she so rightfully deserves
these are the moments that give my life a feeling worth remembering.
She is able to touch the rare space between brain and heart in her solo.
Omg I love this performance so much!!! As an orchestra student, it's basically unheard of for people to clap or make noise during a performance, but the fact that people were clapping along to the music shows how people were really loving this unique and fun performance! I recently discovered you on RUclips, and I love you and your music so much! Great job! 💜😭
I thought it was common in blues and jazz to not have a completely silent crowd. Then again, the audience failing at clapping in rhythm is old white people to a T.
@@Warrigt lol
While performing in classical environments, the best part is always hearing the claps, I love the suspense untill the applauses
Doreen Ketchens is every nuance of New Orleans jazz embodied in a single individual. Just listening to her play and you can see yourself strolling down the rue with a parasol in one hand and a Hurricane in the other.
Was in New Orleans in 1997 first year anniversary and had the pleasure to hear Doreen play on Bourbon Street. Never forgot her performance till this day. I stumbled on this video and it was a blessing. The Human Spirit is what I appreciate most and Doreen has a beautiful person and her music touches my soul. Thank you Doreen for your music and passion.
When she started playing! Automatically, tears from my eyes comes out!
The greatest clarinetist I've ever heard in my life Oct.30th,2018!!!!!!
How are you doing today my name is Bryan cooker
you know something is special when the orchestra audience claps on the beat like it's a rock concert
I'm 46 years old and that's the greatest performance I've ever seen from any musician hands down! Wow and amazing is an understatement.
Isn't she the best! I have watched her many times on RUclips on the streets of New Orleans. Doreen the clarinet queen. I play the clarinet too, not like that, but i play in a band and teach some senior friends of mine. It's never too late to learn and continue to pass it on. That woman can make the clarinet talk. I spoke to a guy playing clarinet on the streets of Hollywood today and he went to Louisiana, brought his clarinet and took a picture with her. I used to watch Pete Fountain on the Lawrence Welk show and got to see him live. Keep clarinet alive!
The sounds she makes literally feel alive. You can sense the spirit and soul in them. They beat, they speak, they scream.
Doreen's music makes me genuinely greatful to be alive.
She was so good it made me actually cry.
Wow!! Where have I been that I never heared her before. Thank God I found this before I died.
Me too. Good job RUclips!
SHE EATS EVERY. TIME. NO CRUMBS LEFT!! there is NO ONE that can play like this!!! SHE IS THE MOMENT!! a TRUE ICON!!!! we STAN CLARINET QUEEN DOREEN!!!! YES MAAAMMM💗💗
I don’t understand why this Lady isn’t more well known. She is a phenomenal musician!
Doreen kills it every time she performs! Queen status! 🙏🏿
Lol queen status. Yes!!! 👍🏾
OMG, i thought the concducter is just being nice to introduce the lady....but, I didn't know she will blow away the the audience and make me so joyfully teary ..... love this!!
I have never heard the clarinet played like this, she is beyond amazing. This woman had a gift straight from the Lord!
Yes, that! And thousands of hours practicing!
@@CumulusSkies You know, scripture is quite clear that the Lord's gift is often to be found in industry and dedication but yes, lots of it.
i came back here 3 years after first seeing this and literally brought me to tears both play thrus*. other wordly talent.
She has this warm motherly aura