Had the pleasure of seeing Ms. Donegan play in 1946 (77 years ago) at Indianapolis. Just came across this video playing a North Sea Jazz Festival. Still working it. FANTASTIC
Wild and beautiful soul!!! Love her much!! She died in 1998 (?) at the age of 75. Sorry I just discovered her but i am blessed to have discovered her thanks to you! Thanks for posting! Indianapolis 2023
Between pieces she walks around like an exhausted and stunned prize fighter getting her energy together for the next round! Certainly an athletic performance. What a force of nature!
Dorothy Donegan was a true, not just piano but musical virtuoso genius. An all time great pianist, another one that could master whatever genre she embraced. Mind blowing facility & technique.
@@ChuckParDue1953 Nat King Cole is an interesting choice, very understated -- I could never pick a top 5, as so many players have offered so many different things. Tristano, Hines, Gardner, Morton, Powell, Marmarosa, Waller, Gaillard, Kelly, Haig, Monk, Newborn... Do we base our judgement upon who best communicates the vibe they intend?
@@ChuckParDue1953 Yeah - you can hear how he affected his touch, the shaping of lines and working in ensembles. Likewise, Cole loved Hines and Wilson and you can hear how they influenced his perspective. From the rhythmic/ensemble side, I feel that Tatum encountered limitations in his approach that the next generation resolved. They all shared the music and elevated each other - yet the industry can only choose a handful to make household names.
Fascinating to hear this. I read somewhere that Oscar Peterson was a big fan of Dorothy Donegan. You can hear some of the Art Tatum influence in her playing, at times she has an Erroll Garner-ish sound too. For some reason women have often not been taken seriously in jazz, unless they are singers of course. She certainly deserves more recognition 25 years after she passed away.
Wow!!.😮...This woman is amazing...!?!?!?....😢...I have the same reaction as I did when I was first blown away by Phineas Newborn Jr !!! Oscar Perterson somehow got ALL THE GLORY over Phineas, too... aa well as Uncomprable genius ❤❤❤
@@nostawill33 Dorothy took lessons from art tatum, and tatum is quoted as saying she inspired him to practice more, because she was right on his heels..
I was a Jazz drummer back in the early 70's played in the big bands in Africa . I know all the Jazz great's , but , I just by chance I bump into her on the network , she is a very good entertainer .
Jealousy. That is the only reason I can think that she was not premiered around the world. She was able to symbiotically meld two completely different forms of music where others flailed. She was wonderful. This is amazing.
When you true to yourself don't expect The impossarios to be true to you. Most of them are exploiters, and. If no,t they have their favorite. And sometimes it's not one of the other but both.
Man! she’s puttin a hurtin on that piano! Sho’ hope those keys alright…! Amazing I’ve never heard of her until now. What an amazing talent, Dorothy Donegan! And I just love her style and passion, and the way she makes that piano a part of herself!
I wish I could have heard her way before this performance. A musician’s musician, a genius’s genius if there’s such a thing! There are no words that would adequately express this woman’s absolute ability to boundlessly fascinate the hearer.
GOOSE BUMPS!! Pure GENIUS!!! Should have been seen and making Millions$$$ all over the WORLD!!! Love love LOVE YOU DOROTHY!! ENJOY HEAVEN! You were a bit of HEAVEN ON EARTH!!!❤️🥰👍🏼🎵⭐️🎉😇🎶🌹🌸🦋💋🍷🎥
Bet she wish that piano could dance …she’d dance wit it if it could! Man I love her! She’s doing everything she can to it! Everything she does to the piano’s inside her!
I never saw Oscar play any double stops, and Tatum rarely and only briefly. at 9:15 she plays them and sustained them, they are the true signs of a great pianistic technique!
I have been a fan of yours since the first time I heard you play..I think I was a young teen. Dorothy Donegan is the best female pianist I have ever heard.
I did not see Dorothy in my life so far & I'm 85 . My loss , but at least I got to her her & I believe Dorothy was a true master of her instrument . A real force of nature . As for me I'm happy to have met her through this medium . Thanks for posting . .
What an eye opener , a great performance , unbelievable technical display off her style. The sad part is that she departed us . May she Rest In Peace .
Dorothy Donegan was the most sophisticated pianist on stage I have ever heard. - Charles Aznavour loved her play when she performed 1980 at Swiss romand Television in « La Grand Roue » in Geneva, Switzerland, with world renowned artists. Two concert followed at new morning jazz club and the public became crazy and the critics in « 24 heures » and other news paper loved her outstanding performance. Beat Mossdorf.
...I, like the universe, love her verve!...her style reminds me of how Oscar Petersen treated his auditors, and this version of Aznavour's 'What are You Doing...' is simply mesmerizing...I learn of her tonight...wish I had known of her before...another example of a colossal American talent, music personality...
Thank you so much World of Jazz for this legendary performance upload. Dorothy Donegan and Hazel Scott were among the greatest exponents of Jazz in history.
How is it possible that I had never even heard of this extraordinarily gifted pianist before? Not until reading the obit of an old friend who used to gig with her! Surely do wish I'd had the good fortune to hear her play live, which I'm sure wouldn't have been too far out of my way during my travels.
Гениально!!!!! Восторг от увиденного! Спасибо за знакомство с великим музыкантом! Оператору отдельное спасибо! Захватывающе и не отпускающие зрелище!!!
It's so amazing to read comments written within the past several days and some by people who knew her. I had a favorite, Gene Harris, who I listened to almost weekly before he started touring and has since passed away. You would enjoy him. But this woman is in a class of her own.
Dorothy is an amazing pianist who knows the instrument and the music without flaw. May God grant rest to her soul. Thank you for sharing this stellar performance.
Dr.Dorothy Donnegan turned Jazz Charlotte Out!in 93..threw her leg up on piano and tore it up..she looked at the crowd the entire performance...smiling...ill always treasure this memory...😂
This comment is mmm in addition to my previous one . Did anyone attempt to count the number of notes that Dorethy played at this concert & all in the right order !!!!!!!!!!! Dorothy was , is just in a class of her own . This performance is a stand alone in the history of jazz music , or anyone of music . Long live the name of Dorethy Donegan .
Wow, where have you been all my life Dorothy, what an amazing jazz musician…. genius…. one of, if not the best female jazz pianist ever….. plus she can also sing! Terrific!
She just happened by my feed she was awesome, but who's the guy in the background given up all that energy he's just having the best time of his life? 😊
@@franciscouderq1100 I was not comparing her jazz to Uja's Classical, but the few examples of Dorothy performing classical (real and improvised), and Uja's classical. In this case I am comparing pears with pears and btw you will excuse me, but I don't need your approval.
Alice McCloud Coltrane played the piano 🎹 as if she was in a trance the same way! Rest in POWER to Both of THEM PLAYING AWAY IN THAT BIG BAND IN THE SKY!❤🖤💚💯
Positivley the most blinding and wonderfully wreckless abandoment of all piano norms i've ever heard played in 60 + yrs of my 71 year life. My love of music started when i was in my crib...backed up to the piano wall. Now have another whole chapter to LOVE and study. Speed power grace. All intence and truely live's? Here, hear.
I have seen her perform at Newport-She was great. This was I think early 1990's also Markis Roberts at the same Festival. Either George Benson or Ray Charles were the Headliner.
One wonders how Dorothy would handle Rachmaninov in her own special way? Perhaps an inappropriate question but the lady has both energy and terrific ability so one just speculates on what magic might come about.
It's a good question. Her mentor, Art Tatum in the 1940's, was also a brilliant classical pianist in his spare time. Rachmaninov himself once commented that he could copy Tatum's notes but couldn't match his rhythm.
She has many unique stylistic elements and techniques distinct from Tatum. More polished in some ways and less repetitive than Tatum. I hear Oscar Peterson type motifs, so she probably influenced him.
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Had the pleasure of seeing Ms. Donegan play in 1946 (77 years ago) at Indianapolis. Just came across this video playing a North Sea Jazz Festival. Still working it. FANTASTIC
She has a certain childlike energy, a sort of visceral authenticity which is expressed perfectly by her over the top virtuosity. I truly adore it
Wild and beautiful soul!!! Love her much!! She died in 1998 (?) at the age of 75. Sorry I just discovered her but i am blessed to have discovered her thanks to you! Thanks for posting!
Indianapolis 2023
Between pieces she walks around like an exhausted and stunned prize fighter getting her energy together for the next round! Certainly an athletic performance. What a force of nature!
Wow, incredible! No wonder Art Tatum said she was the only person that made him practice.
Dorothy Donegan was a true, not just piano but musical virtuoso genius. An all time great pianist, another one that could master whatever genre she embraced. Mind blowing facility & technique.
In my opinion, Dorothy Donegan was in the top five greatest jazz pianists of the 20th century.
Name some others.
@@Crezelltree4261 Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Nat King Cole, Teddy Wilson
@@ChuckParDue1953 Nat King Cole is an interesting choice, very understated -- I could never pick a top 5, as so many players have offered so many different things. Tristano, Hines, Gardner, Morton, Powell, Marmarosa, Waller, Gaillard, Kelly, Haig, Monk, Newborn... Do we base our judgement upon who best communicates the vibe they intend?
@@danielharris9403 Nat Cole was Oscar Peterson's idol.
@@ChuckParDue1953 Yeah - you can hear how he affected his touch, the shaping of lines and working in ensembles. Likewise, Cole loved Hines and Wilson and you can hear how they influenced his perspective.
From the rhythmic/ensemble side, I feel that Tatum encountered limitations in his approach that the next generation resolved. They all shared the music and elevated each other - yet the industry can only choose a handful to make household names.
Fascinating to hear this. I read somewhere that Oscar Peterson was a big fan of Dorothy Donegan. You can hear some of the Art Tatum influence in her playing, at times she has an Erroll Garner-ish sound too. For some reason women have often not been taken seriously in jazz, unless they are singers of course. She certainly deserves more recognition 25 years after she passed away.
she took lessons from art tatum, she's great
She's at Oscar,s level…plus cheekiness…lovely
Thank goodness for RUclips!!!! I’m loving this ❤
Wow!!.😮...This woman is amazing...!?!?!?....😢...I have the same reaction as I did when I was first blown away by Phineas Newborn Jr !!! Oscar Perterson somehow got ALL THE GLORY over Phineas, too... aa well as Uncomprable genius ❤❤❤
@@nostawill33 Dorothy took lessons from art tatum, and tatum is quoted as saying she inspired him to practice more, because she was right on his heels..
I was a Jazz drummer back in the early 70's played in the big bands in Africa . I know all the Jazz great's , but , I just by chance I bump into her on the network , she is a very good entertainer .
Jealousy. That is the only reason I can think that she was not premiered around the world. She was able to symbiotically meld two completely different forms of music where others flailed. She was wonderful. This is amazing.
When you true to yourself don't expect The impossarios to be true to you. Most of them are exploiters, and. If no,t they have their favorite. And sometimes it's not one of the other but both.
Dorothy should not have been missing from jazz history. Her name is synonymous with the jazz greats.
She is not missing...
Nice answer..
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100%!!!
Man! she’s puttin a hurtin on that piano! Sho’ hope those keys alright…! Amazing I’ve never heard of her until now. What an amazing talent, Dorothy Donegan! And I just love her style and passion, and the way she makes that piano a part of herself!
Man! nicely put!
Pure genius. Thrilling! WOW!
Saw her at the North Sea Jazz Festival 1985 and she really rocked the house!!! Unforgettable!
Me too and you're right!
Wow she shd have gotten a standing ovation!!
I wish I could have heard her way before this performance. A musician’s musician, a genius’s genius if there’s such a thing! There are no words that would adequately express this woman’s absolute ability to boundlessly fascinate the hearer.
How can I have never heard of her before ? She is a piano Goddess . SUBLIME
This pianist is extraordinary... why is she so little known in Spain? It's inexplicable!!!
Super Dorothy Donegan,great piano master!
GOOSE BUMPS!! Pure GENIUS!!! Should have been seen and making Millions$$$ all over the WORLD!!! Love love LOVE YOU DOROTHY!! ENJOY HEAVEN! You were a bit of HEAVEN ON EARTH!!!❤️🥰👍🏼🎵⭐️🎉😇🎶🌹🌸🦋💋🍷🎥
Bet she wish that piano could dance …she’d dance wit it if it could! Man I love her! She’s doing everything she can to it! Everything she does to the piano’s inside her!
she is so pretty and extremely talented you go girl
Wow!!! when she asked for requests, my request would have been Rhapsody in Blue... and she played it at the end!!! Marvelous !!!!
She must be up there with the greats in piano ..but True Artists are a rare breed and she sure is!
Mind boggling performance.
Wow! This is full power piano!
Wow ! Amazing jazz pianist👍🏼👏🏼 never heard of her but now I will check her stuff. Great skill and can tell the Art Tatum style!
I never saw Oscar play any double stops, and Tatum rarely and only briefly. at 9:15 she plays them and sustained them, they are the true signs of a great pianistic technique!
I’m now a huge fan , love all the intricate flow of ideas and hard hitting stuff . She is phenomenal
Duke Ellington: jazz es libertad de expresión y diversión. Thanks Dorothy.
AWESOME... BEYOND DIVINE , GENIUS OF MUSIC. THIS IS REALLY CLASSY
I have been a fan of yours since the first time I heard you play..I think I was a young teen. Dorothy Donegan is the best female pianist I have ever heard.
One of the best - period
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I did not see Dorothy in my life so far & I'm 85 . My loss , but at least I got to her her & I believe Dorothy was a true master of her instrument . A real force of nature . As for me I'm happy to have met her through this medium . Thanks for posting . .
That was a WILD Concert Not to Forget !!! an Absolute Legend !!! Bravissimo !!!
Quelle personnalité ! Un rythme et une énergie incroyable. Je découvre et suis séduit. Bravo Madame
Intense performance, incredible solo, solid technique.
Love it❤❤
What an eye opener , a great performance , unbelievable technical display off her style. The sad part is that she departed us . May she Rest In Peace .
Dorothy Donegan was the most sophisticated pianist on stage I have ever heard. - Charles Aznavour loved her play when she performed 1980 at Swiss romand Television in « La Grand Roue » in Geneva, Switzerland, with world renowned artists. Two concert followed at new morning jazz club and the public became crazy and the critics in « 24 heures » and other news paper loved her outstanding performance. Beat Mossdorf.
Thank you
...I, like the universe, love her verve!...her style reminds me of how Oscar Petersen treated his auditors, and this version of Aznavour's 'What are You Doing...' is simply mesmerizing...I learn of her tonight...wish I had known of her before...another example of a colossal American talent, music personality...
Thank you so much World of Jazz for this legendary performance upload. Dorothy Donegan and Hazel Scott were among the greatest exponents of Jazz in history.
Another great that didn't get their just due...phenomenal to say the least
How is it possible that I had never even heard of this extraordinarily gifted pianist before? Not until reading the obit of an old friend who used to gig with her! Surely do wish I'd had the good fortune to hear her play live, which I'm sure wouldn't have been too far out of my way during my travels.
Loved Jazz for 70 years. Never heard of her. Transcendental. 🌹j.
Absurdly great performance
She epitomised the expression ‘Far out’ in several ways. ❤🙌👏🌹j.
Incredible, where have I been all these year and not know of Dorothy D. I've some work to do and thanks for providing this footage.
I never her of this lady before; but I'm glad to have the opportunity to hear her music.🌹🎶 9:38
Immense talent. What a Gift from GOd!
Гениально!!!!! Восторг от увиденного! Спасибо за знакомство с великим музыкантом! Оператору отдельное спасибо! Захватывающе и не отпускающие зрелище!!!
It's so amazing to read comments written within the past several days and some by people who knew her. I had a favorite, Gene Harris, who I listened to almost weekly before he started touring and has since passed away. You would enjoy him. But this woman is in a class of her own.
Simplesmente genial, virtuose total; falta adjetivos para tanta beleza!
Beautiful.
😯She is AMAZING!
Dorothy is an amazing pianist who knows the instrument and the music without flaw. May God grant rest to her soul. Thank you for sharing this stellar performance.
oh wow. I felt the tenderness of goosebumps. what a beauty of music
Пальцы как ручейки текут, так Здорово 👍👍👍
Magnífica!
Wow seeing her live is a experience...powerful!
Пульсирующий нерв импровизаций...Браво, Донеган!
To się nazywa dojrzałość artystyczna!
Sweet!
Amazing woman...
¡Qué increíble mujer! ¡Una pianista atómica!
Muchas gracias.
She is not of this world, one of a kind!
Iconica, divina.
Dr.Dorothy Donnegan turned Jazz Charlotte Out!in 93..threw her leg up on piano and tore it up..she looked at the crowd the entire performance...smiling...ill always treasure this memory...😂
This comment is mmm in addition to my previous one . Did anyone attempt to count the number of notes that Dorethy played at this concert & all in the right order !!!!!!!!!!! Dorothy was , is just in a class of her own . This performance is a stand alone in the history of jazz music , or anyone of music . Long live the name of Dorethy Donegan .
SO FABULOUS!
una furia scatenata,un vulcano in attività perenne. Grande❤
SUPRER PIANIST I NEVER HEARD BEFROE.
Wow, where have you been all my life Dorothy, what an amazing jazz musician…. genius…. one of, if not the best female jazz pianist ever….. plus she can also sing! Terrific!
Never missed her when in Boston.
I was lucky enough to see this wonderful woman, she was as good a pianist as any that you could name.
Would like to know her life story. Like how old was she when she started. Gifted!!!.
music of the angels...imagine her playing in the film "wings of desire" by Wenders
What a beautiful soul.
She just happened by my feed she was awesome, but who's the guy in the background given up all that energy he's just having the best time of his life? 😊
What a powerhouse!!!
What a gift. Thank you🎉
Гениальная ❤❤❤
The gentleman in the background knows how to rock out to the beat.
Wonderful entertainer! Beautiful Woman! God bless!
Honestly Uja Wang has nothing over her, she is right there with her in technique and possibly better in classical interpretation!
Comparing oranges with bananas, good try ,tho
@@franciscouderq1100 I was not comparing her jazz to Uja's Classical, but the few examples of Dorothy performing classical (real and improvised), and Uja's classical. In this case I am comparing pears with pears and btw you will excuse me, but I don't need your approval.
Better comparison would perhaps be Hiromi Uehara, who is also a classically trained jazz virtuoso like Dorothy but who is in her 40's.
Alice McCloud Coltrane played the piano 🎹 as if she was in a trance the same way! Rest in POWER to Both of THEM PLAYING AWAY IN THAT BIG BAND IN THE SKY!❤🖤💚💯
Positivley the most blinding and wonderfully wreckless abandoment of all piano norms i've ever heard played in 60 + yrs of my 71 year life.
My love of music started when i was in my crib...backed up to
the piano wall.
Now have another whole chapter to
LOVE and study.
Speed power grace. All intence
and truely live's?
Here, hear.
I have seen her perform at Newport-She was great. This was I think early 1990's also Markis Roberts at the same Festival. Either George Benson or Ray Charles were the Headliner.
Dorothy was number one , nobody could follow her , period .
One wonders how Dorothy would handle Rachmaninov in her own special way? Perhaps an inappropriate question but the lady has both energy and terrific ability so one just speculates on what magic might come about.
She had classical training
It's a good question. Her mentor, Art Tatum in the 1940's, was also a brilliant classical pianist in his spare time. Rachmaninov himself once commented that he could copy Tatum's notes but couldn't match his rhythm.
Am speechless.....wow
Simplemente genial
Великая Дора!
She has many unique stylistic elements and techniques distinct from Tatum. More polished in some ways and less repetitive than Tatum. I hear Oscar Peterson type motifs, so she probably influenced him.
Sweet!!!
GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lovely!!!
The guy in the background could be the source of like 10,000 memes.
Genius!
The goddess of jazz!
Genius in a class of her own,par excellence. Deserving of more extensive exposure.
Gratitude
I am in Awe
Lovely
Fabuleuse!!!
Fierce.
True
Высший класс!!!!!!
Genius❤
Epic!!!!!