Jazz Articles about Dorothy Donegan

About Dorothy Donegan

Radio & Podcasts

This week, the show kicks off with recent releases form Anat Fort, Matthew Shipp and Sumi Tonooka We then jump back to the 1950s for some mid-century modern recordings from Benny Golson, Gerry Mulligan, Roy and Diz, Louis Armstrong, Al Haig, Milt Jackson, June Christy The Four Brothers, Dorothy Donegan, The Joe Newman Octet, Terry Gibbs, Don Fagerquist, Warne Marsh, Bob Brookmeyer, Jimmy Giuffre, Ray Charles, Ornette Coleman and Charlie Parker's then 5-year-old son Charles Baird Parker. Old, new, in, ...

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21 Standards on Tap

by David Brown
July 19, 2022

What makes a song a standard? How does a tune enter the commonly shared repertoire that jazz musicians have been expected to know at any moment? Tonight, we spin a variety of well-worn standards for your listening pleasure. Sonny Rollins once said, “Jazz and standards are forever locked in loving embrace." Some commentary in this episode is inspired by Ted Gioia's Book, The Jazz Standards, A Guide to the Repertoire.Playlist The Delfonics “La-La-Means I love You" from single ...

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Piano Inside And Out: You Have To Be Modernistic

by David Brown
May 17, 2022

Today, a survey of piano approaches from James P. Johnson to Dorothy Donegan to Satoko Fujii and lots of folks in between. This is piano jazz.Playlist King Fleming Trio “Junction City Blues" from Stand By (Argo) 0:00:30 Randy Weston “Boram Xam Xam" from Khepera (Verve) 0:04:01 Earl Fatha" Hines “Blues in Thirds" from The Father of modern Jazz Piano, Earl “Fatha" Hines (M.F. Distribution) 0:08:25 James P. Johnson “You've Got To Be Modernistic" from Piano Jazz vol. 2 ...

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Yonder Come the Blues - Happy Birthday to Dorothy Donegan, Ma Rainey and Ella Fitzgerald

by Mary Foster Conklin
May 4, 2020

The final broadcast of Jazz Appreciation Month includes new releases from vocalist Lauren Henderson and the JC Hopkins Biggish Band, with birthday shout-outs to pianist Dorothy Donegan (pictured), Mother of the Blues Ma Rainey and legendary vocalist Ella Fitzgerald. Thanks for your continued support and please support these artists and their music. Playlist Dorothy Donegan “I Just Want to Sing" from The Explosive Dorothy Donegan (Audiophile) 00:00 Duchess “Joseph, Joseph" from Live at Jazz Standard (Anzic) 03:53 Lauren ...

Album Review

Dorothy Donegan: Strength, Energy, Imagination

Read "Strength, Energy, Imagination" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
June 3, 2014

With this double album, Storyville Records--surely the greatest Danish invention since pastry--tells the story of a legend that never was. Dorothy Donegan, born in Chicago in 1924, trained as a classical pianist before switching to jazz and being hailed as “the female Art Tatum." She made her recording debut when she was 18 and three years later appeared in the movie “Sensations of 1945," sitting in with Cab Calloway's orchestra (see attached video). The ...