Dorothy Donegan - Dorothy Romps: A Piano Retrospective 1953-1979 (1991)

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Title: Dorothy Romps: A Piano Retrospective 1953-1979
Year Of Release: 1991
Label: Rosetta Records[ RRCD 1318]
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Boogie Woogie
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 48:30
Total Size: 219 MB(+3%) | 115 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Donegan Walk (Donegan) - 1:43
02. Just in Time (Styne-Comden-Green) - 3:03
03. Dorothy Rocks (Donegan) - 2:32
04. Put Your Arms Around Me (Von Tilzer-McCree) - 3:12
05. Grieg's Boogie (Grieg-Donegan) - 2:29
06. Louise (Whiting-Robin) - 3:27
07. Tonky Honk (Donegan) - 2:52
08. That Old Black Magic (Arlen-Mercer) - 3:49
09. Boogie in the Nursery (Donegan) - 4:39
10. Limehouse Blues (Braham-Furber) - 4:19
11. Minuet in G (Variations) (Paderewski) - 2:55
12. I Want a Little Girl (Mencher-Moll) - 3:23
13. Kilroy Was Here (Donegan) - 2:58
14. Lullaby of Birdland (Shearing-Forster) - 4:51
15. DDT (Donegan) - 2:18

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Dorothy Donegan - piano

Dorothy Donegan, one of the great jazz pianists, was only sporadically documented prior to the mid-'70s. She cut two songs for Bluebird back in 1942; a few scattered numbers for Continental and a few obscure labels; five long out-of-print albums in the 1950s for Jubilee, Capitol, and Roulette; and just one LP during 1962-1974. This retrospective put out on CD by Rosetta is therefore quite valuable. Six of the 15 selections (which skip back and forth between 1953, 1957-1958, 1960-1963, and 1979) were originally released on obscure albums while the other nine performances were never out before. Despite the constant jumping of decades, there is a uniformity to the music, with Donegan often sounding in exuberant form. She explores stride, boogie-woogie, bop, blues, and classical music, sometimes during the same piece. This CD (which has lengthy and informative liner notes) is a perfect introduction to Dorothy Donegan's often-overlooked artistry.~Scott Yanow