Release Date: 1/01/1960
Recording Date: 1/1959
Tracks: 12
Label: Capitol
- Genre/Styles
- Boogie-Woogie, Bop, Swing, Stride
Album Tracks (12)
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What the Critics Say
Dorothy Donegan could be a very entertaining pianist when she resisted the temptation to excessively show off her incredible chops. This 1959 session with an unidentified rhythm section (which is typical for all of her records from this period in her career) focuses almost exclusively on time-tested standards. She romps through "I've Got You Under My Skin" (which adds a conga drummer), a playful roller coaster arrangement of "Lover" (which remained a part of her repertoire until her death in 1998), though she slows down for a moment with an occasionally dark, very bluesy interpretation of "Moonlight in Vermont." The only disappointing track is her upbeat but rather lightweight "D.B. Blues." Fans who discovered her late in her career from her show-stopping appearance as a guest on Marian McPartland's radio program or one of her several CDs released by Chiaroscuro will want to search for this long out of print Capitol LP, which will not be easy to acquire. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
