While I am saving one of best for my last post on Saturday, there are a few more women who deserve mention for having some Boogie Woogie chops on the keyboard.
Dorothy Donegan is perhaps the greatest Blues/Jazz pianist you have never heard.
Cleo Brown’s brother Everett played with Pinetop Smith (“Pine Tops Boogie”) and taught her some piano licks.
Doña Oxford can hold her own, even when backing the great, Albert Lee.
Mary Lou Williams is regarded as one of the best Jazz pianists of all time.
Deanna Bogart does it all, singer, composer and plays a killer sax as well.
Stephanie Trick plays “Suitcase Blues” from a name I mentioned in my first post, Hersal Thomas.
Hazel Scott was one of the stars of the club I mentioned in the first post, Café Society.
Lil Hardin Armstrong was another artist of many talents. Besides being King Oliver’s pianist and married (1924-31) to Louis Armstrong (his second of four wife’s), she composed the music for several songs; “Bad Boy” was a hit for the Jive Bombers and covered by Ringo Starr, “Just for a Thrill” was covered by the Ink Spots and Ray Charles.
Caroline Dahl is a San Francisco based musician. She has released four Boogie Woogie CD’s and is still touring the world and spreading the Boogie Woogie gospel.
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Marcia Ball is a gal I listen to
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gave her a listen, she is great!
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Great post, Randy. Man, all these ladies were truly rockin’ the piano! And I had not heard of any of them!
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Thanks Christian, happy to spread the word!
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A great spin on things here Randy. Enjoyed the read and there’s never nothing wrong with boogie boogie piano playing women. I checked out Deanna Bogart. She’s got some great chops…
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Thanks deKE. She’s got a bit of an edge to her style I’d say.
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Stephanie Tricks is the one that really grabbed me- she has so much going on.
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Yeah, she is super talent I’ve watched other clips of her and her playing is so effortless but amazingly dynamic. The thing with Boogie Woogie is the players always seem to be having a lot of fun, not a genre for serious faces.
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Great point- they ARE always smiling along. Something infectious in that boogie woogie.
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I will echo Dave’s comment: Impressive! Zero for nine is my score, I had not heard of any of these supremely talented women before. I listened to every last second of all of the videos you provided. Than you, thank you. What a great post.
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You are welcome North so glad you enjoyed it!
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That’s quite a vast selection of female keyboard greats! My favourites were Dorothy Donegal’s Boogie Woogie, Dona Oxford (great video!), and Lil Hardin.
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Love the Dorothy Donegan music…and Cleo Brown.
Funny as I watched Stephanie Trick….by looking at her I expected classical or something and she breaks out in this killer boogie song…awesome.
I never knew about Louis Armstrong’s wife…that is great.
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Thanks Max, glad you enjoyed it. Ha I thought the same about Trick!
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This made me realize more that the fifties whole rock existence was somewhat built around this boogie pattern.
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It really was quite integral I agree. I try and cover a lot of ground with the last post on the topic Saturday but really there’s much more to explore.
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I love this…great series and something I never really thought about before.
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Thanks Max!
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impressive! Where DO you manage to find all these old talents? And who knew Louis Armstrong had a wife who could play and that Ringo would record years later too?
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Thanks so much Dave. I call it connecting the dots. I have done enough research to be able to put names but together. In this case I’ve known about Lil but often I luck out and the synchronicity just falls in my lap!
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