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Top works
- In celebration of the Stuart Davis centennial retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Earl Davis and the Jazz Foundation of America present The fine art of jazz
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Film & TV
Known for
- Piano Blues — Self (archive footage)2003
- The Ed Sullivan Show — Self1948
- Sensations of 1945 — Dorothy Donegan1944
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Dorothy Donegan (April 6, 1922 — May 19, 1998) was a classically trained jazz pianist primarily known for performing in the stride piano and boogie-woogie style. She also played bop, swing jazz, and classical music. Obituaries for her argued that her flamboyant personality, tendency to mix unrelated genres in the same concert, and willingness to do lounge music may have caused her to be undervalued in jazz circles. Donegan was born and grew up in Chicago, Illinois and began studying classical p
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dorothy
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Educated at
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Genre
- boogie-woogie
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Dorothy Donegan Great Lakes Naval Station.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dorothy Donegan
- date of birth
- 1924-04-06
- date of death
- 1998-05-19
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- influenced by
- Art Tatum
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
- start of work period
- 1936-00-00
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