That’s her name! Doreen Ketchens. I saw her as a street performer in New Orleans last year and knew that she is absolutely the best clarinetist in all of jazz. What is she doing still playing in the street? She is any bit as good as Pete Fountain.
She says next stop is Carnegie Hall she's just waiting.... but she is absolutely amazing I become very close and dear to her she just hit the street today for the first time in over a year and I'm flying down there tonight I can't wait peace
That gal is the greatest. Partly I wish she was in some fine orchestra. Then I say nah it would constrain her style, her innovative freedom and that would be a shame.
Great trumpet playing, with feeling and a lot of good ideas. Only in the 1st chorus, you lag a tad behind the tempo, but that's natural, playing with a band you don't know.
Getting Doreen to play in your NOLA corner band would be like getting Lebron James to play in your local collegiate basketball team lol. "Best" doesn't even cover it. I can only presume she does it for the sheer honest and pure love of music.
