Woman tells pianist she wants to play and joins him in this feet-stomping performance
Piano players leave us in awe whenever they play. It’s amazing how they can transform a set of ivory keys into a dazzling performance that mesmerizes everyone who watches them.
Arthur Migliazza has been playing the piano professionally since he was 13 years old. And since then, he has transformed himself into an award-winning blues and boogie woogie pianist.
His “piano partner” in this video is actually singer, songwriter, and keyboardist Doña Oxford, who combines old school, and soul vocals with her rock and roll piano pieces.
In this performance, Arthur starts it all off with Doña sitting beside him on the bench.
While he plays, she pretends to assess his piano-playing skills, whether they’re good or not. When his signature style starts, Doña moves her shoulders up and down to the beat and a smile appears on her lips.
She claps and cheers and invites the crowd to do the same.
But then, while she watches Arthur play and the crowds cheer for him, a thought forms in her head.
“I want in on this!” Doña declared.
She doesn’t even wait for Arthur to say yes and immediately joins him on the piano!
And wow! She is amazing!
Arthur and Doña definitely complemented each other’s piano playing skills. Of course, we all know this is not a random invite to play and they did practice this beforehand.
But their performance just makes you stomp your feet, clap your hands, and sway or even dance to the music!
Even Arthur and Doña’s hands were dancing around each other! They didn’t stay in one place and kept moving. At one point, they even switched places on the bench!
It would be such a treat to have been there to watch and witness this performance live.
These two musicians are actually veterans of the music scene. And they are two very accomplished musicians!
Arthur Migliazza has been performing for almost 30 years and has already been inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame.
He was a finalist at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee, in 2010 and 2014. He has performed at the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, Birdland Jazz Club in New York City, and Benaroya Hall in Seattle.
In 2014, he was awarded the Best of the Blues Award for Best Keyboardist in Washington State.
He also released his album, Laying It Down, in the same year, which rose to the number one spot of the Roots Music Report charts for Washington State and the number twenty spot on the national chart.
He also starred in the Off-Broadway show, Boogie Stomp!, in 2015 and published his first instructional book on blues and boogie-woogie piano instruction called “How To Play Boogie Woogie Piano.”
He is currently based in New York City and performs in different shows all over the city.
Doña Oxford is described as “Gladys Knight meets The Rolling Stones.”
As someone who has been around the music scene for some time now, she has played and performed with so many Rock and Blues legends including Keith Richards, Van Morrison, Roger Daltry, Julia Fordham, Chris Farlowe, and her idol, the former Chuck Berry sideman and Father of Rock & Roll Piano, Mr. Johnnie Johnson!
She has released four albums, toured over 22 countries, and still has time to play and record on Grammy-winning albums as well as the musical score for different films.
Her high funky energy keeps the audience, her audience, on their feet, singing, dancing, and cheering in no time!
It would be such a treat to see these two perform together again. And it would be great to watch them at a concert this time!
In the meantime, watch the video below to enjoy their performance until they decide to perform together again.
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