Elizabeth "Betty" Asche Douglas

Female

Rochester, PA

United States

Profile Information:

Favorite website
http://www.douglasartgallery.com
Pittsburgh Connection
CMU & Pitt grad. Lived on Hill in 50s. Spend most of art & music life in Pittsburgh. I am on the Guild Council of Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts representing of Women of Visions. Other Center guilds I belong to are Group A and the Society of Sculptors.
Favorite Pittsburgh musicians/performers
Lou Schreiber, Etta Cox, Dwayne Dolphin, Harold Betters, Lou Stellute, Roger Humphries, Al Dowe, Tim Stevens, Tim Jenkins, Chuck Austin, Nelson Harrison, James Johnson, Luther DeJarunett, Tony Campbell, Kenny Blake, Sandy Staley, Don Aliquo, Sean Jones, Dave Pellow, Howie Alexander, Greg Humphries, Michelle Benson, Donna Bailey
Favorite Jazz Radio or media station
WESA
Favorite Pittsburgh Jazz Venue
CJ's and James Street
About Me:
I'm Betty Douglas. I was inducted into the Beaver Valley Musicians (local 82-545, AFM) Hall of Fame in 2003. I am also on the local's board of directors. I am a regular in the "Sweet Jazz" series at Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley. I do lecture/performance gigs for colleges and other organizations around the region. I am also a widely exhibited, prize-winning visual artist. I am a member of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce and the Beaver County Chamber of Commerce.
Website:
http://www.douglasartgallery.com
Artist or Fan
artist

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  • Jere B

    Hello Sister Betty, I had a great time meeting and talking with you this past Saturday at Kevin Amos' "Each One Reach One" - I am enjoying your DVD and looking forward to speaking with you again soon - Remember SounDoctrine @ CJs this Saturday at 8PM!!

    Nov 22, 2011

  • buce turek

    ebad......... who's your accompanist?

    Aug 21, 2012

  • Byron G. Curtis

    Jazzy Lady

    to Elizabeth (Betty) Asche Douglas

    fourth draft, March 9, 2014

     

    Her face—engrained in walnut hues.

    Her tones—the strains of jazz and blues.

    Her tune she scats to the sax-man’s cues.

    She lilts, she shouts, she growls, she coos.

     

    She slings a note; it swings askew.

    It stings—and then she sings it true.

    And true’s the Tale, though black and bruised,

    for bluesin’ pays its Gospel dues.

     

    Her rhythms rise and writhe and rhyme;

    She syncopates in dotted time;

    and justice, grace, and peace entwine:

    her vining themes ply line by line.

     

    It’s hard, when young, to sing the blues.

    She’s wrung the years in prayer and pew,

    and placed her bets, and lost a few,

    and dug the ashes for the clues.

     

    So mix the sorrow with the song,

    and hope tomorrow shall belong

    to flights of sparrows waxing strong,                     

    when God sets right a world so wrong.

    Mar 10, 2014