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Mary Lou Williams (born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981 [1]) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and recorded more than one hundred records (in 78, 45, and LP versions). [ 2 ]
Zodiac Suite by Mary Lou Williams Mary Lou Williams with Milt Orent who assisted with some of the arrangements for Zodiac Suite Year 1945 (1945) Genre Fusion of jazz and classical Composed 1942 (1942) -1945 Recorded 1945 (1945) Movements 12 Scoring Chamber jazz group or symphony orchestra Zodiac Suite is a series of 12 pieces of jazz music written by the American jazz pianist and composer Mary ...
Zoning is a studio album by American jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams, released in 1974 by Mary Records. It was arranged by Williams and features her in duo and trio settings, mostly with bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Mickey Roker. In 1995, Smithsonian Folkways reissued the album on compact disc with a different track listing, new cover art ...
Mary Lou Williams, an icon of swing jazz, left an unfinished work when she died in 1981. Now Duke will debut a completed composition on April 13.
A piano was rolled into Mary Lou Williams’ hospital room in North Carolina. The master jazz pianist was writing one last piece of music. She never finished it. For decades after her death in ...
Mary Lou Williams. (album) Mary Lou Williams, alternatively titled Black Christ of the Andes, is a jazz album by pianist Mary Lou Williams, which was released in 1964 by Folkways Records. [1] Released after Williams's conversion to Catholicism, [2] the album incorporates a variety of styles from spirituals, blues and avant-garde jazz. [3]
Dizzy Gillespie and the Mitchell Ruff Duo in Concert. (1971) Giants (also released as Mary Lou Williams and the Trumpet Giants) is a live album by trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Bobby Hackett and pianist Mary Lou Williams recorded in 1971 and originally released on the Perception label. [1]
Coordinates: 40°48′25″N 73°56′27″W. A Great Day in Harlem. A Great Day in Harlem or Harlem 1958 is a black-and-white photograph of 57 jazz musicians in Harlem, New York, taken by freelance photographer Art Kane for Esquire magazine on August 12, 1958. [1] The idea for the photo came from Esquire ' s art director, Robert Benton, rather ...