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29 de abr. de 2024 · Mary Lou Williams. Syncopated Times. April 29, 2024. Jazz Birthday. Illustration by Sara Lièvre. Mary Lou Williams was born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs on May 8, 1910, in Atlanta, Georgia. By the age of two, she could pick out simple tunes on the piano, and received lessons from her mother the following year. While still a child, she began to ...
4 de may. de 2024 · Free Spirits: Mary Lou Williams Trio 1976 1043 Divine Revelation: Andrew Hill 1976 1044 In the Tradition Volume 2: Anthony Braxton 1976 1045 Duke's Delight: Duke Jordan Quintet 1976 1046 The Highest Mountain: Clifford Jordan and the Magic Triangle 1976 1047 Morning: Kenny Drew Trio 1976 1048 Open Horizon: Ken McIntyre 1976 1049 Swiss ...
18 de may. de 2024 · From the mid-1920s until 1954, professionally at least, Mary Lou Williams’ life appeared a success. She composed, arranged, recorded and played with, and was admired by many of the jazz greats of the day — Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum. But Williams’ private life told a different story.
Hace 4 días · By Bob Weinberg Cecilia Smith hammers home the historical import of a jazz matriarch. Cecilia Smith wasn’t deeply familiar with Mary Lou Williams when she was approached to perform a concert of the jazz matriarch’s music in 2000. A friend, who was a member of Our Lady of Victory Church in Brooklyn, proffered the invitation
Hace 4 días · October 11, 2023. Album of the Week: Aaron Diehl & The Knights, ‘Zodiac Suite’ (Mack Avenue) by Matt Micucci. Aaron Diehl pays tribute to Mary Lou Williams in his interpretation of one of her landmark yet overlooked works, Zodiac Suite, in a stellar collaboration with The Knights and special guests.
8 de may. de 2024 · McDonough, John. 2011. “Mary Lou Williams: Woman Of All Eras.” Downbeat 78 (4): 32. McPartland, Marian. 2010. “Gender Barriers? Observations Of A Working Pianist And Bandleader.” Downbeat 77 (3): 86. Sojourners. 2021. “Mary Lou Williams’ Jazz Is for the Masses. Deanna Witkowski Is Spreading the Word.” Sojourners Magazine 50 (8 ...
16 de may. de 2024 · “Soul on Soul – The Music of Mary Lou Williams” will also feature NEC alum and 2009 winner of the Mary Lou Wiliams Jazz Pianist Competition Carmen Staaf. More here. Austria’s 3 Days of Jazz Festival to Return in 2022: The 3 Days of Jazz Festival of Saalfelden Leogang, Austria, is set to return to live audiences on January 28-30, 2022.
