MARY LOU WILLIAMS

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Label
FOLKWAYS RECORDS
Release Date
May 30, 2012
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      WILLIAMS, MARY LOU
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 30, 2012
    • UPC
      093070284326
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FOWY2843.2
    • LABEL
      FOLKWAYS RECORDS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. Black Christ of the Andes (St. Martin de Porres)

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Ensemble: Ray Charles Singers

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams

      Conductor: Howard Roberts

    2. Porgy and Bess, Act II: It ain't necessarily so

      Composer: George Gershwin

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams, Theodore Cromwell, George Chamble

    3. The Devil - Chorale Vocal

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Ensemble: Ray Charles Singers

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams

      Conductor: Howard Roberts

    4. Miss D.D.

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams, Theodore Cromwell, George Chamble

    5. Anima Christi - Chorale Vocal

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Ensemble: George Gordon Singers

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams, Jimmy Mitchell, Budd Johnson, Larry Gales, Grant Green, Percy Brice

    6. A Grand Nite for Swinging

      Composer: Billy Taylor

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams, Percy Heath, Tim Kennedy

    7. My Blue Heaven

      Composer: Walter Donaldson

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams, Percy Heath, Tim Kennedy

    8. Dirge Blues

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams, Percy Heath, Tim Kennedy

    9. A Fungus Amungus

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams

    10. Praise the Lord - Chorale Vocal

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Ensemble: George Gordon Singers

      Performer: Jimmy Mitchell, Mary Lou Williams, Budd Johnson, Grant Green, Larry Gales, Percy Brice

      Conductor: Melba Liston


So versatile that she was able to sustain a professional career for more than thirty years, jazz pianist, composer and arranger Mary Lou Williams ran the gamut from Dixieland to swing, bop and avant-garde. This album is among her 1960s avant-garde works, with intimate piano combos and vocal jazz choruses; it includes her well-known cantata, The Black Christ of the Andes (also available remastered and reissued on SFW40816 as a CD, complete with extensive liner notes and historic photos).