THE HISTORY OF JAZZ

$17.16
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
      093070286023
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FOWY2860.2
    • LABEL
      FOLKWAYS RECORDS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. Medi I (Modern Blues,Jazz)

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams

    2. Medi I with Voiceover

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams

    3. Anima Christi - Lord Have Mercy - a Spiritual

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams

    4. Medi I with Voiceover

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams

    5. Who Stole the Lock off the Henhouse Door

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams

    6. Medi I with Voiceover - My Mama Pinned a Rose on Me

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams

    7. Swing Speech

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams

    8. Kansas City Swing

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams

    9. Hesitation Boogie

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams

    10. Old Blues

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams

    11. New Blues

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams

    12. Speech - A Fungus A Mungus - Medi I

      Composer: Mary Lou Williams

      Performer: Mary Lou Williams


On this album, Mary Lou Williams presents a history of jazz in speech and in music, from meditations on learning ragtime and blues as a child to performances of her own compositions, including "Night Life," which was captured on her first recording in 1930 and became a Kansas City classic.