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One of the greatest jazz pianists, composers, and arrangers of all time, Mary Lou Williams was a swing and bebop icon. “The Lady Who Swings the Band” also devoted herself to aiding musicians in need and teaching younger generations about jazz’s rich African American heritage.
11 de sept. de 2019 · Jazz helped Mary Lou Williams stay alive — but after several draining decades as a musician, she quit the scene. When she returned, she claimed her true power as one of jazz's fiercest...
In 1983, Duke University established the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture; Since 1996, The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. has an annual Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival. Since 2000, her archives are preserved at Rutgers University's Institute of Jazz Studies in Newark.
Mary Lou Williams remained with Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy from 1929 to 1942—the bulk of the swing era in jazz. Not only did she play piano, appearing on more than 180 recordings with Kirk’s orchestra, she also composed and arranged the music for many of those sides.
Her stunning solo performance at the 1978 Montreux Jazz Festival was the last album released during her lifetime, and it remains one of the finest examples of her artistry. It is also a rare example of the same recording simultaneously available from two different companies in CD and DVD format.
Reporter, Down Beat columnist, author of The Golden Age of Jazz (1979), and photographer William P. Gottlieb (1917-2006) pioneered jazz iconography and shape...
24 de may. de 2024 · Mary Lou Williams was a jazz pianist who performed with and composed for many of the great jazz artists of the 1940s and ’50s. Williams received early instruction from her mother, a classically trained pianist.
