Interesting story. Love the history of the music.
And the winner is: Jazz fans worldwide!!
Thanks.
Cheers
And the winner is: Jazz fans worldwide!!
Thanks.
Cheers
Jazz for aficionados
Mary Lou Williams was friend, mentor, and teacher to Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, and Dizzy Gillespie; that covers a lot of territory. I was very late to her party because I thought she was "old fashioned" without hearing one single solitary note that she played; that’s because her time was before what I considered "modern" jazz, without taking into consideration that some people evolve quite well. Me and Rok discovered her together and fell in love. I have many favorites, here are some of them; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktmyulf11sQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X4r5ZioIBw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e8AOox_prE If you are deep into jazz, and have keen ears, you will hear how unique she is; there were none before, and there will be none after. |
Mary Lou Williams: O-10, I purchased a CD by Mary Lou several months ago. THE ASCH RECORDINGS, 1944 - 47 2CD set, 35 total tracks. Very minimum packaging, no notes, no nothing, except a small call that says, it you want to know the track titles, times and personnel, go to the Smithsonian internet site. WTF!! The CDs themselves are transparent. You can see through them like clear glass. This all falls under the heading, we did it because we can. All this in a very, very thin cardboard thingy. But you can find them all on you-tube. Not the best recorded sound. Cheers |