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  1. Vor 4 Tagen · 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. Her marriage ended in ...

  2. Vor 6 Tagen · Mary Lou Williams (born May 8, 1910, Atlanta, Ga., U.S.—died May 28, 1981, Durham, N.C.) 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. Picking out simple tunes at age two, Mary Lou was a prodigy ...

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  3. 22. Mai 2024 · 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

  4. 19. Mai 2024 · Virginia Mayhew - tenor saxophone Ed Cherry - guitar Harvie S - bass Andy Watson - drums Wycliffe Gordon - trombone Recorded at Kaleidoscope Sound, Union City, NJ on December 12, 2010.

  5. 22. Mai 2024 · by Matt Micucci. “A Night in Tunisia” is a quintessential composition by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Its origins remain somewhat of a mystery. However, many sources have claimed to have located its genesis in Gillespie’s time as a member of Benny Carter’s band in 1942. The tune later became a staple number of Billy Eckstine’s big band ...

  6. Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong and Bobby Hackett, a meeting of trumpeters who certainly do not lack good humor photo by Maynard Frank Wolfe, 1959 Share Add a Comment. Sort by: Best. Open comment sort options. Best. Top. New. Controvers ...

  7. 8. Mai 2024 · Today, we honor Mary Lou Williams, a pioneering jazz pianist, composer, and arranger whose talent and innovation helped shape the course of jazz. Known...

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