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10 lug 2024 · The Dutch Jazz Orchestra researched and played rediscovered works of Williams on their Lady Who Swings the Band in 2005. In 2006, the Mary Lou Williams Collective, fronted by University of Pittsburgh graduate Geri Allen, released Zodiac Suite: Revisited.
18 lug 2024 · It was in 1954, in the middle of a performance when the African American jazz composer and performer Mary Lou Williams unexpectedly exited a Paris stage. It was another episode in an eventful life. A child protégée, from her early teens she was touring with jazz bands.
4 giorni fa · The film was released in April 2017 by Good Deed Acquires. In 2016, she also had a small role in Marvel's film Captain America: Civil War, playing Miriam Sharpe, the mother of an American citizen killed in the battle of Sokovia.
28 giu 2024 · By Kyle MacMillan. While Mary Lou Williams has not attained anywhere near the level of recognition as Duke Ellington—at least not yet—she deserves to be considered right alongside the famed composer and bandleader in the symphonic jazz realm. That’s the belief of Tammy Kernodle, who wrote a 2004 biography of the jazz pianist ...
2 giorni fa · Mary Lou Williams, who mentored Monk and his contemporaries, spoke of Monk's rich inventiveness in this period, and how such invention was vital for musicians, since at the time it was common for fellow musicians to incorporate overheard musical ideas into their own works without giving due credit.
4 giorni fa · Mildred Bailey (born Mildred Rinker; February 27, 1907 – December 12, 1951) was a Native American jazz singer during the 1930s, known as "The Queen of Swing", "The Rockin' Chair Lady", and "Mrs. Swing".
15 lug 2024 · Perdido Mary Lou Williams (3 di 5) "Perdido" from: Mary Lou Williams Plays in London 1953 (Vogue) #jazzlegends zappp 15 lug 01:14
