With his suite Black, Brown and Beige, he had shown that it was possible to unite jazz with the formal ambitions of classical music, and now Williams also pushed herself compositionally. In addition ...

This week, a birthday wish for a forgotten Philly singer, a super set of piano trios featuring a new tribute to Mary Lou Williams. I work out my issues with jazz guitar with some ear opening duets, ...

Jason Moran, pianist. Williams’s “Night Life” is a blistering three-minute dance. It’s the kind of song that raises your heart rate because Mary Lou creates so much drama by pressurizing ...

A piano was rolled into Mary Lou Williams’ hospital room in North Carolina. The master jazz pianist was writing one last piece of music. She never finished it.

Object Details performer Williams, Mary Lou 1910-1981 artist Tatum, Art 1909-1956 Notes For various jazz pianists, in part with ensembles. Program notes by Ira Gitler on container.

Mary Lou Williams only spent a dozen years in Kansas City during its ... Mary Lou Williams Took Kansas City Music To The ... Though originally written for trio and solo piano in 1944, ...

The final one was "Music for Peace," which acquired its better-known name of "Mary Lou's Mass" when it was adapted for dance by Alvin Ailey. Williams' piano playing continued to evolve, too.

In these 20 tracks, you'll find Williams' prowess as a composer and pianist, as well as proof of her expansive influence on jazz and American music as a whole.

When Mary Lou Williams arrived at Duke in 1977 as the University’s first artist-in-residence, ... she was playing the piano, and by age six, her music career had kicked off. “ ...