© 2025 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All Rights Reserved. Born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs in Atlanta on May 8, 1910, Mary Lou Williams was one of the most influential ...
Throughout the history of jazz, men like Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie carved out the basic musical fabrics that ranged from the boogie blues to fusion. Yet there’s one woman who ...
The title sounds like something from the fertile imagination of Charles Mingus. A blindfold listening test might throw up Sun Ra. "A Fungus Amungus," however, is Mary Lou Williams and nothing but.
Williams was known as "the lady who swings the band" thanks to her mastery of jazz's unique approach to rhythm. Watch jazz pianist Helen Sung... The eight women we chose to honor in this season of ...
There are many facets to great artists' careers, from their earliest musical adventures to their final recordings. Some lose their remarkable musical facilities as age, illness or drug abuse takes its ...
For various jazz pianists, in part with ensembles. Program notes by Ira Gitler on container. Mary Lou Williams; Art Tatum; Erroll Garner; Lennie Tristano; Bridget O'Flynn; June M Rotenberg; Mary ...
All God's chillun got rhythm (Mary Lou Williams Trio ; Kahn ; Kaper ; Jurmann) --Erroll's blues (Erroll Garner, piano) --I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you (Lennie Tristano, piano ; Young ; ...