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Sep 10, 2019 · By 1936, then-25-year-old Mary Lou Williams' reputation already preceded her. The pianist's primary gig — Kansas City band Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy — was taking off, booked for...
- Mary Lou Williams
Jazz helped Mary Lou Williams stay alive — but after several...
- Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams (born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and recorded more than one hundred records (in 78, 45, and LP versions).
Feb 11, 2022 · Mary Lou Williams’s composition and arrangement of “Walkin’ and Swingin'” is clearly one of the most creative from the mid-1930s. Bits and pieces of it found their way into the arrangements written by many others during and after the swing era.
Mary Lou Williams came in as pianist at the last moment, but she impressed Brunswick's Dave Kapp, so she became a member of the band. After their first recordings in 1929–1930, they grew popular as they epitomized the Kansas City jazz sound. In mid-1936, he was signed to Decca and made scores of popular records until 1946.
Dec 16, 2019 · The perpetually contemporary Williams, as Ellington famously described her, mastered the language of swing.
Dec 11, 1992 · Andy Kirk, though virtually unknown nowadays outside of jazz circles, led one of the hottest swing bands in the country during the 1930s, rivaling Basie 's. His band, the Clouds of Joy, also introduced some of the biggest names in jazz, most notably Mary Lou Williams.
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Original jazz composition by the talented Mary Lou Williams on piano accompanied by bass and drums.Recorded in New York, New York on March 11, 1936.Released ...
