Mary Lou Williams - Mary Lous Mass - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

So versatile that she was able to sustain a professional career for more than thirty years, jazz pianist, composer and arranger Mary Lou Williams ran the gamut from Dixieland to swing, bop and avant-garde. This album is among her 1960s avant-garde works, with intimate piano combos and vocal jazz choruses; it includes her well-known cantata, The Black Christ of the Andes (also available remastered and reissued on SFW40816 as a CD, complete with extensive liner notes and historic photos).

Featuring Mary Lou Williams, Piano; Skippy Williams, Bs; Billy Taylor, Sbs; Al Walker, Drs; Willie de la Guerre, Bongos; recordings from 1951-1952. Track listing Yesterdays, It Ain't Necessarily So, Why Evade the Truth, the Be Bob Waltz, It's the Talk of the Town, Stompin' at the Savoy, Why, Caravan, Crazy Rhythm, Scorpio, the Man I Love, People Will Say We're in Love, for You, Walking, Cloudy, I Won't Let It Bother Me, Sheik of Araby, Dreams Come True, Bobo, Kool, Lover Come Back to Me, Sposin', Handy Eyes, Tisherome, Caravan, Yes, We Have No Bananas, Lonely Moments.

Mary Lou Williams, the InchFirst Lady of JazzInch was an extraordinary pianist, composer arranger and master of blues boogie woogie, stride, swing and bebop. Her complex harmonies and brilliant phrasing rooted on the avant-garde. BLACK CHRIST OF THE ANDES is both a powerful secular statement and a call to the divine. Originally issued in 1964, this CD contains extensive liner and 4 bonus tracks not included in the original.