Search results
Mary Lou Williams was one of the major stride and swing performers who successfully made the transition to bop. For Benny Goodman in 1947, she composed two bop-influenced pieces: “Lonely Moments” and “Whistle Blues.”. For Dizzy Gillespie’s big band in 1949, she composed the bop fairy tale “In the Land of Oo Bla Dee.”.
10 de sept. de 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 Elfrieda Scruggs, conocida en el mundo del jazz como Mary Lou Williams ( Atlanta, Georgia, 8 de mayo de 1910 - Durham, Carolina del Norte, 28 de mayo de 1981) fue una pianista, arreglista y compositora estadounidense que desarrolló su trabajo con músicos de swing, bebop e, incluso, free jazz . Historial.
14 de jun. de 2023 · Williams, Mary Lou - Decca 1155 (1936) by. Mary Lou Williams, piano (& drums, bass) Publication date. 1936-03-11. Topics. 78rpm Jazz, Decca, Williams Mary Lou, Piano. Mary Lou Williams (Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; 08.05.1910 - 28.05.1981): American jazz pianist, arranger and composer. She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements ...
15 de sept. de 2020 · “Until the Real Thing Comes Along” (1937) y “I Won’t Tell You A Soul (I Love You)” (1938) alcanzaron el puesto número uno, en el que permanecieron durante dos semanas, y “Christopher Columbus” (1936) y “What Will I Tell My Heart?” (1937), el número dos también durante dos semanas cada canción.
Hace 4 días · Mary Lou Williams (born May 8, 1910, Atlanta, Ga., U.S.—died May 28, 1981, Durham, N.C.) was a jazz pianist who performed with and composed for many of the great jazz artists of the 1940s and ’50s. Williams received early instruction from her mother, a classically trained pianist.
In 1937, she produced In the Groove (Brunswick), a collaboration with Dick Wilson, and Benny Goodman asked her to write a blues song for his band. The result was "Roll 'Em", a boogie-woogie piece based on the blues, which followed her successful "Camel Hop", named for Goodman's radio show sponsor, Camel cigarettes.
