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As we prepare to celebrate Mary Lou’s birthday in May, we want to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first ever festival - and its very Pittsburgh roots with global reach. The idea of a Jazz Festival in Pittsburgh started much earlier with planning led by Mary Lou Williams and many others that went on for several years.
Prof. Anthony M. Kelley - The Last Unfinished Work of Mary Lou Williams. Apr 26, 2024. Rob Cope. Professor of the Practice in the Department of Music at Duke University, Anthony Kelley joined the Duke faculty in 2000 after serving as Composer-in-Residence with the Richmond Symphony for three years under a grant from Meet the Composer ...
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made a significant contribution to jazz music and pop singing.Her vocal style, strongly influenced by jazz instrumentalists, inspired a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.
Mary Lou Williams Medi I ... Bonnie Raitt (lead vocals, bottleneck steel guitar), Jack Viertel (rhythm steel guitar), Dave Holland (bass) , Lou Terriciano (piano), Chris Parker (drums), John Payne (soprano sax), Peter Ecklund (cornet), Amos Garrett (trombone), Freebo (tuba)
Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) [1] is an American singer, songwriter, musician, bandleader, and activist. A highly regarded figure in contemporary music, she is known for having a consistent artistic direction. Harris is considered one of the leading music artists behind the country rock genre in the 1970s and the Americana genre in the 1990s.
The notes that follow are derived largely from original research by Michael Garnice from his site mentomusic.com who in turn includes data drawn from a number of researchers inclu
Mary Law, who has died aged 91, had two stints playing the anxious guest-house proprietress Mollie Ralston in Agatha Christie’s long-running West End show The Mousetrap; she was also a stalwart ...
