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Mary Lou Williams

Author : Deanna Witkowski
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0814664016
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book Mary Lou Williams written by Deanna Witkowski and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2021-08-15 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Mary Lou Williams: Music for the Soul, Deanna Witkowski brings a fresh perspective to the life and music of the legendary jazz pianist-composer Mary Lou Williams (1910-81). As a fellow jazz pianist-composer, adult convert to Catholicism, and liturgical composer, Witkowski offers unique insight gleaned from a twenty-year journey with Williams as her chosen musical and spiritual mentor. Viewing Williams’s musical and corporal acts of mercy as part of a singular effort to create community no matter the context, Witkowski examines how Williams created networks of support and friendship through her decades long letter correspondence with various women religious, her charitable work, and her tireless efforts to perform jazz in churches, community centers, concert halls, and schools. Throughout this fascinating story told with equal amounts of deep love and scholarly research, Witkowski illumines Williams’s passionate mantra that “jazz is healing to the soul.”

Soul on Soul

Author : Tammy L. Kernodle
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 025205248X
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Soul on Soul written by Tammy L. Kernodle and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First time in paperback and e-book! The jazz musician-composer-arranger Mary Lou Williams spent her sixty-year career working in—and stretching beyond—a dizzying range of musical styles. Her integration of classical music into her works helped expand jazz's compositional language. Her generosity made her a valued friend and mentor to the likes of Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie. Her late-in-life flowering of faith saw her embrace a spiritual jazz oriented toward advancing the civil rights struggle and helping wounded souls. Tammy L. Kernodle details Williams's life in music against the backdrop of controversies over women's place in jazz and bitter arguments over the music's evolution. Williams repeatedly asserted her artistic and personal independence to carve out a place despite widespread bafflement that a woman exhibited such genius. Embracing Williams's contradictions and complexities, Kernodle also explores a personal life troubled by lukewarm professional acceptance, loneliness, relentless poverty, bad business deals, and difficult marriages. In-depth and epic in scope, Soul on Soul restores a pioneering African American woman to her rightful place in jazz history.

Morning Glory

Author : Linda Dahl
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520228726
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Morning Glory written by Linda Dahl and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-04-23 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Imagine a pianist playing concerts with Benny Goodman and Cecil Taylor in successive years (1977-78). That pianist was Mary Lou Williams. In a career which spanned over fifty years, Mary was always on the cutting edge."--Bob Jacobsen, www.allaboutjazz

The Little Piano Girl

Author : Ann Ingalls
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0618959742
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book The Little Piano Girl written by Ann Ingalls and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2010 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated account of the childhood of jazz pianist, composer, and arranger Mary Lou Williams in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in the early twentieth century.

Lift Every Voice and Swing

Author : Vaughn A. Booker
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479890804
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book Lift Every Voice and Swing written by Vaughn A. Booker and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the role of jazz celebrities like Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, and Mary Lou Williams as representatives of African American religion in the twentieth century Beginning in the 1920s, the Jazz Age propelled Black swing artists into national celebrity. Many took on the role of race representatives, and were able to leverage their popularity toward achieving social progress for other African Americans. In Lift Every Voice and Swing, Vaughn A. Booker argues that with the emergence of these popular jazz figures, who came from a culture shaped by Black Protestantism, religious authority for African Americans found a place and spokespeople outside of traditional Afro-Protestant institutions and religious life. Popular Black jazz professionals—such as Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, and Mary Lou Williams—inherited religious authority though they were not official religious leaders. Some of these artists put forward a religious culture in the mid-twentieth century by releasing religious recordings and putting on religious concerts, and their work came to be seen as integral to the Black religious ethos. Booker documents this transformative era in religious expression, in which jazz musicians embodied religious beliefs and practices that echoed and diverged from the predominant African American religious culture. He draws on the heretofore unexamined private religious writings of Duke Ellington and Mary Lou Williams, and showcases the careers of female jazz artists alongside those of men, expanding our understanding of African American religious expression and decentering the Black church as the sole concept for understanding Black Protestant religiosity. Featuring gorgeous prose and insightful research, Lift Every Voice and Swing will change the way we understand the connections between jazz music and faith.

Harlem Nocturne

Author : Farah Jasmine Griffin
Publisher : Civitas Books
ISBN 13 : 0465069975
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Harlem Nocturne written by Farah Jasmine Griffin and published by Civitas Books. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As World War II raged overseas, Harlem witnessed a battle of its own. Brimming with creative and political energy, the neighborhood's diverse array of artists and activists took advantage of a brief period of progressivism during the war years to launch a bold cultural offensive aimed at winning democracy for all Americans, regardless of race or gender. Ardent believers in America's promise, these men and women helped to lay the groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement before Cold War politics and anti-Communist fervor temporarily froze their dreams at the dawn of the postwar era. In Harlem Nocturne, esteemed scholar Farah Jasmine Griffin tells the stories of three black female artists whose creative and political efforts fueled this historic movement for change: choreographer and dancer Pearl Primus, composer and pianist Mary Lou Williams, and novelist Ann Petry. Like many African Americans in the city at the time, these women weren't't native New Yorkers, but the metropolis and its vibrant cultural scene gave them the space to flourish and the freedom to express their political concerns. Pearl Primus performed nightly at the legendary Cafe Society, the first racially integrated club in New York, where she debuted dances of social protest that drew on long-buried African traditions and the dances of former slaves in the South. Williams, meanwhile, was a major figure in the emergence of bebop, collaborating with Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and Bud Powell and premiering her groundbreaking Zodiac Suite at the legendary performance space Town Hall. And Ann Petry conveyed the struggles of working-class black women to a national audience with her acclaimed novel The Street, which sold over a million copies -- a first for a female African American author. A rich biography of three artists and the city that inspired them, Harlem Nocturne captures a period of unprecedented vitality and progress for African Americans and women, revealing a cultural movement and a historical moment whose influence endures today.

Jazz and Justice

Author : Gerald Horne
Publisher : Monthly Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1583677860
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Jazz and Justice written by Gerald Horne and published by Monthly Review Press. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A galvanizing history of how jazz and jazz musicians flourished despite rampant cultural exploitation The music we call “jazz” arose in late nineteenth century North America—most likely in New Orleans—based on the musical traditions of Africans, newly freed from slavery. Grounded in the music known as the “blues,” which expressed the pain, sufferings, and hopes of Black folk then pulverized by Jim Crow, this new music entered the world via the instruments that had been abandoned by departing military bands after the Civil War. Jazz and Justice examines the economic, social, and political forces that shaped this music into a phenomenal US—and Black American—contribution to global arts and culture. Horne assembles a galvanic story depicting what may have been the era’s most virulent economic—and racist—exploitation, as jazz musicians battled organized crime, the Ku Klux Klan, and other variously malignant forces dominating the nightclub scene where jazz became known. Horne pays particular attention to women artists, such as pianist Mary Lou Williams and trombonist Melba Liston, and limns the contributions of musicians with Native American roots. This is the story of a beautiful lotus, growing from the filth of the crassest form of human immiseration.

The Fifty Greatest Jazz Piano Players of All Time

Author : Gene Rizzo
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780634074165
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book The Fifty Greatest Jazz Piano Players of All Time written by Gene Rizzo and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2005 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handy resource for jazz listeners and hardcore fans. Spanning players from eighty years of history, this bold book steps forward and claims who are the greatest. Compiled from an extensive survey conducted with the best jazz minds in the education, publishing and entertainment worlds, noted jazz journalist Gene Rizzo summarized the chosen and presents a concise bio on the essence of these jazz giants. Choices were made on the basis of chops, originality, creativity, and degree of influence. This book will either confirm some readers' opinions or open debate with others, but ultimately the book provides an impressive summary of the greatest jazz piano players of all time. A photo accompanies each listing * Landmark recordings are listed * Extra lists include the next twenty to be selected, the top women players and an alphabetical list of all the other players considered

Wild Women of Song

Author : Rebeca Mauleón
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615548555
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book Wild Women of Song written by Rebeca Mauleón and published by . This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Marian McPartland's Jazz World

Author : Marian McPartland
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252028014
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Marian McPartland's Jazz World written by Marian McPartland and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated edition of jazz pianist and radio host Marian McPartland's tribute to legendary musicians.

Changing the Tune

Author : Carolyn Glenn Brewer
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574416669
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Changing the Tune written by Carolyn Glenn Brewer and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though the potential passage of the Equal Rights Amendment had cracked glass ceilings across the country, in 1978 jazz remained a boys’ club. Two Kansas City women, Carol Comer and Dianne Gregg, challenged that inequitable standard. With the support of jazz luminaries Marian McPartland and Leonard Feather, inaugural performances by Betty Carter, Mary Lou Williams, an unprecedented All-Star band of women, Toshiko Akiyoshi’s band, plus dozens of Kansas City musicians and volunteers, a casual conversation between two friends evolved into the annual Kansas City Women’s Jazz Festival (WJF). But with success came controversy. Anxious to satisfy fans of all jazz styles, WJF alienated some purists. The inclusion of male sidemen brought on protests. The egos of established, seasoned players unexpectedly clashed with those of newcomers. Undaunted, Comer, Gregg, and WJF’s ensemble of supporters continued the cause for eight years. They fought for equality not with speeches but with swing, without protest signs but with bebop. For the first book about this groundbreaking festival, Carolyn Glenn Brewer interviewed dozens of people and dove deeply into the archives. This book is an important testament to the ability of two friends to emphatically prove jazz genderless, thereby changing the course of jazz history.

Hemming the Water

Author : Yona Harvey
Publisher : Stahlecker Selections
ISBN 13 : 9781935536321
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Hemming the Water written by Yona Harvey and published by Stahlecker Selections. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often mimicking fairy tales or ancient fables, these are poems wrought from daughterhood, motherhood, siblinghood, and the love of music

Kansas City Jazz

Author : Frank Driggs
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019536435X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Kansas City Jazz written by Frank Driggs and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There were but four major galaxies in the early jazz universe, and three of them--New Orleans, Chicago, and New York--have been well documented in print. But there has never been a serious history of the fourth, Kansas City, until now. In this colorful history, Frank Driggs and Chuck Haddix range from ragtime to bebop and from Bennie Moten to Charlie Parker to capture the golden age of Kansas City jazz. Readers will find a colorful portrait of old Kaycee itself, back then a neon riot of bars, gambling dens and taxi dance halls, all ruled over by Boss Tom Pendergast, who had transformed a dusty cowtown into the Paris of the Plains. We see how this wide-open, gin-soaked town gave birth to a music that was more basic and more viscerally exciting than other styles of jazz, its singers belting out a rough-and-tumble urban style of blues, its piano players pounding out a style later known as "boogie-woogie." We visit the great landmarks, like the Reno Club, the "Biggest Little Club in the World," where Lester Young and Count Basie made jazz history, and Charlie Parker began his musical education in the alley out back. And of course the authors illuminate the lives of the great musicians who made Kansas City swing, with colorful profiles of jazz figures such as Mary Lou Williams, Big Joe Turner, Jimmy Rushing, and Andy Kirk and his "Clouds of Joy." Here is the definitive account of the raw, hard-driving style that put Kansas City on the musical map. It is a must read for everyone who loves jazz or American music history.

American Musicians

Author : Whitney Balliett
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book American Musicians written by Whitney Balliett and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays originally appearing principally in the New Yorker.

Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted

Author : Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451659229
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted written by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The behind-the-scenes story of the making of the classic television series offers insight into how the influential show reflected changing American perspectives and was a first situation comedy to employ numerous women as writers and producers.

Stormy Weather

Author : Linda Dahl
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879101282
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Stormy Weather written by Linda Dahl and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1989 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the impact of women on the development of jazz and profiles the careers of influential female jazz musicians and singers

American Women in Jazz

Author : Sally Placksin
Publisher : Penguin Adult HC/TR
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book American Women in Jazz written by Sally Placksin and published by Penguin Adult HC/TR. This book was released on 1982 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, for the first time, is the rich and diverse history of women jazz musicians, from rural tent shows and local dance halls to urban theaters and the vaudeville stage, from the steamboats of St. Louis to wartime army bases, from big bands and small combos to the yearly Women's Jazz Festival in Kansas City and New York's Salute to Women in Jazz. Based on three years of extensive research and nearly seventy-five personal interviews, American Women in Jazz presents profiles of over sixty women, set in the context of the musical and social history of the times, many of whom have never before had a chance to tell their story or to speak as honestly, completely, and with such feeling as they do now.