Mary Lou Willams - Piano
Beryl Bryden - Vocals 3&8
Nelson Williams - Trumpet 2,5,10&11
Ray Lawrence - Tenor2,5,10&11
Buddy banks - Bass
Kansas Fields, Jaques David - Drums
Crotchet
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MARY LOU
WILLIAMS
I MADE YOU LOVE PARIS
 Jazz in Paris GITANES 013
141-2
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Avalon
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Scratchin' the Gravel
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Rock Me
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I Made you Love Paris
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Nancy is in Love with the Colonel
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Swingin' for the Guys
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Club Francais Blues
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Freight Train Blues
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Memories of You
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Leg'n You
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Mary Lou Blues
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Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
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There's a Small Hotel
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En ce temps-la
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Lover
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Carioca
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Nicole
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Tire tire L'aiguille
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Autumn in New York
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Mary Lou Williams is easily the most honoured and well-known female
instrumentalist in jazz so far. Her career started in earnest with Andy Kirk's
Band for whom she was not only pianist, but also staff arranger. Many people
believe that it is because of her arrangements that the music of the Kirk
Band is still heard today.
She was very influential with a lot of younger jazz performers who she constantly
helped and encouraged. Her latter days were spent teaching at Duke University
in North Carolina, she died in 1981 at the age of 71.Her most famous composition
was her Zodiac Suite, which was performed by the Dizzy Gillespie Big band
at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival.
This particular CD has her playing I many different settings from solo piano
to quintet. On two of the tracks British singer Beryl Bryden is heard, this
was something of a surprise as she has mostly worked with more traditional
organisations, however everything works out fine. In all the different groups
the talent of Mary Lou shines through and she certainly was a top class
performer, I particularly liked the trio version of Memories of You, the
up-tempo Lover and the solo piano on Small Hotel. On every tack however she
exudes professionalism.
It is nice to have something from Mary Lou Williams in the library, she was
a woman who lived for her music and her chosen music was jazz. She made a
major contribution to its enhancement both as a performer and arranger.
Don Mather
Don Mather is a saxophone player and Bandleader in Coventry
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