MARY'S IDEAS : Umlaut Big Band plays Mary Lou Williams.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981, composer.

Contributor:

Joseph B. Glossberg Fund.

Language:

No linguistic content

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[France] : Umlaut Records, 2021.

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

digital recording

audio file

CD audio

Notes:

Mary's Ideas - Umlaut Big Band plays Mary Lou Williams is a musical biography. It is part of Umlaut Big Band's portrait series of composers and arrangers and belongs to a more global reflection on the forgotten musicians of history.This unique program is made up of original manuscripts, rare sound archives and unpublished scores gathered during a research trip in 2019 at the Institute of Jazz Studies (Newark, U.S.A) in partnership with the Mary Lou Williams Foundation.​Sometimes reconstructed from fragmentary sources, the works presented in this program bear witness to the richness of Mary Lou Williams' career. The Umlaut Big Band offers to shed light on the life of an artist who spans more than fifty years of jazz history. Facing racism and sexism, she has fought to remain resolutely active, open to the various changes in jazz, and close to young musicians.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Joseph B. Glossberg Fund.

OCLC:

1501129767