Thursday, September 12, 2019

John Malveaux: NPR.org: Mary Lou Williams, Missionary Of Jazz

                 Jazz helped Mary Lou Williams stay alive — but after several draining decades as a musician, she quit the scene. When she returned, she claimed her true power as one of jazz's fiercest advocates.
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John Malveaux of 
writes:

Please visit NPR interview of pianist Mary Lou Williams https://www.npr.org/2019/09/11/758076879/mary-lou-williams-missionary-of-jazz. After Mary Lou Williams death, I contacted her manager, Father Peter O'Brien, who shared music scores and other archival materials with me. During a subsequent meeting with James Newton, composer/flutist, on staff at California State University, Los Angeles, I shared information about Mary Lou Williams and Father Peter O'Brien. Thereafter, James Newton was successful in developing a performance of Mary Lou Williams Jazz Mass at Disney Concert Hall.  See https://jazztimes.com/archives/los-angeles-master-chorale-tribute-to-mary-lou-williams/              

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