1981, ISBN: 1555536069

Pianist, composer, and arranger, Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981), was one of the most significant and influential artists in the history of jazz. A versatile musical genius who experimented… Mehr…

Pianist, composer, and arranger, Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981), was one of the most significant and influential artists in the history of jazz. A versatile musical genius who experimented with and mastered most of the emerging styles in jazz's evolution, Williams wrote and arranged for such greats as Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and she was friend, mentor, and teacher to the likes of Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie. Yet throughout her prolific career of nearly six decades, she battled as an African American woman to achieve recognition, equality, and acceptance in the male-dominated world of jazz. Now Williams's artistic brilliance and lasting legacy are affirmed in this definitive volume, which masterfully interweaves biographical details with incisive commentary on her music, performances, and recordings. Setting Williams's intriguing story against the racial, social, cultural, and musical currents of her times, Tammy L. Kernodle draws on extensive interviews and meticulous research to chronicle the tragedies and triumphs of Williams's stormy life. Included are her struggles with racism, sexism, and age discrimination, and such personal misfortunes as recurrent bouts of poverty, turbulent marriages and love affairs, extreme loneliness, and a string of bad business decisions. Born to an impoverished, unmarried mother in Georgia, and raised in Pittsburgh, the self-taught Williams started performing publicly when she was six-years-old. By the age of t african-american and black,african-american studies,arts and literature,arts music and photography,biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,composers and musicians,ethnic and national African-American & Black, University Press of New England<

2004, ISBN: 9781555536060

Northeastern Univ Press, Ithaca, NY, 2004. Edition Unstated. Cloth. New /As New. 1st printing... Very nice book and Dust Jacket! Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Auto… Mehr…

Northeastern Univ Press, Ithaca, NY, 2004. Edition Unstated. Cloth. New /As New. 1st printing... Very nice book and Dust Jacket! Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Music, Opera, Ballet, Dance. ISBN: 1555536069. ISBN/EAN: 9781555536060. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560729981. . 9781555536060, Northeastern Univ Press, 2004<