Friday, June 1, 2012

Mary Lou Williams-Black Christ of the Andes

Call it jazz, call it spiritual paeans, call it what you will.  This is a must listen if you haven't heard it before and I have zero believe in anything holy or whatnot.  It's all mumbo jumbo to me, yet that doesn't prevent me from giving this a ringing endorsement as a straight up weird record that draws from all the aforementioned types of musics but exists on a plane all by itself.  I'm a little concerned that this will get my mediafire account shut down once again because I see that folkw*ys has a connection here and I know they can be pretty serious about their money grubbing.  So get it while the gettin' is good.  Here's hoping I don't get another mediafire wipe.  But rest assured little one, no matter how many deletions I have to go through Old Uncle Jerry will keep posting things no one wants to hear.  Just don't pester me about the reups.  They're coming in time.

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5 comments:

  1. Great lady of jazz. From '30's swing to solo piano to a mass. Fantastic!

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  2. Great, great lp. And I know she grew up in Pittsburgh - but she taught & lived in Durham from 1977 to her death in '81, so I claim her for my fair city! :-)

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  3. Nope, she's still a Pittsburger to me. Maybe it's a proximity thing but I just don't class her in the South.

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  4. Er, she was born in Atlanta.
    Mary Lou Williams Center = Duke.
    Don't make me come find you! ;-)

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