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The Mary Lou Williams Collective: Zodiac Suite: Revisited

Read "Zodiac Suite: Revisited" reviewed by John Kelman


In a time when “female jazz performer is no longer an oxymoron, it's important to remember there was a time when jazz was essentially a men's club. All the more remarkable, then, that pianist Mary Lou Williams was not just an accomplished artist--in a time where women jazzers were typically relegated to vocalist roles--but a forward-thinking one with one foot in stride and the other in a rapidly evolving musical landscape. While Zodiac Suite: Revisited is not the first tribute ...

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The Mary Lou Williams Collective: Zodiac Suite: Revisited

Read "Zodiac Suite: Revisited" reviewed by Jim Santella


The Mary Lou Williams Collective, an arm of the Mary Lou Williams Foundation, Inc., is devoted to the recording and performance of the music of the pianist and composer. Williams dedicated her Zodiac Suite to figures she respected, including Billie Holiday, Ben Webster, Duke Ellington, Ellis Larkins, Vic Dickenson, Leonard Feather, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Eddie Heywood, Bob Cranshaw, Frankie Newton, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Pianist Geri Allen interprets each movement from the ...

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The Mary Lou Williams Collective: Zodiac Suite: Revisited

Read "Zodiac Suite: Revisited" reviewed by R. Emmet Sweeney


She was “the little girl who swings the band, an arranger for Andy Kirk, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and practically any other sublime big band name you could deign to think of. Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell hung out at her NYC apartment to soak up her knowledge during the bop era. Mary Lou Williams should be a household name, or at least a dorm room name. Something.One who carries her torch to enlighten bedraggled minds ...

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The Mary Lou Williams Collective Wednesday June 14 at J&R Music World Live WBGO Broadcast 12:30 to 1:30 PM

The Mary Lou Williams Collective Wednesday June 14 at J&R Music World Live WBGO Broadcast 12:30 to 1:30 PM

Source: All About Jazz

Wednesday June 14 Live at J&R Music World The Mary Lou Williams Collective Park Row, New York, N.Y. 10038 (across from City Hall Park) 212-238-9000 http://www.jr.com/

Live Broadcast: http://www.wbgo.org

They will perform the complete “Zodiac Suite" between 12:30 and 1:30PM

Hosted by Midday Jazz host Rhonda Hamilton

On Wednesday June 14 The Mary Lou Williams Collective (Geri Allen, piano; Kenny Davis, bass; Andrew Cyrille, drums) will play the complete “Zodiac ...

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Performance / Tour

The Mary Lou Williams Collective May 4-7 At The Iridium Jazz Club

The Mary Lou Williams Collective May 4-7 At The Iridium Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz

May 4-7 THE MARY LOU WILLIAMS COLLECTIVE Mary Lou Williams Birthday Celebration FEATURING GERI ALLEN (PIANO); KENNY DAVIS (BASS); ANDREW CYRILLE (DRUMS)

Celebrating the release of their new CD Zodiac Suite: Revisited (Mary Records)

“This lovely piece of music which is jazz as expansive language" - Ben Ratliff

About the CD...

The Mary Lou Williams Collective, under the musical direction of pianist/arranger/composer Geri Allen, reexamines and revitalizes Mary Lou Williams' Zodiac Suite - the ...

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Recording

The Mary Lou Williams Collective - Zodiac Suite: Street Date February 7, 2006

The Mary Lou Williams Collective - Zodiac Suite: Street Date February 7, 2006

Source: All About Jazz

Jazz Promo Services The Mary Lou Williams Collective - Zodiac Suite: Revisited Mary Records (M104) Geri Allen (piano & musical director); Buster Williams; Billy Hart; Andrew Cyrille. Street Date February 7, 2006 The Mary Lou Williams Collective, under the musical direction of pianist/arranger/composer Geri Allen, reexamines and revitalizes Mary Lou Williams' Zodiac Suite - the first lady of instrumental jazz's landmark 1945 recording of her collection of twelve solo, duo and trio piano pieces named for the astrological signs of ...

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