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Umlaut Chamber Orchestra: Zodiac Suite – Mary Lou Williams

by John Eyles
November 10, 2023

From 1942 until 1945, pianist Mary Lou William (1910-1981) wrote “Zodiac Suite," a twelve part composition in which each movement was named after a sign of the zodiac and was also dedicated to one or more renowned jazz musician born under that sign; for example, “Aries" was for Ben Webster and Billie Holiday, while “Libra" was ...