Mary Lou Williams

by Mary Lou Williams

Mary Lou Williams cover art

Also known as 'Black Christ of the Andes', this self-released album merges Williams's piano trio formats with a cappella choral arrangements. She employs advanced, dissonant chord voicings to bridge modern post-bop jazz with sacred, liturgical vocal themes.

Genres

  • Jazz

Tracklist

  1. St. Martin de Porres
  2. It Ain’t Necessarily So
  3. The Devil
  4. Miss D. D.
  5. Anima Christi
  6. A Grand Night for Swinging
  7. My Blue Heaven
  8. Dirge Blues
  9. A Fungus Amungus
  10. Koolbonga
  11. Forty-Five Degree Angle
  12. Nicole
  13. Chunka Lunka
  14. Praise the Lord