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Morning Glory A Biography of Mary Lou Williams by Linda Dahl Inscribed HCDJ Book
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- Condition
- Like New
- Seller notes
- “Fine condition.”
- Personalize
- Yes
- Signed By
- Linda Dahl
- Signed
- Yes
- Personalized
- Yes
- Inscribed
- Yes
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780375408991
- Book Title
- Morning Glory : a Biography of Mary Lou Williams
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 9.6 in
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.6 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Composers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Item Weight
- 30.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 480 Pages
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Mary Lou Williams -- pianist, arranger, composer, and probably the most influential woman in the history of jazz -- receives the attention she has long deserved in the definitive biography by a leading scholar of women in jazz. The illegitimate child of an impoverished and indifferent mother, Williams began performing publicly at the age of seven when she became known admiringly in her native Pittsburgh as "the little piano girl of East Liberty," playing one day for the Mellons at bridge teas and the next in gambling dens where the hat was passed for change. She grew up with the jazz of the early part of the century, championed by the likes of Earl Hines and Fats Waller, yet unlike so many other musicians of her time, she was open to new forms in jazz -- she was an early champion of bop, and a mentor and colleague to its central figures, such as Thelonius Monk and Bud Powell -- and in broader musical styles as well (after her conversion to Catholicism, she wrote masses and other sacred music). Most of the other famous women in jazz -- Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald -- have been singers. Williams was instead a phenomenal pianist who performed solo, with small groups and big bands, in vaudeville and clubs, and on numerous records. But she is equally well known today as a composer and arranger of remarkable versatility and power, having worked with, among others, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. Her compositions have been recorded by artisits as varied as Marian McPartland, Dizzy Gillespie, Nat "King" Cole, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, and herself -- and, more recently, by cutting-edge players Geri Allen and Dave Douglas. But Williams was more than "just a musician"; her interests were catholic in both senses, and she struggled to combine her love of music with her love of God. She was a tireless humanitarian, and made ongoing attempts to help dozens of down-and-out musicians; in the 1950s, her apartment was, at times, virtually a rehab. Though she was often in emotional despair, she found comfort for her many disappointments and hurts not only in her music but in her spirituality. Linda Dahl, granted unprecedented access to the large Williams archive, has given us the whole of Williams's very full life, from her often harrowing days on the road to her tumultuous marriages and love affairs, from the ups and downs of her unique fifty-year career to the remarkable spirituality that came to inform both her daily life and her music. This is a striking protrait of one of our least understood and most important musicians.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375408991
ISBN-13
9780375408991
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18133
Product Key Features
Book Title
Morning Glory : a Biography of Mary Lou Williams
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
Composers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
30.4 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
21
Lccn
99-034970
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
786.2/165/092 B
Lc Classification Number
Ml417.W515d34 1999
Copyright Date
1999
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