Mary Lou Williams - The Chronological Classics: 1944-1945 '1998

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. The Minute Man (2:07)
02. Froggy Bottom (2:55)
03. Carcinoma (3:41)
04. Song in My Soul (3:03)
05. This and That (2:42)
06. Lady Be Good (3:49)
07. Taurus (2:35)
08. Pisces (2:33)
09. Gemini (2:08)
10. Capricorn (2:41)
11. Sagittarius (1:52)
12. Aquarius (2:43)
13. Libra (2:11)
14. Virgo (2:47)
15. Aries (2:20)
16. Scorpio (3:12)
17. Cancer (2:39)
18. Leo (1:45)
19. Stars (2:47)
20. Moon (2:28)
21. Timmie Time (2:51)

One thing about chronologically arranged reissues -- you never know exactly what
youre going to bump into. The third volume of the complete recordings of Mary
Lou Williams, for example, opens with a pair of tunes sung by Josh White. Its
good to hear the lyrics to Williams cool, bluesy Froggy Bottom, but The Minute
Man is one of those obligatory, rhetorical patriotic numbers that cropped up
everywhere during WWII and are relevant today only as historical curiosities.
Most of the music reissued in this compilation originally appeared on scratchy
78-rpm records bearing the Asch label. Tenor sax archetype Coleman Hawkins is
featured on the lush Song in My Soul and trumpeter Bill Coleman presides over a
laid-back strolling blues with the worrisome title Carcinoma. Clarinetist Claude
Greene composed This and That, a lively, bop-like romp that sounds a bit like
Epistrophy. As for Oh, Lady Be Good, this septets brisk and inventive set of
variations based upon those Gershwin chord progressions would soon be
rechristened Rifftide by Hawkins, who had a way of gobbling up harmonic
advancements in jazz as soon as they appeared on the scene during the 1940s.
With drummer Denzil Best driving the band, this is an exciting example of jazz
in transition and should be studied by all who seek to better understand how the
music evolved as quickly as it did in 1944. Speaking of modernity, in 1945 Mary
Lou Williams composed and recorded The Zodiac Suite, an astrologically inspired
cycle of sketches for piano, bass, and drums. Each movement was dedicated to a
specific set of musicians, including Ben Webster, Billie Holiday, Duke
Ellington, Ellis Larkins, and Leonard Feather. There also exists a three-piano
arrangement of the Scorpio movement that the composer had intended to perform
with Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk. The music is at times wonderfully abstract
and ethereal, regularly returning to the root system of blues and boogie as if
to nourish itself with the lifeblood of tradition even as the composer pursued a
course of harmonic exploration in ways that variously recall Ellington,
Strayhorn, Satie, and Debussy. Incredibly, some critics and historians, like
bored toddlers, have complained of a lack of variety in this work. This sort of
ungracious mentality has also engendered shortsighted criticism of James P.
Johnsons Yamekraw. Williams expressed herself beautifully here, and listeners
are advised to relax and proceed with patience and an open mind. This
interesting album of rare treats closes with two piano solos that are cousins of
The Zodiac Suite, entitled Stars and Moon, and Timmie Time, a wonderful swinging
bop study performed by an all-female quintet. In addition to Mary Lou Williams
at the piano the ensemble was composed of guitarist Mary Osborne, vibraphonist
Marjorie Hyams, upright bassist Bea Taylor, and smart shuffle drummer Bridget
OFlynn.


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