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My! My! My! • Kansas City Yellow Front
Recorded for Gennett, unissued.
recorded: Chicago, May 20 or 21, 1927
Same personnel as above.
Tiger Rag • San • Someday, Sweetheart
Recorded for Gennett, unissued.
recorded: New York, March 1939
Mildred Bailey and Her Oxford Greys: MLW (p); Mildred Bailey (leader, v); John Williams (b); Floyd Smith (g); Eddie Dougherty (d).
Prisoner of Love • Barrelhouse Blues • Arkansas Blues • You Don’t Know My Mind Blues • There’ll Be Some Changes Made* • Gulf Coast Blues*
On Columbia LP C3L22. *Also on CD.
recorded: Cleveland, January 29–February 6, 1937
MLW (p, arr); Andy Kirk (leader); Harry Lawson, Paul King, Earl Thompson (t); Ted Donnelly (tb); John Harrington (as, cl); John Williams (as, bars); Dick Wilson (ts); Ted Brinson (g); Booker Collins (b); Ben Thigpen (d, v); Pha Terrell (v).
Until the Real Thing Comes Along • Swingtime in the Rockies • Froggy Bottom • What Will I Tell My Heart • There, I Love You Coast to Coast • Make Believe Ballroom • Sepia Jazz • Dear Old Southland • Yours Truly • Medley from Golddiggers of 1937 (Boo Hoo/One, Two, Button Your Shoe/Trouble Don’t Like Music/One in a Million) • Trust in Me • All the Jive Is Gone • Never Slept a Wink Last Night • You’re Slightly Terrific • Organ Grinder’s Swing • Until the Real Thing Comes Along
Jazz Society AA503.
recorded: Cleveland, Ohio, ca. January 29–February 6, 1937
Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy. Same personnel as above.
You Turned the Tables on Me • Good Night My Love • You Do the Darnest Things, Baby • Spring Holiday • When I’m with You • I Went to the Gypsy • Piano Introduction of Untitled Blues • In the Chapel in the Moonlight • Honeysuckle Rose • Walkin’ and Swingin’ • Dedicated to You • Untitled blues—MLW solo • King Porter Stomp • Liza
Tape from aircheck; in MLW collection.
recorded: New York (Cotton Club), May 5, 1940
Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy, inc. MLW (p, arr).
The Sheik of Araby • Marcheta • The Riff
Everybody’s LP EV 3006. Live broadcasts.
recorded: New York, probably November 24, 1944
Mildred Bailey with Paul Baron’s Orchestra: MLW (p, arr); Charlie Shavers (t); Trummy Young (tb); Remo Palmieri (g); Al Hall (b); Specs Powell (d); (Bailey out).
Just a Blue Riff • It Takes One Deep Breath
V-Disc 881-B.
recorded: New York (Carnegie Hall), June 22, 1945
MLW (composer, co-arr, leader, p); Milt Orent (co-arr); Carnegie Pops Orchestra.
Sagittarius • Aquarius • Scorpio • Boogie-woogie Jazz for Orchestra • The Man I Love (solo p)
Tape in MLW collection.
recorded: New York (WNEW radio broadcast), August 5 and 12, 1945
MLW (composer, leader, p); probably Bill Coleman (t); A. Hall (b); Specs Powell (d).
Sleep • Gjon Mili Jam Session
Jazz Panorama LP 11.
recorded: New York, 1946
MLW (p solos).
How High the Moon • The Man I Love • Cloudy/What’s Your Story? • Blue Skies • These Foolish Things • Lonely Moments
Originally issued on Asch/Disc 78s and Folkways LP.
recorded: New York, February 16, 1946
MLW and Her “Girl Stars”: MLW (leader, p, arr); Marjorie Hyams (vbs); Mary Osborne (g): “Bea” (Billy) Taylor (b); Bridget O’Flynn (d).
Blues at Mary Lou’s/Cafe Society Blues • DDT • DDT (alt. take)* • Rhumba Re-bop • (S)he’s Funny That Way • Timme Time
Originally issued on Continental 78s 6021 and 6032.
*On Masterseal 78 75.
recorded: New York, July 24, 1946
MLW (leader, p); Marjorie Hyams (vbs); Mary Osborne (g, v); June Rotenberg (b); Rose Gottesman (d).
Fifth Dimension* • Humoresque** • It Must Be True***
Camden Cal 384. *RCA (F) 741106. ***Unissued.
recorded: New York, October 7, 1946
MLW (leader & p); June Rotenberg (b); Bridget O’Flynn (d).
Waltz Boogie
Camden LP 384; CAL 306.
recorded: New York, 1947
MLW Ensemble, a.k.a. Milton Orent–Frank Roth Orchestra: MLW (composer, arr, cond); Irving Kustin, Leon Schwartz, Edward Sadowski (t); Martin Glaser, Allan Feldman, Maurice Lopez, Orlando Wright (reeds); Frank Roth or MLW (p); Milt Orent (b); Jack Parker (d).
Lonely Moments • Whistle Blues
LP Folkways FA 2966. Originally issued for Asch/Disc.
recorded: New York (Carnegie Hall), April 5, 1947
Charlie Ventura and his Sextet. Personnel: MLW (p); Charlie Ventura (leader, ts); Charlie Shavers (t); Bill Harris (tb); Marjorie Hyams (vbs); Bill Dearango (g); Curly Russell (b); Dave Tough (d).
Just You, Just Me
LP Verve MGV-8132.
recorded: New York, 1947
MLW and group: MLW (leader, p); Kenny Dorham (t); Johnny Smith (g); Grachan Moncur (b).
Mary Lou • Kool
Folkways LP FA 2966. Originally on Asch/Disc.
recorded: White Plains, New York, June 26 and July 3, 1948
Benny Goodman “bop” combo: MLW (p, arr); Benny Goodman (leader, cl); Stan Hasselgard (cl); Wardell Gray (ts); Red Rodney (t); Billy Bauer (g); Clyde Lombardi (b); Mel Zelnick (d).
Mary’s Idea • Mel’s Idea • Swedish Pastry • Indiana
LP Dan VC 5003. Originally a radio broadcast, “The Benny Goodman Show,” for WNEW Radio in New York City. Tape in MLW collection contains extensive playlist.
recorded: New York, March 18, 1949
MLW and group: MLW (composer, leader, p); Idrees Sulieman (t); Martin Glaser (b-cl); Allen Feldman (cl, as); Mundell Lowe (g); George Duvivier (b); Denzil Best (d); Kenny “Pancho” Hagood (v) on “Oo-bla-dee” and “Shorty Boo.”
Tisherome* • Knowledge* • In the Land of Oo-bla-dee • Shorty Boo
King LP 295-85; King EP 279; King 78 15013. *Also King LP 540. Also issued on LP JS (F) 612, Vogue (E)V21247.
recorded: New York, January, 1950
MLW (leader, p, or); Mundell Lowe (g); George Duvivier (b); Denzil Best (d).
Bye Bye Blues (MLW, p & or)* • Moonglow (MLW, p & or) • Willow Weep for Me** • I’m in the Mood for Love***
King LP 295-85; King EP 280. Also King 78 4349. *Also King LP 540; King 78 4349. ***Also King LP 540. All titles also released on Parlophone (E)GEP8567.
recorded: New York, March 7, 1951
Mary Lou Williams trio. Personnel: MLW (leader, p, arr); Carl Pruitt (b); Bill Clarke (d).
In the Purple Grotto • Opus Z • Surrey with the Fringe • Pagliacci* • From This Moment On* • S’Wonderful • You’re the Cream in My Coffee • Mary’s Waltz • Would I Love You** • My First Date with You**
Atlantic 114; Atlantic 1271. Also on Blue Star 78 236. *Unissued.
recorded: New York, 1951
MLW (p solos).
Yesterdays • It Ain’t Necessarily So • Why Evade the Truth, a.k.a. Monk’s Mood • Mary’s Waltz • It’s the Talk of the Town • Stompin’ at the Savoy • Why • Caravan • Crazy Rhythm • Scorpio • The Man I Love • People Will Say We’re in Love • The Man I Love • For You • Reprise
Unissued Circle LP (Mary Lou at Midnight).
recorded: New York, June 20, 1951
MLW (leader, p, arr); Billy Taylor (b); Al Walker (d); Sabu Louis Martinez, Willie “Bobo” Correa (bgs); Correa (v).
Sheik of Araby* • Lover Come Back** • When Dreams Come True** • Bobo** • Kool** • Handy Eyes, a.k.a. St. Louis Blues* • Tisherome** • ‘Sposin’***
Circle LP 412; Circle 78 3008. *Circle LP 412. ***Circle 78 3009; unissued Circle LP 412 (Piano Contempo: Modern Piano Jazz). Also on Blue Star 242.
recorded: New York, June 15, 1951
MLW (leader, p, arr); Skippy Williams (b-cl); Billy Taylor (b
); Al Walker (d); Willie de la Guerra (bgs); Dave Lambert, Norma Carion, Bill Crow, others (v).
Walkin’ (Out the Door)* • De Function, a.k.a. The Great MacBeth** • Cloudy** • I Won’t Let It Bother Me**
Circle 78 3008. *Unissued. Rehearsal in MLW tape collection.
recorded: New York, ca. June 15, 1951
MLW (leader, p, arr); Art Phipps (b); Bill Clarke (d); Dave Lambert Singers.
Yes, We Have No Bananas* • Caravan* • Lonely Moments** • Untitled**
Circle 78 3013. *Unissued. Rehearsal in MLW tape collection.
recorded: New York, July 11, 1952
MLW (leader, p, arr); Harold Baker (t); Vic Dickerson (tb); Morris Lane (ts); Nevell John (g); Eddie Safranski (b); Don Lamond (d).
C-Jam Blues • Downbeat • Out of Nowhere
Brunswick 54000.
recorded: U.S., May-De Recording Studio, August 7, 1952
MLW (p solo).
Take the Wagon
Unissued test recording.
recorded: London, March 20, 1953
MLW (leader, p); Jack Fallon (b); Gerry McLaughlin (d).
Laughing Rag • Rag of Rags
London Records 78 1174.
recorded: London, 1953
MLW
Ca Ra Van, a.k.a. Caravan • Easy Blues
Unissued test recording.
recorded: London, 1953
MLW
Nicknames • We Three
Unissued recording for Brinson Records.
recorded: Paris, March 1954
MLW (leader, p, arr); Buddy Banks (b); Jean-Louis Viale (d).
There’s a Small Hotel • En Ce Temps Là • Lover • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea • Carioca • Tire tire l’aiguille • Autumn in New York • Nicole
Blue Star LP F BLP6841.
recorded: Paris, 1954
MLW in various combinations: MLW (leader, p, arr); Nelson Williams (t); Ray Lawrence (ts); Buddy Banks (b); Kansas Fields or Jacques David (d); Beryl Bryden (v, wbd).
Swingin’ for the Guys • Club Français Blues (p solo) • Freight Train • Memories of You • Leg ‘n Lou • Avalon • Gravel, a.k.a. Scratchin’ in the Gravel • Rock Me • (I Made You) Love Paris (p solo) • Nancy Is in Love with the Colonel
Club Français du Disque LP (F) J12.
recorded: Paris, 1954
MLW (p); unidentified male and female vocalists.
Untitled • Untitled • You Know, Baby • Blue Monday
“Paris Material” tape in MLW collection.
recorded: Paris, circa 1954
MLW (p solos).
O.W. • Nicole • N.M.E. • Just You, Just Me
Tape of radio broadcast in MLW collection.
recorded: Baden Baden, Germany, November 29, 1954
MLW (p); the Kurt Edelhagen All Stars (big band).
Perdido • The Man I Love • Yesterdays • St. Louis Blues • Untitled Blues
Tape in MLW collection.
recorded: Paris, circa 1954
MLW (p); Lucienne Delforge (p); Marjorie Dunton (radio host); François Valorbe (poet).
Radio broadcast tape in MLW collection. Also includes interview and improvised response by MLW to a surrealist poem dedicated to her.
recorded: New York, 1957
MLW (p, leader, composer); Melba Liston (arr); unidentified (fl; b-cl; b; d)
Waltz Boogie • Untitled • Morning Glory
Unissued material recorded by Roulette Records, tape of test pressing in MLW collection.
recorded: Toronto (Town Tavern), circa late 1957
MLW (p, leader); Tommy Potter (b); Denzil Best (d, bgs).
Untitled blues • Easy Blues • Fine and Dandy/The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea • Chunkalunka (Jug) • Grand Night for Swinging • The Man I Love
Aircheck of radio program, “Live Jazz from the Town,” in MLW collection.
recorded: West Point, New York, April 27, 1958
MLW (p, leader); Ali Muhammad (b); Ray Mosca (d); West Point Jazz Band.
Untitled Original Blues • The Man I Love • I Can’t Get Started • Caravan • Sweet Sue • St. Louis Blues/Duke’s Place (MLW trio & West Point Jazz Band)
Tape of concert in MLW collection.
recorded: Philadelphia, 1958
MLW (leader, p, arr); Bruce Lawrence (b); Jack Parker (d).
I Got Rhythm* • Night and Day* • Chunkalunka (Jug) parts I & II**
Sue 45 715. *Sue 45 724.
recorded: Place unknown, circa 1960
MLW (leader, p, arr); Chris White (b); Rudy Collins (d).
My Blue Heaven • Yesterdays
Il Grandi di Jazz GDJ60.
recorded: New York, October 10, 1962
MLW (p); Milt Hinton (b); Howard Roberts (v cond, with the Ray Charles Singers).
Black Christ of the Andes, a.k.a. St. Martin de Porres • The Devil
MLW (p); Theodore Cromwell (b); George Chamble (d).
Miss D.D.
MLW (p); Melba Liston (arr, cond); Budd Johnson (b-cl, ts); Grant Green (g); Larry Gales (b); Percy Brice (d); Jimmy Mitchell (v); The George Gordon Singers (v group).
Anima Christi • Praise the Lord
MLW (p); Ben Tucker (b); Percy Brice (d).
It Ain’t Necessarily So
MLW (solo p). A Fungus Amungus
Mary 101; Folkways FJ 2843.
recorded: November 19, 1963
MLW (p); Percy Heath (b); Tim Kennedy (d).
Grand Night for Swinging* • My Blue Heaven* • Dirge Blues
Mary LP 101; Folkways FJ 2843. *Also Mary 45 631. Originally issued on Mary Records LP M101, Mary Lou Williams Presents St. Martin de Porres, a.k.a. Black Christ of the Andes. See also Mary EP3626, Jazz for the Soul.
recorded: New York, October 1963
MLW (p, leader, arr); Percy Heath (b); Tim Kennedy (d).
Unissued Mary Records sessions tapes.
recorded: Pittsburgh, June 20, 1965
MLW (leader, p, arr); Larry Gales (b); Ben Riley (d). Also MLW with Earl Hines (p) and/or Willie “The Lion” Smith (p); Billy Taylor (p) George Wein (p); Larry Gayles (b); Ben Riley (d).
45 Degree Angle (trio) • Joycie (trio) • Rosetta (with pianists)
RCA LSP 3499.
recorded: New York, 1966
MLW (leader, p, arr); Melba Liston (arr); Leon Thomas (v); unidentified rhythm.
Chief Natoma from Tacoma • You Know, Baby • Joe • Pittsburgh
2 Mary Records 45s. No numbers available.
recorded: New York (Carnegie Hall), January 1967
MLW (p, arr); Bob Banks (cond, co-arr); Clemens J. McNaspy, S.J. (narrator); Bill Salters (b); Percy Brice (d); Ralph MacDonald (cgs); Julius Watkins (flgh); Honi Gordon, Leon Thomas (v. soloists); Interfaith Chorus and Instrumental Ensemble.
History of Jazz (solo p & narration by Fr. McNaspy) • Thank You, Jesus • Our Father • Praise the Lord • Joycie
Praise the Lord in Many Voices, Avant Garde LP AVS 103.
recorded: Pittsburgh, June 1967
MLW (p, leader, composer); Seton High School for Girls Choir (soprano and alto).
O.W. • Praise the Lord • Lord Have Mercy, a.k.a. Kyrie • Glory to God, a.k.a. Gloria • The Creed, a.k.a. I Believe, a.k.a. Credo • Holy Holy Holy, a.k.a. Sanctus Benedictus • Our Father, a.k.a. Pater Noster • Lamb of God, a.k.a. Agnus Dei • Act of Contrition • Thank You, Jesus
Tape of rehearsal of first jazz mass in MLW collection.
recorded: New York (St. Thomas the Apostle Church), March 1968
MLW (leader, p, composer); Honi Gordon (v); choir (mixed: male-female, adult-child); Harold Ousley (s); Roger Glenn (f); Ted Dunbar or Grant Green (g); Major Holley (b); Robbie Mickles (d).
O.W. • Clean My Heart O Lord • Kyrie, a.k.a. Lord Have Mercy • The Lord Is My Light • Offertory • Holy Holy Holy • Amanuensis • Amen • Lamb of God • Martha Said to Jesus • Return of the Prodigal Son (Harold Ousley, composer)
Unreleased tape of perform
ance and rehearsals of MLW’s second mass, Mass for the Lenten Season, in MLW collection. (The Mass was performed each Sunday during Lent of 1968.)
recorded: Copenhagen, Denmark, fall 1968
MLW, the Danish National Jazz Orchestra, and combo: MLW (leader, p, arr); Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b); Svend Asmussen (vln); Timme Rosenkrantz (narrator); Inez Cavanaugh (v).
Aries (not from Zodiac Suite but a reworked “Thank You, Jesus”) • You Know, Baby (IC, v) • Scratchin’ in the Gravel, a.k.a. Truth • Chunkalunka • OW!, a.k.a. O.W. • N.M.E., a.k.a. New Musical Express • Mary’s Blues • My Blue Heaven • Yesterdays • It’s a Grand Night for Swinging • Autumn Leaves • Caravan
Unreleased tape of airchecks of broadcasts on Danish radio, in MLW collection.
recorded: Rome, February 1969
MLW (leader, p, arr); Maltoni Quarto (fl); Maurizio Majorana (b); orchestra and choir of Roman Catholic seminarians.
I Have a Dream • Tell Them Not to Talk Too Long • Selections from Mass for the Lenten Season, a.k.a. Jazz for the Soul • Extemporaneous
Unreleased tape of airchecks of performances for Vatican Radio, in MLW collection.
recorded: New York (Holy Family Church), July 15, 1969
MLW (leader, p, arr); Leon Thomas (v); unidentified (b); probably Roger Glenn (f).
People in Trouble • The Lord Says • Kyrie • In His Day • Peace I Leave with You • Alleluia • Turn Aside • Our Father • Blessed Are the Peacemakers • Spring (Leon Thomas, v) • Exit (solo p, improv.)
Tape of early version of Music for Peace, in MLW collection.
recorded: New York, 1970
MLW, solo piano and narration.
Medi • Medi I (MLW voiceover) • Anima Christi Suite • Medi I • Who Stole the Lock of the Henhouse Door • Medi I • My Mama Pinned a Rose on Me • Night Life, a.k.a. Nite Life • Hesitation Boogie • Old Blues • New Blues • Medi I
The History of Jazz, Folkways LP FJ 2869, issued in 1978.
recorded: New York, 1970
MLW (p, composer, arr, leader); Edward Flanagan (producer); various musicians (see below).
Ensemble #1: MLW (composer, p, arr); Bob Banks (co-arr); David Amram (frh, f); Carline Ray (b, v); Al Harewood (d); Leon Atkinson (g); Randy Peyton, Christine Spencer, Eileen Gilbert (v).
Ensemble #2: MLW (composer, leader, p); Chris White (b); David Parker (d); Roger Glenn (f); Sonny Henry (g); Abdul Rahman (cgs); Carl Hall, Milton Grayson, James Bailey (v).