Mary Lou Williams & Cecil Taylor - Embraced Album

Tracklist

1	Basic Chords (Bop Changes On The Blues)	8:00
2	I Can't Get Started	3:58
3	Fandangle (Ragtime)	1:19
4	K.C. 12th Street (Kansas City Swing)	11:58
5	Back To The Blues	14:32
6	Ayizan	14:26
7	The Lord Is Heavy (A Spiritual)	6:06
8	The Blues Never Left Me	4:58
9	Chorus Sud	9:14
10	Good Ole Boogie	5:00

Credits

• Bass – Bob Cranshaw
• Design [Cover] – Norman Granz, Sheldon Marks
• Drums – Mickey Roker
• Photography By – Phil Stern
• Piano, Producer, Liner Notes – Cecil Taylor, Mary Lou Williams

Notes

Recorded live on 17 April 1977 in New York City.

Companies

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Pablo Records

Album

When pianist Mary Lou Williams decided she wanted to perform with legendary iconoclast Cecil Taylor, she figured it would be a love fest. But as the concert and resulting album Embraced attest, it was anything but amore. This excerpt from Linda Dahls book, Morning Glory: A Biography of Mary Lou Williams Pantheon Books, tells the story. Mary Lou Williams. While Williams tries to demonstrate blues, ragtime, stride and swing, Taylor plays in his usual dense and dissonant style on top of her. The result is a complete mess that is almost impossible to listen to. Track Listing. Listen free to Cecil Taylor & Mary Lou Williams Embraced The Lord is Heavy A spiritual, Fandangle Ragtime and more. 10 tracks 79:31. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the 1981, Mary Lou Williams died of bladder cancer in Durham, North Carolina at the age of 71. Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, and Andy Kirk attended her funeral at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola. She was buried in the Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Pittsburgh. Looking back at the end of her life, Mary Lou Williams said, I did it, didn't I. The 2000 album Impressions of Mary Lou by pianist John Hicks featured eight of her compositions. The Dutch Jazz Orchestra researched and played rediscovered works of Williams on their 2005 album Lady Who Swings the Band. Embraced with Cecil Taylor. Pablo Live. From 'Embraced: A Concert of New Music for Two Pianos exploring the History of Jazz with Love' Pablo Live, 1978. Completa la tua Collezione su Mary Lou Williams & Cecil Taylor. Cecil Taylor Mary Lou Williams Format: Audio CD. forget the hype this album should ONLY be listened to by hearing each artist - individually. this cd is like putting 3 tablespoons of salt in your tea. HORRIBLE i greatly admire these artists' work - individually though together its schizaphrenia Read more. Additional details. Type: Album. Status: Official. Conversation - Mary Lou Williams, Williams Mary Lou. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. Shop 4 records for sale for album Embraced by Mary Lou Williams & Cecil Taylor on CDandLP in Vinyl and CD format. All fields Artist Title Artist Title Label Seller Item . Select a specific format: All formats Album CD CD Album CD Single CD Maxi Vinyl records LP 7 inchs 7 inchs SP 7 inchs EP 12 inchs 78 rpm 10 inchs DVD VHS Cassette Clothing T-Shirt Others. Featured items