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It's interesting that in the Ashley book about ALS, Coltrane himself is reported to have seen this photo as a snapshot taken by Theile and proclaimed that he felt that was the photo that most looked like him, and I think I remember that he was involved in having this chosen as the cover photo? I think that makes it quite an interesting photo, it's not a FAVORITE of mine, but it's quite telling in how unglamorized it is. . . .

In the Satch photo I think all those mikes fed different sources, so not really weird necessarily. Personally mike placement in photos isn't something that bugs me!

I've gotten all I can find of her, and really don't have favorites. . . .

I've always liked this one too. Seems to just oooooozzze the good old jazz stuff!

Adrian Rollini would say "What do you want me to do with this little thing?" Scott Robinson probably has recorded a few albums on it already!

Good one Mark. One of my very favorites is one of Bird at the Roost with Eager behind him grooving to the sound. My wife gave me a large poster of this as one of her first gifts to me. I look at it every day on the wall of my listening room/library.

Yes, fatal resignation does that. . . makes one less feisty. I don't think it's been worse or anything. I just dance around it for the most part. Keeps me limber!

I'll never forget my surprise when I discovered who he had been married to!

Yes, it's definitely "reissue worthy!"

Hope RVG does the work here on these. . . just my personal little hope.

And don't play cards with the woman!

:rsmile:

And so it was written! Mary Lou was pleased.

Preorder whilest thou still mayest.

SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS RECORDINGS: FIRST TIME ON CD FOR 'MARY LOU'S MASS' BY MARY LOU WILLIAMS WITH 7 RARE BONUS TRACKS ALBUM OUT FEBRUARY 22, INCLUDES TRIBUTES TO MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. "MUSIC FOR THE SOUL" - MARY LOU WILLIAMS On February 22, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings will reissue Mary Lou Williams' 'Mary Lou's Mass' for the first time on CD. The remastered album includes bonus material from her 1969 masterpiece 'Music For Peace' (the third of her four masses), two hymns written in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the time of his assassination, and rare singles from 1972. Williams, a pivotal figure in jazz history, is best known as a member of Andy Kirk's orchestra and as a writer and arranger for Duke Ellington, Dizzie Gillespie, and other legends. 'Mary Lou's Mass' - gospel tinged, innovative, dynamic, sometimes funky, and always profoundly stirring - is, as Williams herself put it, "music for the soul." The album presents a riveting suite by an artist trying to reconcile her religious and African-American cultural identities with strikingly original and daring music. Tammy Kernodle, a professor of American music and Williams biographer, writes in the extensive liner notes, "Mary wanted this mass to address the contemporary social problems of the Vietnam War, racism, and the overwhelming lack of compassion that many displayed. She drew heavily from biblical scripture and extemporized the traditional texts so that they reflected a contemporary context." One of jazz's foremost pianists, Williams traveled to Europe in the early 1950s. In 1954, she walked off the stage of a Parisian nightclub, suffering from a spiritual crisis that led to her New York confirmation in the Catholic Church. She soon had a radical idea to fuse jazz with liturgical music. In 1968, struck by the assassination of Dr. King, she wrote the hymn"Tell Him Not to Talk Too Long" and "I Have a Dream," both of which were broadcast live on Vatican radio and are included here. Completed in mid-1969 from a papal commission, 'Mass for Peace' debuted in New York in memory of assassinated Kenyan leader Tom Mboya. Williams and famous choreographer Alvin Ailey later revamped the music, adding additional compositions and reworking others for a new production of his dance company. The new work was called 'Mary Lou's Mass' and was released on Folkways' subsidiary Mary Records in 1970. Produced in conjunction with the Mary Lou Williams Foundation, 'Mary Lou's Mass' is the fourth Mary Lou Williams album to be lovingly reissued by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, joining 'Mary Lou Williams Presents Black Christ of the Andes,' 'Zodiac Suite,' and 'Zoning.' In a review of 'Black Christ of the Andes,' NPR's Kevin Whitehead noted, "For her, playing and praying and good works were inextricably linked. Her diverse musical activities don't sound like postmodern-style shopping, but like the emanations of one complex personality. She did it all and did it blessedly well." In The New York Times, Ben Ratliff praised that album's writing and arranging as "dryly intelligent to the bone." For more information, please contact Alexis Tedford [atedford@shorefire.com or Matt Hanks [mhanks@shorefire.com at Shore Fire Media: 718-522-7171.

This should be "Mary Lou's Mass" and about nine additional tracks. It's a sacred work, it's very nice, depends on your inclination towards this type of thing. . . . I really like the original lp and am looking forward to this reissue!

Just got my shipping notice!

Whoo woo! I ended up ordering this too. . . I don't quite have all the stuff. Rationalization #3 C, paragraph 2, item a.

"Daddy, are we there yet?"

Swingtime. . . and Downbeat too. (Same outfit?)

Well, I was in Africa at the time, but when anyone brought me albums from the States they were mono. I have a mono Sgt. Peppers, Magical Mystery Tour, Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme, Leo Wright Blues Shout,Charles Bell and the Contemporary Jazz Quartet, Slide Hampton's Sister Salvation, Ruth Brown, etc. and I have in the last decades bought lots of mono records from the second half of the sixties so I just think it's not unusual that Contrasts was released in mono.

I've got all three cds and I LOVE them! Couldn't open the link either.

There were plenty of mono albums in all fields still released in 1967. . . .

You should be careful handling cds, certainly. In fact you have to be careful not to scratch the top layer as well as the bottom. That said, they are more durable than one might think, and yet oddly vulnerable too. Sometimes you can slide one across the floor by accident, and not one problem will ensue, and sometimes you can just put a finger on the playing side it seems and get a skip. Also some players are very sensitive to skuffs and scratches and others aren't. . . . Best to just be careful and respectful of the silver discs!

Yeah, I had that but think the Night Train sounds better . . . to my ears on my system. Great music!