I must say...that would certainly be a car I would love to own...wowza...now that is cool looking!!
I love it!
Yep. "Woodies" were quite popular in the early '60's. They were oldies even then. Jan and Dean (in "Surf City") sing about their '38 wagon and they call it a Woody, it's not very cherry, it's an oldie but a goodie!
And yeah, I was thinking the same thing about Sudo posting a clip of it. But that one he may lose me on cause I hate that dang song. (did I mention you never ever want to tell Rick a song you hate)
And Shell did you and Ala play in chat last night?
Hmmm, I may be in error here, I bet SaintGeorge meant the Jan and Dean song. -->
Well, I'm here by request. A few days ago I started talking about a certain female jazz pianist called Mary Lou Williams to Ted Ferrell in an email.
Anyhow, he suggested that I post something here about her.
So if this is boring and trivial...blame Ted! :P-->
Well, all I can tell you about her is what I've been told by my husband. He is in LOVE with Mary Lou.
My husband studied classical music in his younger days ~ major ~ trombone ~ minor ~ voice.
He always had a great appreciation for Jazz and moreso in his later years.
He also plays piano, guitar and the accordian (as a child).
Therefore, the keyboard was his first introduction to music and has always stuck with him. He's loves the 'chops' as they say in the business.
Some of his loves are:
Oscar Peterson
Bill Evans
Diana Krall
and of late
Mary Lou Williams
A very dear friend of ours had been listening to a public broadcasting program where Diana Krall was being interviewed. When asked who were some of her greatest musical influences, she said 2 names...and one of them being Mary Lou Williams.
So our friend went out and bought a Mary Lou Williams CD for my husband and he (my hubby) has not looked back since.
He says to me that Mary Lou had the most incredible left hand ever. Her knowledge of chords and chord progressions is unfathomable.
On this CD, which is an interview done in 1978 with Marian McPartland, (who is the 'Grande Dame' of piano jazz and is now 87 and still has her own radio show), Mary Lou plays and talks and tells of her life.
She played in the 20's, 30's and 40's, 50's era of jazz music. She was playing with the Duke (Ellington) at the young age of 12 and sat in for the Duke at the age of 16 when he was ill.
Mary Lou played with all the greats and did most if not all of the arranging for these bands when she played with them.
She later on taught Jazz at Duke University and passed away in 1981. She is a woman whom I believe, very few will be able to compete with.
She seemed to be obscure in the jazz world never hearing of her before. I don't even believe she was mentioned in the Ken Burn Jazz Documentary (but I may have missed it). I believe that her obscurity may be due to the fact that she was a woman, black woman. In the 20's, 30's and 40's...no one played like her and especially a woman!
I know there are tons of websites about her. All of her music, scores, arrangements, correspondences are all in the Smithsonian now and jazz archivists are learning more about the jazz world now than ever before because of her well organized, catagorized records.
Thank you Mary Lou for sharing your life and talents with this world.
That's it!
Sudo,
I must say...you started a wonderful thread here. I also must say that everytime I click on one of your links.. they don't work for me. I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong not you. But, I wanted to tell you this because, if I seem out of touch with what is being discussed around here sometimes... it's because I have no clue what you have been listening to.
Also, this youngin' here is just too ;)--> young to remember any of that the stuff everyone posts around here! :D-->
What media player(s) do you have on your computer? I find that just clicking on Sudo's links doesn't work for me, either. I right-click the link, then click "Copy Shortcut." Then I open Quicktime (though this would probably work, with minor variations, with other media players). I click "Open URL..." and paste the shortcut into the dialog box. It loads, and I can play it that way. Give it a try.
Not that I'd forgot about her but when you brought up her name it sure rang a bell. Shoot I was not even aware she was dead. (I was sorta out of the loop in 1981) Her music and recordings wiil forever be in the pages of jazz history. Happy your hubby found out about her.
A la There is another female jazz pianist that many folks are not aware of. Her name was Dortohy Donegan a two fisted boogie woogie and jazz player that had a powreful left hand. When she hit those ivories the dang piano almost caught on fire. She was a fovorite performer at The Theartrical Grill in Cleveland Oh.and many a night you could find me at the bar( The stage was above the bar) digging her rockin'piano.
Rock and roll is only an extension of 40's boogie woogie and rhythm and blues ( in those years it was called race music).There was a cat from that era named Louis Jordan and if you should listen to his music you will hear what I mean.
You and Ala got sucked in to changing file associations when you installed the QuickTime player. Geeze.. I'm really sorry and wish people were more internet saavy. I don't even have QuickTime loaded on my computers. But that's just me. If you and Ala had MP3 and WAV files configured to open with Microsoft Media Player.. you wouldn't have to go through the gymnastics you're doing now.
Ala, I didn't find it boring or trivial at all. And I do intend to listen to her music!!
Ted, I'll keep an eye out for Louis Jordan. And speaking of rhythm and blues that reminds me of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Remember those movies of footage of that era and the performers, some porch performers. That was great listening even if the crackling was as loud as the guitars.
Sudo, I'm spoiled to Media Player but no longer use MS for my browser, it was making me crazy.
Yeah Kathy Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is a blast and as you well know you could spend a week in there and not digest all the sights and sounds.
Meant to tell ya Oakwwod Studio has a new and better CD Copy machine.It's a hardwwre stand alone Alesis and this baby is great.A lot faster than using the computer for CD copy plus it gives clean copies each time.
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Kathy,
The Trashmen...hmmmm...they sure do have interesting songs on that albums of theirs...
MY Woodie
KUK (what does that mean?)
BIRDBATH (Now there's a subject for a song if I've ever seen one!)
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TUBE CITY (and they say there weren't drugs in them days! ha!!
I don't think so!)
Thought I'd just pop in to add some irritation to this place
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Ala I miss you.
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oh my...
it's soooooooo nice to be missed...i'm running to the chat room right now shell...i promise!
xo
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Ala,
A woodie:
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Chatty,
I must say...that would certainly be a car I would love to own...wowza...now that is cool looking!!
I love it!
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Ala,
Agreed! Ain't it a beauty.
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G'Morning
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Yep. "Woodies" were quite popular in the early '60's. They were oldies even then. Jan and Dean (in "Surf City") sing about their '38 wagon and they call it a Woody, it's not very cherry, it's an oldie but a goodie!
George
(I expect a clip from Sudo any minute now!)
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Morning Shell and SaintGeorge,
Is it a work day?
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Long weekends are spoilers.
Ain't it a beauty.
And yeah, I was thinking the same thing about Sudo posting a clip of it. But that one he may lose me on cause I hate that dang song. (did I mention you never ever want to tell Rick a song you hate)
And Shell did you and Ala play in chat last night?
Hmmm, I may be in error here, I bet SaintGeorge meant the Jan and Dean song.
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Chatty,
Yes we did.
I quickly entered the chatroom last night as soon as I saw Shell's plea.
Must attend to my admiring public you know
:P-->
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We did! We laughed, we caught up, I found out that ala does still like us, she's just got a life.
gasp
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How wonderful for you both. It's been forever since I darkened that doorway.
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Does that mean I have a life?
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me.. have a life...
shell...not so quick in your analysis... believe you me...
life.. i don't know about that?
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it's probably more.. things have been different lately
love you my shellers!!!
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Chatty,
YOU HAVE A LIFE???
HMMMM.... by the number of posts I see under your name... i'm not quite sure about that???
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hahahahahahahahahahaha
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Hello all,
Well, I'm here by request. A few days ago I started talking about a certain female jazz pianist called Mary Lou Williams to Ted Ferrell in an email.
Anyhow, he suggested that I post something here about her.
So if this is boring and trivial...blame Ted!
:P-->
Well, all I can tell you about her is what I've been told by my husband. He is in LOVE
with Mary Lou.
My husband studied classical music in his younger days ~ major ~ trombone ~ minor ~ voice.
He always had a great appreciation for Jazz and moreso in his later years.
He also plays piano, guitar and the accordian (as a child).
Therefore, the keyboard was his first introduction to music and has always stuck with him. He's loves the 'chops' as they say in the business.
Some of his loves are:
Oscar Peterson
Bill Evans
Diana Krall
and of late
Mary Lou Williams
A very dear friend of ours had been listening to a public broadcasting program where Diana Krall was being interviewed. When asked who were some of her greatest musical influences, she said 2 names...and one of them being Mary Lou Williams.
So our friend went out and bought a Mary Lou Williams CD for my husband and he (my hubby) has not looked back since.
He says to me that Mary Lou had the most incredible left hand ever. Her knowledge of chords and chord progressions is unfathomable.
On this CD, which is an interview done in 1978 with Marian McPartland, (who is the 'Grande Dame' of piano jazz and is now 87 and still has her own radio show), Mary Lou plays and talks and tells of her life.
She played in the 20's, 30's and 40's, 50's era of jazz music. She was playing with the Duke (Ellington) at the young age of 12 and sat in for the Duke at the age of 16 when he was ill.
Mary Lou played with all the greats and did most if not all of the arranging for these bands when she played with them.
She later on taught Jazz at Duke University and passed away in 1981. She is a woman whom I believe, very few will be able to compete with.
She seemed to be obscure in the jazz world never hearing of her before. I don't even believe she was mentioned in the Ken Burn Jazz Documentary (but I may have missed it). I believe that her obscurity may be due to the fact that she was a woman, black woman. In the 20's, 30's and 40's...no one played like her and especially a woman!
I know there are tons of websites about her. All of her music, scores, arrangements, correspondences are all in the Smithsonian now and jazz archivists are learning more about the jazz world now than ever before because of her well organized, catagorized records.
Thank you Mary Lou for sharing your life and talents with this world.
That's it!
Sudo,
I must say...you started a wonderful thread here. I also must say that everytime I click on one of your links.. they don't work for me. I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong not you. But, I wanted to tell you this because, if I seem out of touch with what is being discussed around here sometimes... it's because I have no clue what you have been listening to.
Also, this youngin' here is just too
;)--> young to remember any of that the stuff everyone posts around here! 
:D-->
Thank you again!
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Ala,
What media player(s) do you have on your computer? I find that just clicking on Sudo's links doesn't work for me, either. I right-click the link, then click "Copy Shortcut." Then I open Quicktime (though this would probably work, with minor variations, with other media players). I click "Open URL..." and paste the shortcut into the dialog box. It loads, and I can play it that way. Give it a try.
George
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georgie,
thanks.. it worked!!
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A La Thanks for sharing about Mary Lou,
Not that I'd forgot about her but when you brought up her name it sure rang a bell. Shoot I was not even aware she was dead. (I was sorta out of the loop in 1981) Her music and recordings wiil forever be in the pages of jazz history. Happy your hubby found out about her.
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A la There is another female jazz pianist that many folks are not aware of. Her name was Dortohy Donegan a two fisted boogie woogie and jazz player that had a powreful left hand. When she hit those ivories the dang piano almost caught on fire. She was a fovorite performer at The Theartrical Grill in Cleveland Oh.and many a night you could find me at the bar( The stage was above the bar) digging her rockin'piano.
Rock and roll is only an extension of 40's boogie woogie and rhythm and blues ( in those years it was called race music).There was a cat from that era named Louis Jordan and if you should listen to his music you will hear what I mean.
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George,
You and Ala got sucked in to changing file associations when you installed the QuickTime player. Geeze.. I'm really sorry and wish people were more internet saavy. I don't even have QuickTime loaded on my computers. But that's just me. If you and Ala had MP3 and WAV files configured to open with Microsoft Media Player.. you wouldn't have to go through the gymnastics you're doing now.
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Ala, I didn't find it boring or trivial at all. And I do intend to listen to her music!!
Ted, I'll keep an eye out for Louis Jordan. And speaking of rhythm and blues that reminds me of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Remember those movies of footage of that era and the performers, some porch performers. That was great listening even if the crackling was as loud as the guitars.
Sudo, I'm spoiled to Media Player but no longer use MS for my browser, it was making me crazy.
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Yeah Kathy Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is a blast and as you well know you could spend a week in there and not digest all the sights and sounds.
Meant to tell ya Oakwwod Studio has a new and better CD Copy machine.It's a hardwwre stand alone Alesis and this baby is great.A lot faster than using the computer for CD copy plus it gives clean copies each time.
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You mean no schedule a day for that task anymore. How many of those we do you reckon?
:D-->
That's wonderful since you're working on her second CD and then David's will be coming up. Did you have it when you did your CD's?
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