Mary Lou Williams - Mary Lou Williams

Don’t think I’ve rec’d anything on here that brings me more joy to share than this album. Truly one of my favorite recordings, brilliantly performed and produced by the artist Duke Ellington called “beyond category,” the great Mary Lou Williams. Every cut on this record explores a familiar dimension of the jazz / spiritual idiom in a completely new way. Her sly counterpoint over the groovy, quiet bass line on “Miss D.D.” is somehow taking the magic of Kinda Blue and making it…even cooler (don’t...