Soul On Soul.Soul On Soul Tammy L. Kernodle Northeastern University Northeastern University, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; founded 1898 as a program within the Boston YMCA, inc. 1916, university status 1922, fully independent of the YMCA 1948. Press. 360 Huntington Avenue, 416CP Boston, MA 02115 1555536069 $30.00 www.nupress.neu.edu Soul On Soul: The Life And Music Of Mary Lou Williams Mary Lou Williams (May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981) was an American jazz stride pianist, composer, and arranger. She was born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs in Atlanta, Georgia and grew up in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. is a superbly researched, written, and presented biography by Tammy Kernodle (Associate Professor of Music, Miami University Miami University, main campus at Oxford, Ohio; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1809, opened 1824. The library has extensive collections in literature and American history, including the William Holmes McGuffey Library and Museum and the Edgar W. , Oxford, Ohio Oxford is a college town located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio in northwestern Butler County in Oxford Township, originally called the College Township. The population was 21,943 at the 2000 census (approximately 16,000 students are included in this figure). ) of one of the most accomplished African-American pianists, composers, and arrangers of American jazz. Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981) was a versatile musical phenomena who experimented with and mastered most of the emerging styles in the evolution of jazz. She wrote for and arranged music for such legends as Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman Noun 1. Benny Goodman - United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986) Benjamin David Goodman, Goodman, King of Swing , was a friend, mentor and teacher to Theolonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie. Strongly recommended for 20th Century American Music History and Black Studies reading lists and reference collections, Soul On Soul is a fitting and superbly presented biography that provides a long neglected respect to one of the truly important and influential women in the evolution of jazz. |
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