jazz, soul jazz 39 min 10 tracks Mary Records
Mary Lou Williams, alternatively titled Black Christ of the Andes, is a jazz album by pianist Mary Lou Williams, which was released in 1964 by Folkways Records. Released after Williams's conversion to Catholicism, the album incorporates a variety of styles from spirituals, blues and avant-garde jazz. The title track is a choral Mass hymn in honor of the Afro-Peruvian saint St. Martin de Porres.
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Grave, spare, character-led and intimate.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- A1Black Christ of the Andes (St. Martin de Porres)6:36
- A2It Ain't Necessarily So4:45
- A3The Devil4:05
- A4Miss D.D.2:32
- A5Anima Christi2:50
- B1A Grand Nite for Swinging2:52
- B2My Blue Heaven3:11
- B3Dirge Blues3:26
- B4A Fungus Amungus3:01
- B5Praise the Lord5:54
10 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Mary Lou Williams
- Label
- Mary Records
- Released
- 1964
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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