The prodigious talents of pianist, composer and arranger Mary Lou Williams helped set the standards for the women's movement in jazz music in the 1930s, 1940s and right up to the time of her death in 1981. Her ground-breaking efforts and bold strokes helped establish women musicians in the historically male-dominated profession of jazz music. It was most appropriate, then, that Mary Lou Williams was the very first guest artist to be recorded for Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz radio programme. Perhaps in a not so subtle way, the success of Marian McPartland and other women in jazz can be attributed to the pioneering efforts of Mary Lou Williams.

TRACKS:
[1] Space Playing Blues
[2] conversation
[3] Baby Man
[4] conversation
[5] What's Your Story, Morning Glory?
[6] conversation
[7] Scratchin' In The Gravel
[8] conversation
[9] Medi No. 2
[10] conversation
[11] Rosa Mae
[12] conversation
[13] Rosa Mae
[14] conversation
[15] Caravan
[16] conversation
[17] I Can't Get Started
[18] conversation
[19] The Jeep Is Jumpin'
[20] conversation
[21] Exit Playing

Recorded on 10th August, 1978.

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