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ApéroDuke | « Mary Lou Williams at the heart of jazz history » by Leïla Olivesi | Second installment
Culture · Saturday, November 7 · 11:00 · Paris
Médiathèque musicale de Paris – Christiane Eda-Pierre, 8 porte Saint Eustache
Free
Mary Lou Williams played a pivotal role in the history of jazz from the early 1930s. Queen of the jazz piano, close to Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, she actively participated in the creation of bebop and traversed all styles, much like Duke Ellington and his big band for whom she wrote several arrangements. During this lecture, Leïla Olivesi will pay tribute to her and reveal some of the many treasures of the jazz diva, drawing on a rich discography and on the Mary Lou Williams archives she consulted during a research stay…
