Mary Lou Williams Trio "My Blue Heaven"

[@vineymushran8046]

The bassist is Carline Ray who also sang. Died aged 88. The drummer is, I think, Mickey Roker. Brilliant lead-in by bass, pick-up by Mary Lou before leading us into the introductory chords after the teaser. If someone wants to know what swing is, he/she can't do better than listen to this masterful demo by the Goddess herself.

[@gabrielmcwethy3441]

Those dense, dissonant chords, like the one at 0:51, are coma-inducingly beautiful, I can't stop listening to them

[@bennyjazzful]

WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From a mad keen 76yo Aussie fan.

[@ruthhellkamp926]

she;s wonderful.....

[@kingsley9352]

Man she's incredible.

[@seostattler]

Brilliant upload never seen MLW live like this.... Seriously think she is one of jazz's most underrated pianist... really brings that blues feeling into it....

[@Yomajayven]

Wow wow wow

[@jwmchannels]

Supreme. A truly great artist.

[@DjAja]

Simply wow

[@barrygardiner5446]

Talk about getting in the groove. Brilliant.

[@circulardrummer]

A wonderful musician who was a mentor for and had a strong influence on some of the major jazz artists. An interesting live recording.....

[@angelastcroix815]

Waow! First Class!

[@harry2928]

Good job SOGLIDER thank you. + + 👍🏻

[@DeannaWitkowski]

Can't wait for the big tribute to Mary Lou Williams on Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at Park Ave Christian Church in NYC. A full performance of her third Mass, "Mary Lou's Mass" along with several of her other pieces will be performed by a 12-voice choir and jazz quartet.

[@donaldstreeter5740]

Fantastic

[@vmurt]

Love this!!!!!! They are awesome!

[@skyformQi]

GAWD [THIS IS GOD] i lovE you mAry Lou 1:22 breaks you open and spills you everywhere

[@kenavo2103]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@ReachRoadSedg]

A really good video of a fabulous musician. Grazie, grazie.

[@TheManucharyan]

Perfect job!!!!

[@gailjacobson6386]

Arthur Manucharyan l

[@hamedtriqui]

Thanks a lot for uploading this treasure. Be Bop has many fathers but only one mother : Mary Lou Williams. The woman on bass is Carline Ray but I don't know who's the drummer, sorry.

[@Laurenzatto54]

Not right man, ML Williams born in 1910 was there before the bebop and influenced in the beginning by Earl Hines and Fats Waller...

[@maidoodesu]

nice ! ですね.

[@SIRONEDRAGON]

cool

[@ptose]

I'd like to know who's the woman on bass

[@sepiaknight47]

Drummer is probably Max Roach. Could also be Tony Williams, but there is no evidence she played with Tony. Also looks a bit like Max Roach (4:17), especially during the time period, and we have evidence that Mary Lou played with Roach around this time, from the album "NEWPORT IN NEW YORK '72: THE JAM SESSIONS, VOL. 2 " hope this helps!

[@Obsidian451966]

"My Blue Heaven", a song from the "Mary Lou Williams Presents Black Christ of the Andes" album; the drummer, Tim Kennedy of the Billy Eckstine Orchestra.

[@prinzessinhans]

Carline Ray?

[@JoanCartwright]

wijsf.com/jazzwomen/carlineray.htm

[@atastudios1]

i think it's Paul Humphrey on drums

[@vineymushran8046]

You're probably right. I think I'm wrong about the drummer being Mickey Roker. Nevertheless, a great demo.

[@caponsacchi]

No way that's the official Max Roach--the Dean of Modern Drumming, or Bebop--even if he has the same name. He tends to set his cymbals at the vertical angle favorred by younger, fusion drummers.

[@paupau93]

Girl Power ):D YeAh!!

[@caponsacchi]

I'm surprised Mary Lou is using a lead sheet for a tune this basic--unless she hadn't played it much previously. It's a long-standing standard (Walter Donaldson?) that rarely is heard these days. She's taking it in Eb and has a lot of engaging, funky variations in her right hand. The bassist is effective, but I can almost feel the drag of having to maintain a 4/4 walking bass grrove with your thumb. I realize a number of method books teach that way, and she shows it can work. All the same, I'd recommend new bassists listen to Mingus, Pettiford, Ray Brown, Paul Chambers, Sam Jones, Doug Watkins and strive for the same--which is usually easier, even on electric, when the index finger, or 2nd and 3rd, fingers do the work.

[@DeannaWitkowski]

There's no way that that's a lead sheet. It's probably a set list. Williams recorded "My Blue Heaven" with this arrangement in 1964 on Black Christ of the Andes.

[@Mercy_Pants]

Looks more like a setlist

[@pegasusdesire]

LULLI*___________*

[@otordeig9735]

Maybe the drummer is Roy Haynes...

[@pierrelepley2781]

Sorry, it's surely not Roy Haynes !

[@charlesasche5813]

Definitely not Max or Tony, sounds not like either of them.

[@Burrowstreet]

Max Roach. +