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The Resource Mary Lou Williams : the lady who swings the band
Mary Lou Williams : the lady who swings the band
Resource Information
The item Mary Lou Williams : the lady who swings the band represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item Mary Lou Williams : the lady who swings the band represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- She was ahead of her time, a genius. During an era when Jazz was the nation's popular music, Mary Lou Williams was one of its greatest innovators. As both a pianist and composer, she was a font of daring and creativity who helped shape the sound of 20th century America. And like the dynamic, turbulent nation in which she lived, Williams seemed to redefine herself with every passing decade. From child prodigy to "Boogie-Woogie Queen" to groundbreaking composer to mentoring some of the greatest musicians of all time, Mary Lou Williams never ceased to astound those who heard her play. But away from the piano, Williams was a woman in a "man's world," a black person in a "whites only" society, an ambitious artist who dared to be different, and who struggled against the imperatives of being a "star."
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (68 minutes):
- Note
- Title from title frames
- Label
- Mary Lou Williams : the lady who swings the band
- Title
- Mary Lou Williams
- Title remainder
- the lady who swings the band
- Subject
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- African American jazz musicians
- Arrangers (Musicians)
- Arrangers (Musicians) -- United States -- Biography
- Electronic resources
- Pianists
- Pianists -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981
- African American composers
- Women composers -- United States -- Biography
- Women jazz musicians
- Women jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography
- Women composers
- African American composers -- United States -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- She was ahead of her time, a genius. During an era when Jazz was the nation's popular music, Mary Lou Williams was one of its greatest innovators. As both a pianist and composer, she was a font of daring and creativity who helped shape the sound of 20th century America. And like the dynamic, turbulent nation in which she lived, Williams seemed to redefine herself with every passing decade. From child prodigy to "Boogie-Woogie Queen" to groundbreaking composer to mentoring some of the greatest musicians of all time, Mary Lou Williams never ceased to astound those who heard her play. But away from the piano, Williams was a woman in a "man's world," a black person in a "whites only" society, an ambitious artist who dared to be different, and who struggled against the imperatives of being a "star."
- Cataloging source
- UtOrKAN
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Date time place
- Originally produced by The Mary Lou Williams Project in 2015
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Bash, Carol
- Kanopy
- The Mary Lou Williams Project (Firm)
- Runtime
- 68
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Williams, Mary Lou
- Women composers
- African American composers
- Arrangers (Musicians)
- Pianists
- Women jazz musicians
- African American composers
- African American jazz musicians
- Arrangers (Musicians)
- Pianists
- Women composers
- Women jazz musicians
- United States
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Mary Lou Williams : the lady who swings the band
- Note
- Title from title frames
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
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- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (68 minutes):
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Medium for sound
- other
- Other physical details
- digital, .flv file, sound
- Publisher number
- 2681062
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- sound
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
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- remote
- other
- System control number
- (CaSfKAN)kan2681062
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Video recording format
- other
- Label
- Mary Lou Williams : the lady who swings the band
- Note
- Title from title frames
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (68 minutes):
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Medium for sound
- other
- Other physical details
- digital, .flv file, sound
- Publisher number
- 2681062
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- sound
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
-
- remote
- other
- System control number
- (CaSfKAN)kan2681062
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Video recording format
- other
Subject
- African American jazz musicians
- Arrangers (Musicians)
- Arrangers (Musicians) -- United States -- Biography
- Electronic resources
- Pianists
- Pianists -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981
- African American composers
- Women composers -- United States -- Biography
- Women jazz musicians
- Women jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography
- Women composers
- African American composers -- United States -- Biography
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