Mary Lou Williams : the lady who swings the band
Resource Information
The work Mary Lou Williams : the lady who swings the band represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
The Resource
Mary Lou Williams : the lady who swings the band
Resource Information
The work Mary Lou Williams : the lady who swings the band represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
- Label
- Mary Lou Williams : the lady who swings the band
- Title remainder
- the lady who swings the band
- 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
- 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
- Runtime
- 68
- Technique
- live action
Context
Context of Mary Lou Williams : the lady who swings the bandWork of
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.bu.edu/resource/44Rf_FeyuZI/" typeof="CreativeWork http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Work"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.bu.edu/resource/44Rf_FeyuZI/">Mary Lou Williams : the lady who swings the band</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.bu.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.bu.edu/">Boston University Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Work Mary Lou Williams : the lady who swings the band
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.bu.edu/resource/44Rf_FeyuZI/" typeof="CreativeWork http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Work"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.bu.edu/resource/44Rf_FeyuZI/">Mary Lou Williams : the lady who swings the band</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.bu.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.bu.edu/">Boston University Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
