Artist: Mary Lou Williams
Album: Solo Recital: Montreux Jazz Festival 1978
Genre: Bop, Swing
Label: Pablo/Original Jazz Classics
Released: 1998
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Medley: The Lord Is Heavy (Spiritual II & III)/Fandangle (Ragtime)/Old Fashioned Slow Blues/For the Figs (K.C. Swing)/Baby Bear Boogie/Roll 'Em (Williams) - 11:26
- Over the Rainbow (Harburg-Arlen) - 4:20
- Offertory Meditation (Williams) - 5:47
- Tea for Two (Youmans-Caesar) - 1:56
- Concerto Alone at Montreux (Williams) - 6:29
- Little Joe from Chicago (Williams-Wells) - 5:43
- The Man I Love (Gershwin-Gershwin) - 3:28
- What's Your Story Morning Glory (Williams-Webster-Lawrence) - 4:23
- Honeysuckle Rose (Razaf-Waller) - 2:12
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Mary Lou Williams's final recording (performed three years before her death) gives one a strong retrospective of her career. This solo concert at the 1978 Montreux Jazz Festival has a medley encompassing spirituals, ragtime, blues and swing. Other highlights include Williams's reworkings of "Tea for Two," "Honeysuckle Rose" and her two compositions "Little Joe from Chicago" and "What's Your Story Morning Glory." Recommended.
Review by Scott Yanow