MARY LOU WILLIAMS ACETATES AND SOUND RECORDINGS Note: Recordings with mold damage isolated in separate box Notes from Peter O’Brien Survey of 7½-Inch Numbered Tapes: POB: page# 7½-Inch Reel-to-Reel Tapes ___ Box 1 1) Robbie, new tunes, Jerry 2) Conversation w/ MLW and John S. Wilson, June 6 and 26, 1973 3) Gill 2: John Gill, Café Rick’s Americain, Chicago, not dated. POB: 4 4 Gill 4: John Gill, Café Rick’s Americain, Chicago, not dated. POB: 4 5) Gill 3: John Gill, Café Rick’s Americain, Chicago, not dated. POB: 4 6) Gill 1: John Gill, Café Rick’s Americain, Chicago, not dated. POB: 4 7) Mary Lou Williams Piano Workshop (Tape C). 4/15/45, WNEW. MLW, Al Lucas, Jack Parker. Theme, St. Louis Blue gb s, Sweet Lorraine, I Know That You Know, Leo, Limehouse Blues, In My Solitude, Blue Skies, Mary Lou's Boogie, Honeysuckle Rose 8) Mary Lou Williams Piano Workshop (Tape B). 4/11/45, WNEW. Joe Carroll, voc. with MLW, Al Lucas, Jack Parker. Froggy Bottom, The Sheik of Araby, You Know, Baby (w Frank Lewis; MLW singing), Cancer, I Found a New Baby, Lullaby of the Leaves, Put Another Nickel In, Roll 'Em, Dark Eyes, Froggy Bottom 9) Mary Lou Williams Piano Workshop (Tape A). Program 3, 4/4/45, WNEW. MLW, Al Lucas, Jack Parker, Barbara Leeds, voc. Froggy Bottom, I Know That You Know, It's Amazing, Medley: My Heart Stood Still, Oh What a Beautiful Morning, People Will Say We're in Love; Gemini, Limehouse Blues, Accentuate the Positive, Mary Lou's Boogie, Honeysuckle Rose, Froggy Bottom 10) Jazz Mass, Part I, St. Matthews Cathedral 11) Jazz Mass, Part II, St. Matthews Cathedral 12) Mass 1: No notation 13) Mass 2: No notation 14) 2/1/67 (New Mass); Barry Harris 15) 11/21/67, Compositions 16) Grace Hospital, 1958. Dizzy, Robbie Mickles talking (2 years old), Animi Christi 17) Prodigal: No notation 18) Mass 1: No Notation 19) Mass 2: No Notation 20) #1 Dupe, Mary Lou's Mass #1, unedited track, 9/78 Box 2 21) Gill 3: John Gill, Café Rick’s Americain, Chicago, not dated. POB: 4
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MARY LOU WILLIAMS ACETATES AND SOUND RECORDINGS Note: Recordings with mold damage isolated in separate box
Notes from Peter O’Brien Survey of 7½-Inch Numbered Tapes: POB: page#
7½-Inch Reel-to-Reel Tapes ___
Box 1 1) Robbie, new tunes, Jerry 2) Conversation w/ MLW and John S. Wilson, June 6 and 26, 1973 3) Gill 2: John Gill, Café Rick’s Americain, Chicago, not dated. POB: 4 4 Gill 4: John Gill, Café Rick’s Americain, Chicago, not dated. POB: 4 5) Gill 3: John Gill, Café Rick’s Americain, Chicago, not dated. POB: 4 6) Gill 1: John Gill, Café Rick’s Americain, Chicago, not dated. POB: 4 7) Mary Lou Williams Piano Workshop (Tape C). 4/15/45, WNEW. MLW, Al Lucas, Jack Parker. Theme, St. Louis Blue gb s, Sweet Lorraine, I Know That You Know, Leo, Limehouse Blues, In My Solitude, Blue Skies, Mary Lou's Boogie, Honeysuckle Rose 8) Mary Lou Williams Piano Workshop (Tape B). 4/11/45, WNEW. Joe Carroll, voc. with MLW, Al Lucas, Jack Parker. Froggy Bottom, The Sheik of Araby, You Know, Baby (w Frank Lewis; MLW singing), Cancer, I Found a New Baby, Lullaby of the Leaves, Put Another Nickel In, Roll 'Em, Dark Eyes, Froggy Bottom 9) Mary Lou Williams Piano Workshop (Tape A). Program 3, 4/4/45, WNEW. MLW, Al Lucas, Jack Parker, Barbara Leeds, voc. Froggy Bottom, I Know That You Know, It's Amazing, Medley: My Heart Stood Still, Oh What a Beautiful Morning, People Will Say We're in Love; Gemini, Limehouse Blues, Accentuate the Positive, Mary Lou's Boogie, Honeysuckle Rose, Froggy Bottom 10) Jazz Mass, Part I, St. Matthews Cathedral 11) Jazz Mass, Part II, St. Matthews Cathedral 12) Mass 1: No notation 13) Mass 2: No notation 14) 2/1/67 (New Mass); Barry Harris 15) 11/21/67, Compositions 16) Grace Hospital, 1958. Dizzy, Robbie Mickles talking (2 years old), Animi Christi 17) Prodigal: No notation 18) Mass 1: No Notation 19) Mass 2: No Notation 20) #1 Dupe, Mary Lou's Mass #1, unedited track, 9/78 Box 2 21) Gill 3: John Gill, Café Rick’s Americain, Chicago, not dated. POB: 4
22) Gill 5: John Gill, Café Rick’s Americain, Chicago, not dated. POB: 4 23) Gill 5: John Gill, Café Rick’s Americain, Chicago, not dated. POB: 4 24) Gill 1: John Gill, Café Rick’s Americain, Chicago, not dated. POB: 4 25) Gill 4: John Gill, Café Rick’s Americain, Chicago, not dated. POB: 4 26) Gill 2: John Gill, Café Rick’s Americain, Chicago, not dated. POB: 4 27) MLW: The History of Jazz, 1/22/76, Recital Hall 28) 1959, Jerry Burley, Breeze; Debra Robinson, Robbie: Ill Wind, Nicole, Koolbongo, Chunka, You Know, Baby 29) MLW live at the Cookery, Winter 1975. Mack the Knife, You Are the Sunshine of My Life 30) Syls Records 31) Tape to MLW from Harry Godwin, 10/22/64, of Andy Kirk recordings 32) Conversations with Willis Conover, Russian broadcast, MLW on last one-third of program, VOA tape 33) Tape in plastic bag: No notation 34) Zodiac Suite, Town Hall, 194?. Keeva Weingarten on label of tape 35) MLW at Durham Academy High School, N.D. 36) Andy Kirk tunes 37) MLW III: Selections from Asch 351 with MLW, Al Hall, Bill Coleman; recordings with Buddy Banks, Jen Louis Viale; recordings of mixed jazz musicians. Note, inside tape cover 38) Dark Dark, For Your Love, Mo Mio Dio, Enora Vai, Lasciami Solo, Scusami Sig Luna, Non eie soddisfaziono, No. 3 39) Miles Davis recording, 1967/68? 40) WRVY: Ed Beach and Mary Lou, May 19, 1969, 8-10 p.m.; possible classical recordings 41) Rock Tunes: No notation 42) Partial tape: No notation 43) Mike Wallace At Large: MLW, 2/20/74 44) Life Story 2, 1973 45) Woman Made Music: MLW #1. Wisconsin Educational Radio Network. Produced by Becca Pulliam, recorded 11/2/76. 46) MLW JOHP interview with John S. Wilson, 6/30/73. 47) Andy Kirk tunes: Messa Stop, Steppin’ Pretty, Bearcat Shuffle, Cloudy, Scratchin’ in the Gravel, Walkin’ and Swingin’, Mellow Bit. Tape box cover Box 3 48) Side B: Olinga, Rosa Mae, Medi I, Gloria. Tape box cover 49) Praise the Lord, Play It, Momma, Gloria (reused). Milt-Tony. Tape box cover 50) Semi-classical, Fungus, piano solo, 1963. Tape box cover 51) Practice tape with Ted Dunbar, April 1968. Tape box cover 52) Ethel Waters with Billy Graham Crusade Choir, from recordings. His Eye Is on the Sparrow, Just a Closer Walk with Thee, Memories of You, Partners with God, Jubilee. Tape box cover 53) Duke Skata, 502B, Side 2; Ellington (Asch). Tape box cover
54) December 24, 1977. Sculpture, Vol. 1: Antonio Salemme; heads, large figures, reliefs, small figures 55) ENG: Music: Mary Lou Williams; concert at Ford's Theatre (n.d.); Homage to a Legend, PT-1; Music Lib 56) Duke 501A, Side 1; Ellington (Asch) 57) Duke Skata, 502A, Side 1; Ellington (Asch) 58) Duke, 501B, Side 2 59) Phineas Newborn, After Hours, 2/1/67 60) Quincy Jones, Rock Happy Day 61) MLW and Don Byas, Paris 1953: Moonglow, Mary's Waltz, Why; last half: Express, Chunka-lunka (?) 62) No notation 63) Mary Lou Williams-Original Jazz Concert; Pgh (Pittsburgh???) concert 64) Recordings: Black Talk, Charles Earland; Bitches Brew, Miles Davis 65) Loose tape: No notation Box 4 66) Reel 26725, Reel 26735. Vogue: Main Title and Long Line; Leather, etc., Cue #4,
Fringes, Closing Section; Produced by Libra Productions, 7/22/69; dubbed 7/23/69 67) Chassidic Music, from Sophia Adler (see note on tape cover) 68) No notation 69) No notation 70) Revelations (copy) 71) MLW Jazz Oral History Project interview with John S. Wilson, June 6 & 26, 1973 72) Side 1: Rhythm track on Pretty on Pretty-Eyed Baby, rehearsing, etc., Froggy Bottom (music on L.C., voice on R.C.; Nothing (just some noise). Side II: "your compositions, the one you played for me). Notes, inside tape box cover 73) Ofay piano solos 74) 2/1/67: Organ, piano, Love for Sale 75) No notation 76) No notation 77) 7/16/68: Coltrane. Ogunde, To Be, Offering, Expression 78) Louis B. McMillan Jazz Show (dub) 79) MLW performance at West Point, NY, 4/27/58, Reel 1, copy 80) MLW Jazz Oral History Project interview with John S. Wilson, 6/6/73 82) Zodiac Suite, from Harry Godwin, Memphis, TN, 11/13/64 83) MLW questions and answers, 1/22/76 84) No notation Box 5 85) Duke University concert w/Buster Williams and Roy Haynes, 12/10/77, Reel 4 of 4 86) Duke University concert w/Buster Williams and Roy Haynes, 12/10/77, Reel 3 of 4
87) Duke University concert w/Buster Williams and Roy Haynes, 12/10/77, Reel 2 of 4 88) Duke University concert w/Buster Williams and Roy Haynes, 12/10/77, Reel 1 of 4 89) Duke (U?) 1-2 90) Mary Lou Williams II. Benny Moten or Andy Kirk: Twelfth Street Rag, The Count. MLW w/Wendell Marshall and Osie Johnson: Mama Pinned a Rose on Me, Roll 'Em, Sweet Sue, Lullaby of the Leaves, Jericho, Easy Blues, Koolbongo, For You, Don't Blame Me, Ladybird, Titoros, They Can't Take That Away from Me. MLW w/Don Byas, Alvin Banks, Gerard Pochonet: Mary's Waltz, Why 91) Gene Aretsky c/o Virginia Wicks, 236 East 68th St. Easy Blues, My Mama Pinned a Rose on Me 92) Mary Lou's Mass, Reel 3, unedited track, 9/78 93) Mary Lou's Mass, Reel 2, unedited track, 9/78 94) Mary Lou's Mass, 12/3/78, Duplication master 95) Mary Lou's Mass, 12/3/78 96) Mary Lou's Mass, 12/3/78 97) Mary Lou's Mass, 12/3/78 98) Mary Lou's Mass, 12/3/78 99) Mary Lou's Mass, 12/3/78 100) Mary Lou's Mass, 12/3/78 101) No notation 102) MLW Jazz Oral History Project interview with John S. Wilson, 6/6/73 103) MLW Jazz Oral History Project interview with John S. Wilson, 6/26/73 Box 6 104) Recorded music from Emarcy MG26033, Atlantic 114, Esquire ##?, Brunswick BL 54000. Tape box cover 105) Recorded music from Contemporary of 1/22/53 recording in London; Brunswick BL 54000, New York, 1953, Jazztime USA 106) MLW at Blues Alley, 5/28/71; "A Sneak Production" by John Callanan 107) Rehearsal tape, n.d. 108) Lou's Tape: Roll 'Em, Fungus, etc.; Classical piano TV show; organ, Rose Murphy 109) MLW: Jazz and the Spirit; Horace Silver 110) MLW at Ann Arbor, MI, 9/2/78, w/Ronnie Boykins; Reel 1 of 2 111) MLW at Ann Arbor, MI, 9/2/78, w/Ronnie Boykins; Reel 2 of 2 112) Father O'Connor, Mary Vincent, WOR 113) MLW and Billy Taylor "In Conversation" 114) Praise the Lord, 3/15/67. Bob Banks. Thank You, Jesus; Our Father (Henry Garden, soloist); Praise the Lord 115) Psalms read by Mable Mercer, 6/20/71; Act of Contrition (composed by MLW); Michael Fleming, bass; Honi Gordon, voc. 4:05 116) With voices. MLW, rough mixes, mono 117) St. Thomas Lenten Mass, 4/28/68 118) Pgh (Pittsburgh???) Mass, 6/24/67: Holy Communion, "Act of Contrition"; St. Thomas mass, Lenten Mass, Mass II, March 1968, celebrated the Sunday after Martin Luther King had died.
119) St. Thomas Mass, 1968 120) CBS News: Mary Lou's Mass, excerpted on World of Religion, 3/28/75; Also CBS News: from St. Patrick's Cathedral, 2/18/75 Box 7 121) Mary Lou's Mass, Immaculate Conception Church, Rochester, NY, 1/21/73; Transfer from this: Kyrie, Lord Have Mercy (For Our Lack of Hope), Gloria, Lazarus, Credo, Holy, Holy, Holy 122) Mary Lou's Mass at Fordham University, 4/5/73 123) Mary Lou's Mass at Immaculate Conception Church, Rochester, NY, 1/21/73. Transfer If We All Could Love One Another and Praise the Lord from Heaven; keep piano interludes in both these. There is a short spoken interlude between these two songs that can remain on transfer. 124) No notation 125) No notation 126) A. Alleyene (???), 14 Balmy Avenue, Toronto 260; no other notation 127) No notation 128) Mass III, 7/15/69. Record date, Music for Peace. Bishop Wright celebrated (Cathedral Pgh [Pittsburgh???] Mass at Seton, 6/24/67. Piano solos, nursery rhymes. 129) Lenten Mass, recorded at St. Thomas Mass, April 1968, Fr. Kelly 130) Lenten Mass, 1968 131) 2945, MLW, trpt 132-138) Unboxed, unnotated reels 139) Second date, 1964: Nicole (Gerard [Pach]and Mike [Glenn]); Koolbongo, Nicole, Chunka, Blue Heaven 140) Side 2: A Grand Night for Swinging, My Blue Heaven, Dirge Blues, A Fungus Amungus, Praise the Lord; (copy only) 141) Piano Janets (???) Box 8 142) Tape K: Mary Lou Williams Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/22/45: MLW with Curley Russell, Charlie Simon, Sylvia Syms 143) Tape D: Mary Lou Williams Piano Workshop, WNEW, 4/25/45: MLW with Al Lucas, Jack Parker 144) Tape I: Mary Lou Williams Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/8/45: MLW with Dose Dickens, Wally Bishop, Gene Sedric 145) Tape J: Mary Lou Williams Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/15/45: MLW with Dose Dickens, Wally Bishop, Gene Sedric 146) Tape M: Mary Lou Williams Piano Workshop, WNEW, 8/5/45: MLW with Al Hall, Specs Powell, Bill Coleman; 8/12/45: MLW with Al Hall, Specs Powell, Bill Coleman 147) Tape N: Mary Lou Williams Piano Workshop, WNEW, 9/7/45: MLW with Al Lucas, Jack Parker
148) Tape H: Mary Lou Williams Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/1/45: MLW with Johnny Williams, Art Trappier, Edmund Hall 149) Tape L: Mary Lou Williams Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/29/45: MLW with Josh White, Bunny White 150) Tape E: Mary Lou Williams Piano Workshop, WNEW, 5/2/45: MLW with Al Lucas, Jack Parker, Betty Leeds 151) Tape F: Mary Lou Williams Piano Workshop, WNEW, 6/17/45: MLW with Elwood Smith, Al Hall, Bill Coleman 152) Tape G: Mary Lou Williams Piano Workshop, WNEW, 6/24/45: MLW with Johnny Williams, Art Trappier, Edmund Hall 153) MLW, 11/14/79 Box 9 154) Tape 1, 4/3/52, Mary Lou Williams
Town Tavern, Toronto, 1957, radio; Fine and Dandy, Tommy Potter, Denzil Best 155) Tape 1: Midnight Stomp, Down Hearted Mama, The Bumps, What’s That Thing, Down in Gallion, Goose Grease, Pee Wee Blues, Non Cut Loose, Sumpin Slow and Low, Lotta Sax Appeal. POB: 19 156) Tape 2: MLW for Circle: Messa Stomp, Blue Clarinet Stomp (KC 592 alt.), Saturday, Sophomore, Cloudy, Casey Jones Special, Corky Stomp, Froggy Bottom, I Lost My Girl from Memphis, Loose Ankles. Tape box cover;
POB: 19 157) Tape 2: 2nd copy 158) Tape 2: 2nd copy 159) Tape 3: Nite Life, Drag 'Em; Snag It, Sweet and Hot, Mary’s Idea, Once or Twice, You Rascal you, Dallas Blues, Travelin’ That Rocky Road. Tape box cover, POB: 20 (also POB: 37, “Reel 3”) 160) Tape 3: 2nd copy 161) Tape 3: 2nd copy 162) Tape 4: MLW for Circle: Messa Stomp, Blue Clarinet Stomp, Saturday, Sophomore, Walkin’ and Swingin’, Moten Swing, Lotta Sax Appeal, Git; Walkin’ and Swingin’, All the Jive is Gone; Honey Just for You. POB: 6, 20 163) Tape 4: 2nd copy 164) Tape 4: 2nd copy 165) Tape 5: Recordings from 78 rpm records: Froggy Bottom, Bearcat Shuffle, Steppin’ Pretty, Christopher Columbus, Corky, Corny Rhythm, Overhand, Isabelle, Puddin’ Head Serenade, Until the Real Thing Comes Along. Tape box cover 166) Tape 5: 2nd copy 167) Tape 6: Recordings from lps and 78s: Swingin’ for Joy, Clean Pickin’, Blue Illusion, Cloudy, Give Her a Pint, Mary’s Special, Fifty Second Street, The Lady Who Swings the Band, What Will I Tell My Heart, Dedicated to You. Tape box cover; POB: 7 168) Tape 6: 2nd copy 169) Tape 7: MLW recordings from 78 rpm records: Wednesday Night Hop, Downstream, In the Groove, Worried Over You, Foolin’ Myself, I’m Glad for
Your Sake (But I’m Sorry for Mine), I’ll Get Along Somehow (from LP), A Mellow Bit of Rhythm, In My Wildest Dreams 170) Tape 7: 2nd copy 171) Tape 8: Music from LPs and 78s: With Love in My Heart, What’s Mine Is Yours, Why Can’t We Do It Again?, Poor Butterfly, The Big Dipper, Fear Down, Twinklin’, It Must Be True, I’ll Get By, Little Joe From Chicago. Tape box cover; POB: 7, 8, 20 172) Tape 8: 2nd copy Box 10 173) Tape 9: Music from LPs and 78s: Bless You My Dear, Messa Stomp, Toadie- Toddle, I Won’t Tell a Soul, The Pearls, Mr. Freddie Blues, Sweet Patootie/Petunia, The Rocks, Jump Jack Jump, Breeze. Tape box cover,
POB: 8, 20 174) Tape 9: 2nd copy 175) Tape 10: Music from LPs and 78s: Honey, Clouds, Julius Caesar, Dunkin’ a Donut, Goodbye, Mary’s Idea, You Set Me on Fire, Close to Five, Floyd’s Guitar Blues; Cloudy, Casey Jones Special, Corky Stomp, Froggy Bottom, I Lost My Girl from Memphis, Loose Ankles. Tape box cover, POB: 8, 19 176) Tape 10: 2nd copy 177) Tape 11: w/ Mildred Bailey: Prisoner of Love, Barrelhouse Music, Arkansas Blues, You Don’t Know My Mind Blues, There’ll Be Some Changes Made, Gulf Coast Blues; Then I’ll Be Happy, Sposin; Ghost of a Chance, Little Joe. Tape box cover; POB: 8, 20 178) Tape 11: 2nd copy 179) Tape 12: From LPS and 78s: Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone, Big Jim Blues, Wham; Six Men and a Girl Session: Mary Lou Williams Blues, Tea for Two, Scatchin’ in the Gravel, Zoning; Fine and Mellow. Tape box cover 180) Tape 12: 2nd copy 181) Tape 13: Recordings from 78 rpm records: Scratchin’ in the Gravel, Fifteen Minutes Intermission, Take Those Blues Away, Little Miss, The Count, 12th Street Rag, When I Saw You; If I Fell This Way Tomorrow, Or Have I? Tape box cover 182) Tape 13: 2nd copy 183) Tape 14: Mary Lou Williams and Her Kansas City Seven, 11/18/40. 184) Tape 14: Mary Lou Williams and Her Kansas City Seven, 11/18/40. 2nd copy 185) Tape 15: No notation 186) Tape 16: No notation 187) Tape 17: No notation 188) Tape 18: No notation 189) Tape 19: No notation. POB: 22 190) Tape 20: MLW World I 191) Tape 21: MLW World II
Box 11 192) Tape 22: Lullaby of the Leaves, Little Joe from Chicago, Rehearsal vol.: Little Joe and Roll 'Em, Roll ‘Em, Yesterday’s Kisses, Satchel Mouth Baby. Tape box cover; POB: 11, 22, 23 193) Tape 23: MLW's Piano Workshop, 8/5/45: Man O’ Mine (aka Sweet Juice), Stardust 1&2; Langston Hughes speaking, intro of MLW, Gjon Mili’s Jam Session, Sleep, Song in My Soul, This and That, Until My Baby Comes Back Home. Tape box cover; POB: 12, 22, 23 194) Tape 24: Lady Be Good, Carcinoma, Russian Lullaby, Blue Skies, Persian Rug (5 takes), Night and Day; (mold damage). POB: 12 195) Tape 25: Night and Day (alt), You Know Baby, I Found a New Baby, The Minute Man, Froggy Bottom, Patches (Joe Kennedy session, supervised by MLW), Desert Sands, Pease Porridge. POB: 12, 13 196) Tape 39: U.S. Savings Bond Division, Program Guest Star, Treasury. Original Harry Sog—Orchestra. The Man I Love, 1949; Moonglow, I’m in the Mood for Love (King LP-540); Willow Weep for Me, Bye Bye Blues, POB: 3, 24 197) Tape 40: WMGM Leonard Feather Jazz Concert, 5/7/49, 10 p.m.: Plays MLW records: Nite Life, Walkin’ and Swingin’, Little Joe from Chicago, Froggy Bottom w/Josh White, Scratchin’ in the Gravel, Roll ‘Em, What’s Your Story (Joe Thomas), Waltz Boogie, Blues at Mary Lou’s, Night and Day (w/Bill Coleman), Lonely Moments. POB: 9 198) Tape 40: 2nd copy 199) Tape 41: For Asch w/big band, 1947: Spring Fantasies, Whistle Blues, To a Wild Rose, Lonely Moments; Benny Goodman w/MLW on piano, 7/3/48: By Bye, Blue Views. (During 6 weeks playing and writing for BG). Goodman Show at Westchester County Center (See p.449 of Russell Connor); 7/48: Benny's Bop (VD 880): BG, Wardell Grat, MLW, Billy Bauer,Clyde Lombardi, Mel Zelnic; 3/8/48, We the People, CBS: Just an Idea-Mary' Idea, A Woman's Place Is in the Groove: MLW, Margie Hyams, Mary Osborne, Bridget O'Flynn and Vivian Gary; add Stan Hasselgard album with Benny Goodman. POB note attached;
POB: 10 200) Tape 41: 2nd copy 201) Tape 42: Robert Hall of Fame, 5/13/49. Ed Stokes talks with MLW. Lunceford's recording of What's Your Story, Morning Glory?, In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee; MLW speaks; find this! (Ghost of Love, recorded with Duke's band, MLW at piano, Al Hibbler, voc) MLW audition, Phyllis Branch Singers with Remo Palmieri, Grachan Moncur, Kenny Dorham, directed by Maurise Robinson, NBC, 1947, 1948. Quartet, Roll 'Em tag under announcer. What Is This Thing Called Love, Just You, Just Me, How High the Moon, You Go to My Head, Bye Bye Blues, Roll 'Em. Announcer Jack Role Benny Goodman, Whistle Blues, WCBS, 11/26/46; at Capitol session, 1/28/47, Hollywood. Note in tape box 202) Tape 42: 2nd copy 203) Tape 43: w/Benny Goodman, WCBS, 11/26 or 11/28/46; They Say (from acetate): MLW, Inez Cavanaugh, voc??;. (Sounds like home recording, n.d.); U.S.
Treasury Hour w/Harry Sosnick's orchestra and MLW: Tisherome, The Man I Love; Downbeat, C Jam Blues (7/11/52). POB notes with tape box 204) Tape 43: 2nd copy 205) Tape 44: New York, 7/11/52. Out of Nowhere: Harold Baker, Vic Dickenson, Morris Lane, MLW, Nevell John, Eddie Safranski, Don Lamond. 1/23/53: Titoros + alt take, Lady Bird, Don't Blame Me, Koolbongo, They Can't Take That Away from Me. POB: 25 206) Tape 44: 2nd copy 207) Tape 44 (?) Side 1:Kirk Band at Trianon Ballroom; material as issued on Jazz Society; “no second copy.” 2nd copy? Box 12 208) Tape 45: 1/23/53: Perdido, For You, 'Round Midnight + alt take; 3/19/53: Laughing Rag, Rag of Rags; 6/26/53: Melody Maker, Musical Express, Sometimes I'm Happy, Monk's Tune (See Tape 72) 209) Tape 45: Trianon Ballroom Material: Dear Old Southland; Yours Truly; Medley: Boo Hoo, 1,2 Button Your Shoe, Trouble Don’t Like Music, One in a Million; Trust in Me; Never Slept a Wink Last Night; You’re Slightly Terrific; Organ Grinder’s Swing; Real Thing. From LP; 1 copy only; see other tapes. Melody Maker, Musical Express, Sometimes I’m Happy, Monk’s Tune. POB: 21, 25 210) Tape 45 (?) Side 2: Kirk Band at Trianon Ballroom; as issued on Jazz Society; “no second copy” 2nd copy? 211) Tape 46: 12/2/53 recordings with (and without) Don Byas: Mary’s Waltz, Moonglow, Lullaby of the Leaves, N.M.E., O.W., Why, Chicka Boom Blues, Just You, Just Me. Notes with tape box; POB: 22 212) Tape 46: 2nd copy 213) Tape 51: Circle material: Caravan (2 versions), Bananas (Breakdown) 2 versions from acetate; I Won't Let It Bother Me, The Shiek (2 versions), Walking Out the Door (alternate from acetate) with Lambert Singers, Bananas (2 versions), I Won't Let It Bother Me, Walking out the Door. 214) Tape 51: 2nd copy 215) Tape 52: Circle Remnants. Walkin’ Out the Door (?), I Won’t Let It Bother Me, Cloudy (choral arrangement), Cloudy (3 cuts, 2 false starts [male vocal lead and solo piano]I, Cloudy (with rhythm section, female vocal lead), Walkin’ Out the Door #3, Froggy Bottom (listen by Jepsen as unknown title [New York, 1968]), De Function (takes 1&2), Caravan rehearsal. See POB: 25, 32, 33, 34 216) Tape 52: 2nd copy 217) Tape 53: Atlantic session, 3/7/51; Mary's Waltz (10" lp); selections from 12" LP Ladies of Jazz; 'S Wonderful, Pagliaci (from acetate), Easy Blues Tape box cover; POB: 33 218) Tape 54: Atlantic session, 3/7/51" 'S Wonderful, Pagliaci, Mary's Waltz, Surrey with the Fringe on Top (from acetates; 4/15/53 Gerrard Street, Meddlesome Mattie (see Tape 45 for chron sequence); Early '54, Paris (Blue Star): Between the Devil, There's a Small Hotel, Lover, Come to Me La En Ce Temps. Tape box cover; POB: 3
219) Tape 55: Blue star, Paris. Carioca, Nicole, Tire Tire l'Aiguille, Autumn in New York. Paris 1954, Club Francais de Disque: Swinging for the Guys, Club Francaise Blues, Freight Train Blues, Memories of You, Leg, n, Lou, Avalon. Tape box cover; POB: 3, 6 220) Tape 56: Paris 1954. Music from Francais du Disque: Scratchin’ in the Gravel, Rock Me, I Made You Love Paris, Nancy in Love with Colonel; Vogue recording session: Azure Te, Flying Home, Twilight, Yesterdays, Nickels, The Man I Love. Tape box cover, POB: 6, 26 221) Tape 57: Paris, 1954, Vogue. Just One of Those Things, Why
Acetates, early 1950s, probably in MLW's apartment, solo piano, w/voc. Ann Cornell: Stranger Fascination, You Know Baby, Why Radio show, MLW in Paris, from acetates. MLW speaks. Nite Life, Night and Day (w/Bill Coleman), Cloudy (Circle release with female lead voice), Titoros, Pagliacci, S’ Wonderful (?), Easy Blues, 4 sides (2 acetates). Tape box cover, POB: 3, 16, 26, 33, 34
222) Tape 58: Radio interview in Paris, 1954; recordings of O.W., Nicole, N.M.E., Just You, Just Me. Microgroove 2, Baden Baden, Germany, MLW speaks-11/29/54; presented stamp as gift; Jam session-Perdido with Kurt Edelhagen All-Stars. Tape box cover, POB: 16 223) Tape 59: Microgroove #2: Baden Baden, Germany. Jam session w/Kurt Edelhagen All-Stars. Man I Love, Yesterdays, St. Louis Blues. French radio show. MC Marjorie Dunton. MLW speaks, but does not play, n.d. Tape box cover;
POB: 16 224) Tape 61: British radio show, MLW narration, various recordings. Tape box cover; POB: 17 225) Tape 62: French radio show (from small acetates): Margjorie Drenton, MC: Aren’t You Glad You’re You?. I’m Confessin’, Take the Bebop Wagon, You Know Baby, Dina, Satisfied, radio clip, Blue Skies, Blue Monday, Body and Soul. Tape box cover; POB: 17 226) Tape 62: 2nd copy Box 13 227) Tape 64: You Know Baby What I Want from You, Easy On, Under My Skin, Man I Love, Blue Skies, POB: 17, 18; See “Reel 64”: From the Heart, Giants, Love for Sale. POB: 29 228) Tape 66: From small acetates: You’ll Be Mine, I Love You (Federal Disc); It Had to Be You, Down By the Old Mill Stream, Prisoner of Love, You Go to My Head (Duodisc); I’m in the Mood for Love, MLW speaks (Philco); Medley (Duodisc). POB: 18 229) Tape 67: Philco: You Know Baby, What Is This Thing Called Love, Original. POB: 18 230) Tape 69: Jericho, Sweet Sue, Talk of the Town, Amy, I Love Him, Roll 'Em, Taurus, I Love You. Tape box cover; POB: 26-27 231) Tape 69: 2nd copy
232) Tape 70: 1955: Lullaby of the Leaves, Easy Blues, My Mama Pinned a Rose on Me, Fandangle; Blues, trio, title? from 78 rpm acetate; My Brother Jim, Wanderland (Wonderland), Don Mickles and voices, MLW nephew; Zoning, Fungus, Ghost of Love, Medi II, Gloria, Rosa Mae, Olinga. Tape box cover; POB: 27, 30 233) Tape 70: 2nd copy 234) Tape 71: Night and Day, I Got Rhythm, from 45 rpm Sue Records 965, 966; Chunka Lunka, Jug Iⅈ from LP: Night and Day, The Devil, 45º Angle, I Got Rhythm, Nicole. Tape box cover 235) Tape 71: 2nd copy 236) Tape 72: Roulette, from a test pressing. Scorpio, 12462; title, 12463; What's You r Story, Morning Glory; Reel starts with Sometimes I'm Happy, Monk's Tune, see reel 45; Zodiac Suite, Carioca w/Dizzy Gillespie at 1957 Newport Festival. 237) Tape 72: 2nd copy 238) Tape 73: Black Christ of the Andes, It Ain’t Necessarily So, The Devil, Miss D.D., Anima Christ, A Grand Night for Swinging, My Blue Heaven, Dirge Blues. POB: 27 239) Tape 73: 2nd copy 240) Tape 74: Jazz Piano, RCA LSP 3499: A Fungus Amungus, Praise the Lord, 45º Angle, Joycie, Rosetta. POB: 27-28 241) Tape 74: 2nd copy 242) Tape 75: 1966: Chief Natoma from Tacoma, Joe, Pittsburgh, You Know, Baby; Praise the Lord in Many Voices, Carnegie Hall, 1967: C.J. McNaspy, S.J.; narration and ---, rag, Kansas City Swing, Boogie; Jaycie; Thank You, Jesus; Praise the Lord Good, Ole Boogie, Basie Cords , Ayizan. Tape box cover
POB: 28, 31 243) Tape 75(?):2nd copy 244) Tape 76: Chorus End, Back to the Blues 245) Tape 76: 2nd copy Box 14 246) Tape 77: My Mama Pinned a Rose on Me (Pablo), The Blues, N.G. Blues, Dirge Blues, Baby Bear Boogie, Turtle Speed Blues, Blues for Peter, Prelude to Prism, Prism. POB: 31 247) Tape 78: What’s Your Story Morning Glory, Preview to Love Roots, Love Roots, Rhythmic Pattern, J.B.’s Waltz, The Blues, No Title Blues, Roll ‘Em (BG 40th ann concerts). POB: 31 248) Tape 78: 2nd copy 249) Tape 79: That’s Aplenty, How High the Moon, Moonglow, Lady Be Good.
POB: 32 250) Tape 79: 2nd copy 251) Tape 80: Seven Come Eleven, Some to Watch Over Me, Please Don’t Talk About Me, Sing Sing Sing: POB: 32
252) Tape 80: 2nd copy 253) Tape 81: Solo Recital at Montreux, 1978, Pablo Records: Medley, Over the Rainbow, Offerative Meditation, Tea for Two, Concert Alone at Montreux. POB: 32 254) Tape 81: 2nd copy 255) Tape 81: 2nd copy 256) Tape 82: Little Joe from Chicago, Man I Love, Wat’s Your Story, Honeysuckle Rose. POB: 32 257) Tape 82: 2nd copy 258) Tape 83: No notation 259) Tape 83: 2nd copy 260) Tape 84: POB: 33-34 261) Tape 84: 2nd copy 262) Tape 85: Chunka Lunka Jug I&II. POB: 34 263) Tape 85: 2nd copy Box 15 264) Tape 86: Sue Records: I Got Rhythm, Nicole. Ethel Waters: Memories of You. POB: 16 (note also indicates might be on Tape 85); also see POB: 34, 35, 36 265) Tape 86: 2nd copy 266) Tape 87: Ethel Waters: Partners with God: Jubilee (piano, organ, bass, guitar, chorus. POB: 36 267) Tape 88: No notation 268) Tape 88: 2nd copy 269) Tape 89: No notation 270) Tape 89: 2nd copy 271) Tape 90: No notation 272) Tape 90: 2nd copy 273) Tape 91: No notation 274) Tape 91: 2nd copy 275) Tape 92: No notation 276) Tape 92: 2nd copy 277) Tape 93: No notation 278) Tape 93: 2nd copy 279) Tape 94: No notation 280) Tape 94: 2nd copy 281) Tape 95: No notation (mold damage) 282) Tape 95: 2nd copy 283) Tape 96: No notation (mold damage) 284) Tape 96: 2nd copy 285) Tape 97: illegible "60", mold damage; no notation Note: Numbering changed as a result of grouping MLW numbered tapes produced by Peter O’Brien, thus the 283a, 284a, and 285a beginning Box 15A.
Box #15A 283a) Mass for Peace, 10/5/69; without singing 284a) Zoning, Side A 285a) MLW Mass, Alvin Ailey version, January 1972 286) Mary Lou's Mass (excerpts): Kyrie, Gloria, Lazarus, Credo, Holy Holy Holy, If We Could Love One Another, Praise the Lord from Heaven 287-288) Tape O: WOV, 5/8/47, Fred Robbins. Context, 3 pianists, including Eddie Bonnemer, who won. They play Lonely Moments, an MLW composition; No piano or speaking from MLW; Mildred Bailey is heard in a promo for one of her concerts. 2 copies 289) Radio broadcast, Copenhagen, 1968/1969? Aries, You Know Baby, Chunka Lunka (big band), Autumn Leaves (trio); History-boogie to philharmonic (?); Mary's Blues (w/Asmussen), Caravan; Rosenkrantz; Fandangle 291) Bearden Project: MLW, Mama Lu Parks, first section, revised 4/12/90; sequenced, edited, timed, spaced. (More details on tape box) 292) MLW, Music for Peace, 1970. Recorded at National Sound Studios, 5th Ave., NYBox #15 293) 1970 Life Story: Pittsburgh up to John Williams and into Kirk 294) 1970 Life Story: Early years in Atlanta to Pittsburgh family 295) 1970 Life Story: Kirk, Midwest, Oklahoma 296) Goose Grease,Gittin' Off a Mess (edited for Mama Lu Parks); Bearden Co., Dance 297) Contains edit for The Lady Who Swings the Band (for Mama Lu); blend to live version of Pretty-Eyed Baby 298) St. Martin LP, The Devil 299) 4/8/69, Rome. Cannonball Adderley: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; Les McCann, Something Special; Aretha 300) Leonard Bernstein: What Is Jazz? 301) Copenhagen, 2/3/68. Radio history of big bands. Aries, Truth 302) 1963: Dirge, Devil, My Blue Heaven, Koolbongo, Eustis 303) Recordings of McCoy Tyner, Ahmad Jamal 304) For Sonny Lewis, CBC 305) 1968: Robert drum lesson??? 306) Vatican 307) Unboxed, unnotated 308) Unboxed, unnotated 309) Unboxed, unnotated 310) Unboxed, unnotated 311) Unboxed, unnotated 312) Unboxed, unnotated Box #16 313) Unboxed, unnotated 314) Unboxed, unnotated 315) Unboxed, unnotated
316) Unboxed, unnotated 317) Leon Thomas and 112th St. kids, 8/2/68 318) 1970 Mass: Honey, piano; Flanagan, "Mule", Robert, drums 319) Jazz from the soul; Mass, 1969; students; North American; rehearsal 320) Mass Rock, 1968 321) Anima Christi, Praise the Lord, Black Christ 322) MLW Jazz Oral Project History interview with John S. Wilson, 6/6/73 323) Praise the Lord, Anima Christi 324) St. Thomas, 1968; 118th Street 325) Vatican Radio, 1969: Bringing Lazarus Back; (bad transfer of: Tell Them Not to Talk Too Long 326) Tape—P--- Prince, Side #2 Box #17 327) Jesus Is the Best, Willis, 9/3/71, WO11051; 1" production master 328) MLW Presents St. Martin de Porres, stereo, B 329) MLW, Percy Heath, Tim Kennedy, 11/20/63 (153): Chunka Lunk, Nicole 330) MLW, 11/20/63 (152), Dirge 331) MLW, 11/26/63 (154): Blue Heaven 332) No notation 333) No notation 334) MLW, 7/28/66: RCA Victor, W. Alshuk 335) No notation 336) Folkways: 5/6/64 337) MLW, 885B 338) MLW, 885A (see Folkways#) 339) Copy: Mary Lou Williams Presents (as sent to MEPS Saba) 340) Editings, 5/9/64: Grand Night for Swinging, My Blue Heaven, Dirge Blues, A Fungus Amungus, Praise the Lord Box #18 341) Mediasound (NYC), 12/19/74: Praise the Lord, Old Tyme Spiritual, The Lord Says, Act of Contrition, Kyrie, Gloria, In His Day, Credo, Medi II 342) 2, Mary Lou Williams Masters, 2/13/70; 1" production master 343) Mary Records, Mediasound (NYC), 12/19/74: Holy, Holy, Our Father, Lamb of God, People in Trouble, World, Praise the Lord 344) 635, MLW, 47, The Hit Factory (NYC) 10/5/69: Praise the Lord, It's Always Spring, In His Day, Leave with You, Halaluya, Turn Aside, Amen, Blessed Are the Peace Makers, Our Father; 1" production master 345) 637, MLW, 47, The Hit Factory (NYC), 10/5/69: Intro, People in Trouble, The Lord Says, Kyrie, Holy Holy; 1" production master 346) Mary Records, Mediasound (NYC), 12/10/74: Old Time Spiritual, Act of Contrition, Medi, Sanctos, Lamb of God, The Lord Says 347) Music for Peace: MG-7-202, 488, side 1; MG-7202,489, side 2: Music for Peace, Praise the Lord
348) 1, MLW, 2/13/70; 1" production master 349) MLW, 10/8/69: Nursery Rhyme #2, Nursery #1 350) MLW, 5/4/64: Praise the Lord, Anima Christi 351) MLW, Mary Records, 100B, 5/5/64: A Grand Night for Swinging, My Blue Heaven, Dirge Blues, A Fungus Amungus, Praise the Lord Box #19 352) Concert, Morse Auditorium, 1/28/76; #1 of 2 353) Concert, Morse Auditrium, 1/28/76; #2 of 2 354) MLW with Ronnie Boykin at Ann Arbor, MI, 9/21/78; #1 of 2; remastered by Jack Towers 355) MLW with Ronnie Boykins at Ann Arbor, MI, 9/21/78; #2 of 2; remastered by Jack Towers 356) MLW with Buster Williams and Roy Haynes at Duke University, 12/10/77: On Green Dolphin Street, I Can't Get Started; Naturally; Olinga, Surrey with the Fringe on Top; #1 of 4 357) MLW with Buster Williams and Roy Haynes at Duke University, 12/10/77: Surrey with the Fringe on Top, I Love You, Caravan, Grand Night for Swinging; #2 of 4 358) MLW with Buster Williams and Roy Haynes at Duke University, 12/10/77: A Grand Night for Swinging, Baby Man, Glory, Over the Rainbow, 45° Angle;
#3 of 4 359) MLW with Buster Williams and Roy Haynes at Duke University, 12/10/77: Bag's Groove, MLW Blues; #4 of 4 360) Mary Records, MLW with Zita Carno, Bob Cranshaw, Mickey Roker 4 track original, 1/8/74: Zoning, Fungus; #1 of 2 361) MLW, WUHY-FM, (Philadelphia), 5/16/78; #2 of 3 362) MLW and Ronnie Boykins, Hill Auditorium, Festival in honor of Duke Ellington Ann Arbor, MI, 9/21/78; Spiritual II, Spritual III, Fandangle, The Blues Never Left Me, K.C. 12th Street, Baby Bear Boogie, Roll 'Em, Baby Man, On Green Dolphin Street, My Blue Heaven, I Can't Get Started, Let's Do It, Froggy Bottom (207) 363) MLW, WHUY-FM (Philadelphia), 5/16/78; #1 of 3 364) MLW, 5/6/63, Folkways, Tony Miller Enterprises (Brooklyn): Anima Christi, A Fungus Amungus, It Ain't Necessarily So, Dirge Blues 365) MLW, 10/9/62, no notation 366) Mass, 1/25/76; #1 of 1 367) (Nanette) Bearden (Company) tape, McIntyre, Benjamin, Ailey 368) (Nanette) Bearden (Company) tape, Beatty, Ailey 369) MLW Project: Nanette Bearden Company; master for section by Walter Rutledge Box #20 370) MLW and Bob Cranshaw, 4 track original, 1/8/74: Ghost of Love, Medi II, Holy Ghost 371) Mediasound (NYC), 9/3/71, 8 track, WO 11051
372) Mediasound (NYC), 9/13/71: Froggy Bottom, Jesus Is the Best, Willis, Credo 373) Mediasound (NYC), 9/9/71: Willis, Credo 374) Reel 4-Safety-Asch 1944-1947; Orent and Dorham sides 375) Folkways, extra material: Rehearsal volume-Little Joe, Roll 'Em, Asch (session w/Frankie Newton); Minute Man, Lonely Moments (Orrent-Roth orchestra) 376) MLW, Reel 1, Safety, Asch Recordings, 1944-1947; w/Frankie Newton 377) MLW, Reel 2, Safety, Asch Recordings, 1944-1947; w/Don Byas and Coleman Hawkins 378) MLW, Reel 3, Safety, Asch Recordings, 1944-1947; w/Bill Coleman, Josh White 379) MLW, Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, 10/9/62: The Devil 380) St. Martin, It Ain't Necessarily So, The Devil, Miss D.D. (final master); 604-2 381) Mary Records, Side 1 382) Radio broadcast, Copenhagen, 1968 (big band and quartet): Aries, You Know Baby, Truth (Scratchin' in the Gravel, Chunka Lunka, Autumn Leaves, Caravan 383) Mary Records, w/Leon Thomas (voc), 7/28/66: Chief Natoma from Tacoma; You Know Baby, Pittsburgh, Joe 384) MLW 885A: It Ain't Necessarily So, St. Martin, The Devil 385) MLW, Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, 10/25/62: It Ain't Necessarily So, Miss D.D. Box #21 386) Mary Records, 4 track original, 1/10/74; #1 of 2: Sylogism (unissued) 387) Mary Records, 4 track original, 1/10/74; #2 of 2: Rosa Mae, Olinga 388) Mary Records, 4 track original, 2/15/74; #1 of 2: Ghost of Love 389) Mary Records, 4 track original, 1/17/74; #1 of 2: Medi II, Gloria 390) Mary Records, 4 track original, 1/17/74; #2 of 2: Rosa Mae, Play It Momma 391) Mary Records, 4 track original, 3/18/74; #1 of ?: Praise the Lord, Gloria 392) Mary Records, 4 track original, 3/18/74; #2 of ?: Gloria, Rosa Mae 393) Mary Records, 4 track original, 3/18/74; #3 of ?: Rosa Mae, Play It Momma 394) Mary Records, stereo remix, 2/20/74: Obriga, Rosa Mae, Medi I, Gloria 395) Mary Records, stereo remix, 3/21/74: Fungus #2, Zoning, Rosa Mae (redo) 396) MLW, side 1, Mediasound (NYC), stereo copy, 8/30/74: Holy Ghost, Zoning, Fungus, Medi II, Gloria 397) MLW, side 2, Mediasound (NYC), stereo copy, 8/30/74: Rosa Mae, Loinga, Praise the Lord, Medi I 398) Mary Records, stereo master for Zoning, Side A, 2/20/74; #1 of 2 399) Mary Records, stereo master for Zoning, Side B, 3/21/74; #2 of 2 400) Mary Records, stereo master for Zoning, 103A, 3/29/74; #1 of 2: Holy Ghost, Fungus, Ghost of Love, Medi II, Gloria 401) Mary Records, stereo master for Zoning, 103B, 3/27/74; #2 of 2: Rosa Mae, Olinga, Praise the Lord, Play It Momma, Medi I Box #22: Buddy DeFranco/Glenn Miller Orchestra-Royal Festival Hall Concert, n.d. 402) Concert 1, Reel 1 403) Concert 1, Reel 2
445) 89,90; 2 copies 446) 91,92; 2 copies 447) 93,94 448) 95,96 449) M-1, M-2 450) M-2-1, M-2-2 451) D-2-1 452) D-1-1, D-1-2; 2 copies 453) D-2-1, D-2-2; 2 copies 454) MLW Piano Workshop: Program 3 (4/4/45), Program 4 (4/11/45); 2 copies 455) MLW Piano Workshop: 4/18/45 and 4/25/45 456) MLW Piano Workshop: 5/2/45 and 6/17/45 457) MLW Piano Workshop: 6/24/45 and 7/1/45 458) MLW Piano Workshop: 7/8/45 and 7/15/45 459) MLW Piano Workshop: 7/22/45 and 7/29/45 460) MLW Piano Workshop: 8/5/45, 8/12/45, and 9/7/45 461) Essence of Jazz (broadcast): MLW, Will Moyle, Rochester, NY, 4/2/77; Program #1 462) MLW conversation with Will Moyle, Buffalo, NY, 2/18/77 463) Saturday Morning Swing Shift, University of Chicago (??): MLW, Peter O'Brien, Spink, Cassette 1 of 2, n.d. 464) Saturday Morning Swing Shift, University of Chicago (??): MLW, Peter O'Brien, Spink, Cassette 2 of 2, n.d. 465) MLW interview with Valucha de Castro, 3/79 466) MLW at Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO, (Jesuit college) 467) MLW at Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO, (Jesuit college); afternoon commencement concert 468-471) MLW History of Jazz, sides 1-6, 5/10/69 472) MLW interview, unknown interviewer, n.d. 473) Duke University Jazz Ensemble w/MLW, 12/78 Box #26 474) MLW lecture, Duke University, 9/6/77 475) MLW lecture, Duke University, 9/13/77 476) MLW lecture, Duke University, 9/27/77 477) MLW lecture, Duke University, 9/29/77 478) MLW at the Atlanta Jazz Festival and McClark College; Duke Wind Ensemble rehearsal, 2/16/81 479) MLW concert, Crowell Hall, Weslayen University, 1973 480) MLW live at Keystone Korner w/Eddie Marshall, Larry Gales, 3/29/77 481) MLW at Rick's, 3/14/79, #1 482) Florence Foster Jenkins, Spike Jones, 2/26/76 483) Irving Randolph and Henrietta on MLW, 6/12/82 484) Marian McPartland interview; Koby interviews Peter O'Brien 485) Interview with MLW: Barbara Boughton, Greensboro Daily News, 1/28/81 486) Gandy Brodie, The Singing of the Spheres (twice through); copy for MLW
487) Scarlet Cr--- 488) Joe Kennedy, MLW to Peter O'Brien, 4/23/82 489) Buttercup Powell on MLW to Peter O'Brien, 4/24/82, #1of 2 490) White House Jazz Festival, Tapes 1&2, 6/18/78 491) Hilton; Blues for Peter, 7/3/75 492) Mary Lou's Mass, 12/12/83, with Carmen Lundy, Curtis Lundy, Hilton Ruiz, Children's Choir 493) Tom Aiken (p), Paul Wright (b), recorded 12/22/79, Chico, CA 494) MLW and Peter O'Brien on Dick Wilson, 4/18/81 495 Ernest Dyson on MLW, with Peter O'Brien, 4/9/82 496) Naratani Conchita on MLW, 4/6/82 497) Peter O'Brien interviews Howard Burley on MLW and Karen Rollins, 6/1/82; self- interview, 5/31/82; Anna Mae Riser, 6/1/82 498) Corpus Christi, TX, 125th Anniversary Mass 499) Corpus Christi, TX, 125th Anniversary Mass 500) MLW and Peter O'Brien on Messa Stomp, Andy Kirk, Dizzy phone call, 4/19/81 501) Andy Kirk/Dick Harold on MLW 502) MLW listening to Kirk records, Twinklin;, etc., 4/19/81 503) Life at Our Lady of Sorrows, Mary Lou's, 6/18/78 (air date), WWDJ, Hackensack, NJ 504) Peter O'Brien telephone message tape, before 1980 505) Carnegie Hall recital, 12/21/79 506) Jazz Nitely, WADV, Buffalo, NY, with MLW, 2/18/77 507) WVSP recording, n.d. 508) MLW Benefit, Symphony Space, NYC, 12/16/83, sides 1&2 509) MLW Benefit, Symphony Space, NYC, 12/16/83, side 3 510) Duke/VOA #1 511) MLW and Duke University Jazz Ensemble, 1978 512) Spiritual, Cecil, 4/2/77 513) Mary Lou, sides 3&4, n.d. 514) Mary Lou Williams and Cecil Taylor 515) Williams and Taylor 516) Otherside compo 517) Gatsby's, w/Rahni (?), second set, 8/23/75 Box #27 518) Mary 519) MLW, Cynthia Tyson 520) Paul Vick radio spot, Ref. dub, Duke University, n.d. 521) Movies, sym., 6/30/79 522) Mary Lou Williams 523) Ode, ---, 7/3/75 524) Zoning, Gracie, lyric 525) Zodiac Suite, off of WKCR Mary Lou Williams Festival broadcast, 1983; from Asch recordings
Box #28 565) Jazz Ensemble, #893 (c.3), Duke University Record Library: Parker, Moody, King Pleasure, Gillespie 566) Buster Williams, Prism, Boogie Woogie Piano Giants, 12/20/77 567) Recorded music: Monk, Jamal, Powell, Timmons, Tatum, H. Jones, Tyner, Garner 568) Woody Herman, Opus de Funk; (jocular reference to MLW), 6/30/65 569) Rosa Mae, Medi, Momma 570) Getting' Off a Mess 571) Lady Be Good, This and That 572) S--- Opera 573) Copy/Demonstration: Tom Valvo (pianist, composer, arranger) plays Baldwin piano 574) N.C. 575) MLW #1 Asch 576) Ruby Redd Concert, including MLW music, n.d. 577) Gracie Glassman: Rosa Mae, Open Your Heart 588) 8/31/69 (or 64?) 589) Evening at Bill's Place; Showtime, n.d. 590) The Temptations Show, Gordy 75-933, n.d. 591) Play It Momma, Medi I, Honeysuckle 592) St. Patrick's Cathedral, The Sounds of the Cathedral; The Hundredth Year 593) Jazz Women, issued on Stash 594) MLW at the Cookery, September/October 1976; Roberta Flack, TV tape off television 595) Tribute to Billie Holiday; Della Gree, 1981 596) Moss-1; 97 597) 2 598) House of Rhythm, An Evening at Bill's Place; (test vocals) yours truly 600) Make Up Your Mind, I've Gotta Pray and I've Gotta Pray, When We Sing Our Song Together; words and music by Valucha De Castro, Chicago, IL 601) MLW: Trio (1936); Six Men and a Girl (1940); Andy Kiek and Twelve Clouds of Joy 602) MLW: sides 1&2, stereo 603) Harriet McGovern: On a Clear Day/Autumn Leaves, Electric; acoustic; 2/4/79 605) Recorded music of Monty Alexander and Hank Jones 606) MLW, Pianist, 1936-1947, recordings 607) Corea, 8/26/75 608) Smile, God Loves You (for Mary Lou), from Mary --- 609) Cynthia Tyson: Rosa Mae, Santa Claus, So Cold, The Blues 610) MLW #4, Asch 611) A. Gene Sharpe, solo bass 612) Bill Roberts Presents an Evening at Bill's Place; for Mary Lou and Peter, 6/4/78 613) Robert Poliakin (Port Chester, NY): Laura, Body and soul, All the Things You Are, St. Louis Blues, On the Sunny Side of the Street 614) Rosa Mae, Medi II, Medi I, Play it Momma 615) Sharon Davis, Chicago
616) Jim Fuhrman, music and letter Box #29 617) Mary Lou's Mass, n.d. 618) Alvin Ailey, 3/18/75 619) Mass I (Pittsburgh Mass), 6/10/67; Lenten Mass, 1968 620) Pittsburgh Mass, 6/10/67; and rehearsal 621) Service of Worship, 11/7/76 622) Mary Lou's Mass, 12/3/78 623) Pittsburgh Mass, 6/24/67; Rome broadcast, solo piano, Vatican Radio, 4/2/69 624) Kids, Dr. King, Pittsburgh Mass, 6/10/69 625) Fr. Kelly, 4/68 626) Kids, Dr. King, Vatican broadcast, 1969 627) Kids, Dr. King, Pittsburgh Mass, 6/10&18/69 628) Mary Lou's Mass, Rochester, NY, 1/73 629) Mary Lou's Mass, 12/3/78 630) Tom Valvo: Demonstration on Baldwin Piano, 631) Cyntha Tyson: Rosa Mae, Medi I, Old St. Nick, Lazarus, Our Father, 8/20/78 Box #30 632-677) 46 tapes with no notation on box or tape Box #30: Housed in Phonograph Albums 1&2 678) St. Louis Blues, Honeysuckle Rose, MLW, 5/2/45; (Album #1) 679) More Than You Know, You'll Never Know (If You Don't Know Now), 7/8/43; Album #1 680) 78/11, Album #1 681) You'll Be Mine and commercial, I Love You, Don Byas (?), Album #1 682) Just You, Just Me; Bye Bye Blues, Album #1 683) The Man I Love (A&B), Album #1 684) Blue Skies, Album #1 685) Under My Skin; You Know Baby, Album #1 686) Baby; ---- Dance, Album #1 687) IV, 78, Album #1 688) V, 33; VI, Album #1 689) Original, 33, Album #1 690) We Three; Nicknames (Kirk Days), Album #2 691) Dear Eyes (MLW), Album #2 692) Ben Webster: The Man I Love; I Ain't Got Nobody, Album #2 693) Ben Webster: Prelude to a Kiss, Album #2 694) Harold Johnson: Old Mill Stream, Album #2 695) Etude; Johnny, Album #2 696) Medley, Album #2
697) You Know, Album #2 698) Original Sam, Album #2 Box #31: Acetates from Mary Lou Williams Piano Workshop, 4/4/45-8/12/45 699) No title on label (1); no title on label (5): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 4/4/45 700) No title on label (2); no title on label (2): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 4/4/45 701 No title on label (3); no title on label (7): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 4/4/45 702) No title on label (6); no title on label (8): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 4/4/45 703) Sheik of Araby (1); Cancer (3): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 4/11/45 704) You Know Baby (2); I Found a New Baby (4): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 4/11/45 705) Put a Nickel in the Slot (6); Dark Eyes (8): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 4/11/45 706) Lullaby of the Leaves (5); Roll 'Em (7): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 4/11/45 707) St. Louis Blues (1); I Know That You Know (3): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 4/18/45 708) Sweet Lorraine (2); Leo (4): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 4/18/45 709) Limehouse Blues (5); (label missing) (7); MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 4/18/45 710) In My Solitude (6); Mary Lou's Boogie, Honeysuckle Rise (8): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 4/18/45 711) Marquita (1); Limehouse Blues (3): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 4/25/45 712) Cloudy, What Your Story Morning Glory, Ghost of Love (2); Virgo (4): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 4/25/45 713) MLW/Josh White, Beloved Comrade (5); Froggy Bottom (7): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 4/25/45 714) Blue Skies (1); Libra (3): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 5/2/45 715) The Man I Love (5); Honeysuckle Rose (8): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 5/2/45 716) Jam session (6); St. Louis Blues (7): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 5/2/45 717) Closing (9): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 5/2/45 718) Persian Rug (1); Blue Skies (3): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 6/17/45 719) Let My People Go (2); Capricorn (4): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 6/17/45 720) Lady Be Good (5); Oh No John (7): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 6/17/45 721) Night and Day (6); You Know That I Know, Mary's Boogie (8): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 6/17/45 722) Limehouse Blues (1); Aquarius (3): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 6/24/45 723) Rose Room (2); After You've Gone (4): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 6/24/45 724) In My Solitude (5); Roll 'Em (7): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 6/24/45 725) Marquita (6); Honeysuckle Rose (8): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 6/24/45 726) St. Louis Blues (1); Pisces (3): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/1/45 727) Casanova (2); I Never Knew (4): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/1/45 728) I Know That You Know (6); no second side: MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/1/45 729) Lonely Moments (1); Sleep (3): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/8/45
730) Man of Mine (2); Scorpio (4): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/8/45 731) You Know Baby (5); After You've Gone (7): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/8/45 732) Lady Be Good (6); no second side: MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/8/45 733) Twinkling (1); The Sheik of Araby (7): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/15/45 734) Sometimes I'm Happy (2); It Had to Be You (4): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/15/45 735) I've Got a Song in My Soul, Lonely Moments (3); When Dreams Come True (5): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/15/45 736) The Man I Love (6); no label (8): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/15/45 737) When My Dreams Come True (1); George Gershwin Medley (7): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/22/45 738) Song in My Soul (2); Aquarius (4): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/22/45 739) Dark Eyes (3); Mean to Me (5): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/22/45 740) Marquita (6); St. Louis Blues (8): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/22/45 741) Honeysuckle Rose (9): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/22/45 742) Honeysuckle Rose (1); I Want You and I Need You (3): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/29/45 743) Tea for Two (2); Waltzing Matilda (4): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/29/45 744) Sagittarius (5); Free and Equal (7): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/29/45 745) Blues by Josh White (6); Lord Wrangle (8): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 7/29/45 746) Night and Day (1); Lady Be Good (3): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 8/5/45 747) When Dreams Come True (5); Roll 'Em (7): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 8/5/45 748) Persian Rug (4); Gjon Mili's Jam Session (2): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 8/12/45 749) News (5); Let My People Go Now (7): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 8/12/45 750) Pisces (6); How High the Moon (8): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 8/12/45 751) The Man I Love (9); Ghost of Love (Anna Hathaway) (No #): MLW's Piano Workshop, WNEW, 8/12/45 Box #32: Test Pressings of Zodiac Suite 752) Aries (6); Aries (7) 753) Libra, Aries, Capricorn 754) Taurus, Gemini 755) Taurus, Cancer 756) Cancer, Cancer 757) Leo, Leo 758) Virgo, Leo 759) Scorpio 760) Scorpio, Aquarius 761) Aries, Aries 762) Leo, Cancer 763) Aries, Taurus
764) Libra, Libra 765) Libra, Libra 766) Libra 767) Scorpio, Virgo, Virgo 768) Aries, Aries 769) Scorpio, Sagittarius, Gemini 770) Leo, Aquarius, Pisces 771) Pisces, Capricorn 772) Pisces, Pisces 773) Zodiac 774) Virgo 775) Sagittarius, Aquarius 776) Aquarius, Virgo 777) Virgo, Virgo 778) Aquarius, Scorpio: Carnegie Hall Pops Concert, 6/22/46 779) Libra, Pisces, Virgo 780) Aquarius 781) Pisces, Aquarius 782) Pisces 783) Aquarius, Aquarius 784) Aquarius 785) Aries 786) Gemini, Cancer 787) Taurus, Aries 788) Zodiac, Pisces 789) Zodiac, Sagittarius 790) Aries, Pisces Box #33 791) 1280 Club, WOV, 5/8/47: Parts 1&3 792) 1280 Club, WOV, 5/8/47: Parts 2&4 793) 1280 Club, WOV, 5/8/47: Parts 5&7 794) 1280 Club, WOV, 5/8/47: Parts 6&8 795) Radiodiffusion et Television Francaises, n.d., Sides 1&3 796) Radiodiffusion et Television Francaises, n.d., Sides2&4 797) Misterioso, MLW; Sunny Side of the Street, Duke Ellington, 8/25/46; Audio Devices (NYC) 798) When You Seemed to Care (by William Paisley); Eve Young (organ), 5/8/47; Reference Recording, Radio-Recording Division, National Broadcasting Co, #19879; Asch(?) 799) I'm Putting Dreams . . . , Sides 1&2, n.d. 800) Star Dust 1&2, Asch, n.d., Audio Devices (NYC) 801) MLW, Robert Hall of Fame, cuts 1&2, n.d., Rockhill Recording (NYC); Label of MLW recording of Caravan, Associated Recording Studios (NYC), found stray in sleeve
802) MLW, WCBS 2/3/48 (?), Associated Recording Studios (NYC); 1 side 803) MLW, Kenny Dorham: Kool, two takes, Asch Disc, 1947 804) MLW, guitar, violin, female vocal: Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues 805) MLW w/Charlie Shavers, Remo Palmieri, Specs Powell, All Hall, Trummy Young: Roll 'Em, Gjon Mili Jam session, Satchelmouth Baby, V Disc, n.d.; also Nat Cole; Benny Goodman Sextet with Wardell Gray, Billy Bauer, Mel Zolneck, Clyde Lombardi; Thelonious Monk Trio with Gary Mapp and Max Roach; Art Blakey might be on two TM recordings; All n.d. 806) MLW audition for NBC (?), sides 1&3; Associated Recording Studios (NYC), n.d. 807) MLW audition for NBC (?), sides 2&4; Associated Recording Studios (NYC), n.d. 808) MLW with Leonard Feather, WMGM, 5/7/49, Sides 1&3; United Recording Laboratories (NYC) 809) MLW with Leonard Feather, WMGM, 5/7/49, Sides 2&4; United Recording Laboratories (NYC) 810) MLW with Leonard Feather, WMGM, 5/7/49, Sides 5&7; United Recording Laboratories (NYC) 811) MLW with Leonard Feather, WMGM, 5/7/49, Side 6; United Recording Laboratories (NYC) 812) Just an Idea; Benny's Bop (Other label information illegible) 813) Date with Duke: Flamingo (vocal by Al Hibbler); Sugar Hill Penthouse, 9/1/45, Sides 1&8, Rockhill Recording Studio (NYC) 814) #6, #8 815) To a Wild Rose; Lonely Moments (label information illegible) 816) Blue Views; Bye Bye 817) Spring Fantasy; Whistle Blues 818) MLW, Kurt Edelhagen All Stars: Side 1, Jam sessionon Perdido; side 2, The Man I Love, Yesterdays, St. Louis Blues; Freiburg Baden Baden, 11/19/54 819) Sarah Vaughan with Joe Benjamin and Roy Hanes at Salle Pleyel, Paris: I Cried for You, East of the Sun, The Nearness of You; Summertime, Tenderly, Old Devil Moon, Perdido (+Jacquet and Matthew Gee [tb]), n.d. 820) MLW: Night and Day, The Devil, 45° Angle, I Got Rhythm, Nicole; Nola Penthouse Sound studios (NYC), n.d. 821) Jazz en Liberte': MLW and Sam Coppans (?); Paris, Intro, 1/15/55 822) He's Funny That Way; Nola Recording Studios, n.d. 823) MLW, guest on the Basin Street Program: Limehouse Blues, 3/12/44; Nola Recording Studios 824) Andy Kirk Orchestra: When Dreams Come True; WOR Recording 825) Spring Fantasy; Whistle Blues 826) No notation; Wayne Recording Company, Pittsburgh 827) Persian Rug; Night and Day 828) Blues at Mary Lou's; Rhumba Re-bop 829) Parts 1&3: WNEW, 12/14/46 830) Parts 2&4: WNEW, 12/14/46 831) Carcinoma (Asch) 832) MLW: WOR, 9/7/45
Box #34 833) Chief Natoma from Tacoma, Joe, Pittsburgh, You Know Baby; Nola Penthouse Sound Studios (NYC), n.d.; 2 copies 834) Victor PD6VB/2527, All girl session, some caprice conversation, n.d. 835) Paglicci w/bass only; #3 S' Wonderful w/bass only (Atlantic) 836) The Man I Love (Disc); How High the Moon (Disc) 837) Mary's Waltz, piano solo (alt) (Atlantic?); Surrey with bass only 838) Brett Morrison songs: I'm Putting All My Dreams Behind Me; WO Recording, 3/24/48 839) Play Smart, Torch Productions; United Recording Laboratories, n.d. 840) Blue Skies; Disc 841) S' Wonderful (take 4), bassist only 842) Dizzy Gillespie and Orchestra with Joe Carroll (voc): In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee; Victor 20-3538A; United Recording Laboratories (NYC) 843) Shorty Boo; Tisherome, c. 9/3/37; United Recording Laboratories 844) Don Mickles and vocal group, acapella; My bother Jim and Wonderland, 1962?; Don and boys 845) Circle: Walkin' Out the Door; Mey-De Recording Studio (NYC), n.d. 846) S' Wonderful #1 with bass only, n.d. 847) Circle: Won't Let It Bother Me 848) Circle: Walkin' Down the Street #3; Cloudy (female solo vocal); United Recording Laboratories (NYC) 849) Roulette (this order) 12462, 12463, 12461 850) Circle: Cloudy #1 (male vocal lead); Cloudy #2 (male vocal lead-solo, piano solo) 851) MLW: WNEW, 1/8/47 852) Billy Moore Jr., Lucy Ann Polk (voc): Blue Monday 853) Body and Soul, M-2 854) Andy Kirk and Orchestra: Sheik of Araby; Curly Hair, WABC, 5/20/40; Chappie Willet Recording Studios 855) Andy Kirk and Orchestra: Boog It, WABC, 5/20/40; Chappie Willet Recording Studios 856) Andy Kirk: You Better Change Your Tune; The Lady Who Swings the Band, 3/22/38; NBC-WMAQ; (Bob Smith, Albany 2036) 857) Gjon Mili, Mildred Bailey (on disc); *Shavers, *Trummy, Remo?, *MLW, Specs (heavier), Slam?-terrific (Dan Morgenstern writing) 858) MLW: I'm Not Complaining,11/7/52? 859) Boppish, with tenor 860) Boppish with tenor 861) I'm Confessin' (3); Aren't You Glad You're You? (4) 862) Stuff Smith and MLW, (vocal by SS, ballad side; Dan Morgenstern writing) 863) MLW and guitar: Pease Porridge; Chicago Recording Studio 864) Knowledge; Tisherome; United Recording Laboratories 865) Benny Goodman: Whistling Blues; Lonely Moments; WCBS, 11/28/46; Associated Recording Studios (NYC); 2 copies 866) Shorty Boo; Oo-Bla-Dee: United Recording Laboratories, n.d.
867) Radio broadcast, England (?) 868) MLW: 5th Dimension, WOR, 7/3/47; Associated Recording Studios (NYC) 869) Hesitation Boogie; Waltz Boogie 870) MLW: The Man I Love; Tisherome; The Treasury Hour 871) Drumski 872) MLW, Connie Moorehead and Ann Cornell (voc): Why?; MLW, Ada Moore, Ann Cornell (voc): Strange Fascination 873) Satisfied, 1/22/50; Dina, 1/22/51; May-De Recording Studio (NYC) 874) You Know Baby; Take the Wagon, 8/7/52; May-De Recording Studio (NYC) 875) MLW Trio: I Got Rhythm; Night and Day; Nola Penthouse Recording Studios 876) The Compareables: Brother Jim, Wonderland; Cue Recordings (NYC) 877) No notation; Soundcraft (NY)
