Williams' complex harmonies and brilliant phrasing, rooted in spirituals and blues, border on the avant-garde. Black Christ is both a powerful secular statement ...

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Aug 7, 2017 · "Mary Lou Williams is perpetually contemporary," Duke Ellington once said. "She is like soul on soul." Black Christ of the Andes feels like soul ...

Mary Lou Williams Presents: Black Christ Of The Andes ; 5, Anima Christi ; 6, A Grand Night for Swingers ; 7, My Blue Heaven ; 8, Dirge Blues ; 9, A Fungus a Mungus.

Black Christ of the Andes (St. Martin de Porres) by Mary Lou Williams, released 01 January 1964.

Jan 29, 2012 · View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1965 Vinyl release of "Black Christ Of The Andes" on Discogs.

Mary Lou Williams Presents Black Christ of the Andes by Mary Lou Williams released in 1964. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and mo...

Mary Lou Williams, alternatively titled Black Christ of the Andes, is a jazz album by pianist Mary Lou Williams, which was released in 1964 by Folkways Records. Released after Williams's conversion to Catholicism, the album incorporates a variety of styles from spirituals, blues and avant-garde jazz.

In this light, the composition and performance of the hymn Black Christ emerges as a per- sonal expression of Mary Lou Williams's faith and her own jazz ...