5 ESSENTIAL MARY LOU WILLIAMS ALBUMS
Jul 31, 2021
1 minute
Zodiac Suite (Asch, 1945; reissued by Smithsonian Folkways, 1995)
illiams’ masterpiece is both an impressionistic representation of the signs of the zodiac and a striking series of portraits of her musical colleagues. The song cycle, which has continued to reveal its riches through reinterpretations by Geri Allen and Chris Pattishall as well as symphonic expansions.
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