Mary Williams Lou - Mary Lou Williams [LP] Bill Fay 8-page full-colour booklet

8-page full-colour booklet

News of the Universe is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond current musical trends

The latter's Daniel Fox mixed several of the tracks on the album alongside Robin Stewart (Giant Swan) and the album was mastered by Heba Kedry (Ryuichi Sakamoto

but the one constant has been an undeniable gift for songwriting

soul and pop

Mary Williams Lou - Mary Lou Williams [LP] Bill Fay 8-page full-colour bookletVinyl LP pressing. Composer, arranger, and pianist Mary Lou Williams' musical career reflected the history of American jazz from the late 1920s through the 1970s. Described by Duke Ellington as being "beyond category," Williams was conversant in jazz styles ranging from stride through swing and be bop to the avant garde, yet her music was always rooted in spirituals and the blues. This self produced recording, originally recorded in 1962 and 1963,