Mary Lou Williams & Cecil Taylor: Embraceable You?
When pianist Mary Lou Williams decided she wanted to perform with legendary iconoclast Cecil Taylor, she figured it would be a love fest. But as the concert and resulting album Embraced attest, it was anything but amore. This excerpt from Linda Dahl’s book, Morning Glory: A Biography of Mary Lou Williams (Pantheon Books), tells the … Read More “Mary Lou Williams & Cecil Taylor: Embraceable You?”
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