Mary Lou Williams - mid 20th Century
from The Great Jazz Pianists: Speaking of Their Lives and Music, page 69:
Whom did you listen to when you were first learning to play?
Jelly Roll Morton, Earl Hines, J. P. Johnson, Fats Waller, Willie the Lion [Smith]. The right hand didn't mean a thing back then. If you didn't have a strong left hand, you weren't considered a good pianist.
cite as
Len Lyons, The Great Jazz Pianists: Speaking of Their Lives and Music (New York, ), p. 69. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1431075219181 accessed: 19 April, 2024
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jazz
written by Miles Davis, Robert "Bumps" Blackwell |
performed by J.P. Johnson, Jelly Roll Morton, Earl Hines, Willie "The Lion" Smith |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | mid 20th Century |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | indoors |
Originally submitted by Gill on Fri, 08 May 2015 09:53:39 +0100
Approved on Sat, 26 Sep 2015 12:41:51 +0100