Jazz – Brewminate

Mary Lou Williams, Missionary of Jazz

Posted on September 23, 2019September 23, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

She was never apologetic about how essential she thought her music to be. By Jenny Gathright Mary Lou Williams seemed to learn early that playing piano would keep her alive. Maybe she realized this at age six, when she started venturing to her white neighbors’ homes to play piano for them. As Williams later recalled[…]

Jazz, Chicago, and the Great Migration

Posted on September 23, 2019September 23, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

How did the Great Migration of African-Americans in the twentieth century affect the development of jazz music in Chicago? Introduction During the period known as the Great Migration (1915-1970), six million African-Americans moved from southern states to urban areas in the North and West. In 1900, ninety percent of black people in the United States[…]