Mary Lou's Mass

The long-awaited reissue of Mary Lou Williams’s magnum opus of religious jazz: Mary Lou’s Mass. Newsweek called the score “an encyclopedia of black music, richly represented from spirituals to bop to rock.” This is Williams’s “Music for Peace,” a landmark recording which addressed many of the social ills of the 1960s and ’70s. It is perhaps the most openly religious jazz recording made at that time. In her own words, it is “Music for the Soul.” 32-page booklet, extensive notes, photos.

Track Listing

101	Willis Mary Lou Williams	03:37
102	O.W. Mary Lou Williams	02:16
103	Praise the Lord Mary Lou Williams	02:07
104	Old Time Spiritual Mary Lou Williams	01:10
105	The Lord Says Mary Lou Williams	01:50
106	Act of Contrition Mary Lou Williams	01:26
107	Kyrie Eleison (Lord, Have Mercy) Mary Lou Williams	01:43
108	Gloria Mary Lou Williams	01:53
109	Medi I and Medi II Mary Lou Williams	03:59
110	In His Day / Peace I Leave With You / Alleluia Mary Lou Williams	00:53
111	Lazarus Mary Lou Williams	04:36
112	Credo Mary Lou Williams	02:19
113	Credo (Instrumental) Mary Lou Williams	05:48
114	Holy, Holy, Holy Mary Lou Williams	02:24
115	Amen Mary Lou Williams	00:17
116	Our Father Mary Lou Williams	02:11
117	Lamb of God Mary Lou Williams	03:23
118	It Is Always Spring Mary Lou Williams	02:34
119	People in Trouble Mary Lou Williams	03:27
120	One Mary Lou Williams	01:23
121	Praise the Lord (Come Holy Spirit) Mary Lou Williams	03:55
122	Jesus is the Best Mary Lou Williams	02:53
123	Tell Him Not to Talk Too Long Mary Lou Williams	02:33
124	I Have a Dream Mary Lou Williams	01:59