Mary Lou Williams – Mary Lou's Mass

Label:	Smithsonian Folkways – SFW CD 40815
Format:	CD, Album, Reissue
Country:	US
Released:	2005
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Bop, Post Bop, Soul-Jazz

Tracklist

1	Willis	3:37
2	O.W. Other [Vocables] – M. L. Williams*	2:16
3	Praise The Lord	2:09
4	Old Time Spiritual	1:10
5	The Lord Says	1:50
6	Act Of Contrition	1:26
7	Kyrie Eleison (Lord, Have Mercy) Words By – M. L. Williams*	1:43
8	Gloria	1:53
9	Medi I And Medi II	3:59
10	In His Day / Peace I Leave With You / Alleluia	0:53
11	Lazarus Words By – M. L. Williams*, Sonny Henry	4:36
12	Credo	2:19
13	Credo (Instrumental)	5:48
14	Holy, Holy, Holy	2:24
15	Amen	0:17
16	Our Father	2:11
17	Lamb Of God	3:23
18	It Is Always Spring Music By, Words By – Leon Thomas	2:34
19	People In Trouble Words By – M. L. Williams*	3:27
20	One	1:23
21	Praise The Lord (Come Holy Spirit)	3:55
22	Jesus Is The Best Words By – Thomas Virga	2:53
23	Tell Him Not To Talk Too Long Words By – M. L. Williams*	2:33
24	I Have A Dream Words By – M. L. Williams*	1:59

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Copyright © – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Credits

Arranged By, Producer [Original] – Mary Lou Williams
Bass – Carline Ray (tracks: 1, 8, 11 to 13, 16, 20, 22), Chris White (3) (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 14, 15, 18, 19), Milton Suggs (tracks: 4, 9, 17, 21)
Bass [Acoustic] – Milton Suggs (tracks: 6)
Bass [Electric] – Carline Ray (tracks: 10)
Choir – SATB Chorus* (tracks: 17, 21), Choir From The North American College In Rome (tracks: 23, 24)
Compiled By, Reissue Producer, Liner Notes – Fr. Peter O'Brien, S.J.*
Conductor – Howard Roberts* (tracks: 17, 21)
Congas – Abdul Rahman (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 13, 14, 19, 22), Ralph MacDonald (tracks: 4, 9, 21)
Design, Layout – Sonya Cohen Cramer
Drums – Al Harewood (tracks: 8, 10, 12, 16, 20), David Parker (11) (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 9, 13 to 15, 18, 21, 22)
Flute – David Amram (tracks: 20), Roger Glenn (tracks: 2 to 4, 7, 9, 14, 15, 17 to 19), Unknown Artist (tracks: 23, 24)
French Horn – David Amram (tracks: 8, 12, 16), Julius Watkins (tracks: 21)
Guitar – Leon Atkinson (tracks: 8, 10 to 12, 20, 21), Sonny Henry (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 13 to 15, 18, 19, 22)
Liner Notes – Tammy L. Kernodle
Liner Notes [Editorial Assistance] – Jacob Love
Management [Production] – Mary Monseur
Music By – Mary Lou Williams (tracks: 1 to 17, 19 to 24)
Organ – Mary Lou Williams (tracks: 23, 24)
Photography By [Front And Back Photos By] – Patrick Hinely
Photography By [Inside Tray By] – Mikki Ferrill
Piano – Mary Lou Williams (tracks: 1 to 22)
Supervised By [Production] – D. A. Sonneborn*, Daniel Sheehy
Supervised By [Sound], Mastered By – Pete Reiniger
Tambourine – David Parker (11) (tracks: 13, 22)
Vocals – Carl Hall (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 14, 15, 18), Carline Ray (tracks: 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 20), Christine Spencer (tracks: 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20), Eileen Gilbert (tracks: 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20), Honi Gordon (tracks: 6), James Bailey* (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 14, 15, 18, 19), Milton Grayson* (tracks: 2, 3, 7, 14, 15, 18, 19), Randy Peyton (tracks: 8, 10, 12, 16, 20), Sonny Henry (tracks: 22)
Vocals [Overdubbed] – Carline Ray (tracks: 7), Christine Spencer (tracks: 7), Eileen Gilbert (tracks: 7), Randy Peyton (tracks: 7)
Vocals [Screams] – Honi Gordon (tracks: 17)
Vocals [Solo] – Carl Hall (tracks: 7, 10, 19), Carline Ray (tracks: 16), Honi Gordon (tracks: 17), Leon Thomas (tracks: 18), Milton Grayson* (tracks: 5), Peter Whitehead (tracks: 21), Randy Peyton (tracks: 10, 14)

Notes

Track 1, 13 & 22 recorded September 3, 1917. [More likely 1971]
Tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 15, 18 & 19 recorded October 5, 1969.
Tracks 4, 6, 9, 10, 17 & 21 recorded January 7, 1972.
Tracks 8, 11, 12, 14, 16 & 20 recorded February 20, 1970.
Tracks 23 & 24 recorded Spring 1969 at The Vatican Radio.
Track 7 overdubbed on February 13, 1970.

℗ © 2005 Smithsonian Folkway Recordings.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Scanned): 093074081525
Barcode (Text): 0 93074 08152 5

Other Versions (3)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Music For Peace (LP, Album)	Mary Records	MG-7-202.488	US	1970
New Submission	Mary Lou's Mass (LP, Album, Stereo)	Mary Records	M 102	US	1975
New Submission	Mary Lou's Mass (LP, Album, Reissue)	Mary Records	M 102	US	2018