MARY LOU WILLIAMS: 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. 60 minutes.

1 Willis
2 O.W
3 Praise the Lord
4 Old Time Spiritual
5 The Lord Says
6 Act of Contrition
7 Kyrie Eleison (Lord, Have Mercy)
8 Gloria
9 Medi I and Medi II
10 In His Day/Peace I/Leave with You/Alleluia
11 Lazarus
12 Credo
13 Credo (Instrumental)
14 Holy, Holy, Holy
15 Amen
16 Our Father
17 Lamb of God
18 It Is Always Spring
19 People in Trouble
20 One
21 Praise the Lord (Come Holy Spirit)
22 Jesus Is the Best
23 Tell Him Not to Talk Too Long
24 I Have a Dream