Hey Everyone! I'm Here To Make A Callout Post For @aroallothoughts . They Have Been Policing Others Identities,

“I didn’t like that intersex person/trans masc and what they were saying, so I aggressively called them a cis woman over and over until they left in tears” that’s called misgendering and bigotry actually and you should be deeply ashamed of yourself . what the fuck is wrong with you

Cuadra 11 By Afro-Peruvian Jazz Orchestra, Lorenzo Ferrero, Anibal Seminario From the album Tradiciones Added to Discover Weekly playlist by Unknown User on April 29, 2024 at 12:00AM Listen on Spotify https://ift.tt/ByrSVUN

Mary Lou Williams (born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981) was a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger who wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and recorded over one hundred records. She was born in Atlanta but grew up in Pittsburgh. She was one of eleven children and taught herself to play piano, performing her first recital at age ten. She became a professional musician at the age of fifteen when she played with Duke Ellington and the Washingtonians. She joined a band led by saxophonist John Williams and married him in 1927.

They moved to Oklahoma City, where in 1929 John joined Andy Kirk’s band, Twelve Clouds of Joy. She worked for a year as a solo pianist and a music arranger. She took the name “Mary Lou” and was recording jazz albums.

She left Twelve Clouds of Joy after divorcing her husband. She moved back to Pittsburgh, where she started a band with Harold “Shorty” Baker and Art Blakey. She left the group to join Duke Ellington’s orchestra in New York where she became the star vocalist. She moved back to New York where she started a radio show called Mary Lou Williams’s Piano Workshop.

She took her talents overseas and performed mostly in England. She retired from music and focused on her newly embraced Catholic faith. She created the Bel Canto Foundation, an effort to help addicted musicians return to performing. She returned to the music business in time to perform at the Newport Jazz Festival. She started her record label and founded the Pittsburgh Jazz Festival.

She focused on religious jazz with recordings like Black Christ of the Andes which was a tribute to the Afro-Peruvian priest St. Martin de Porres. She wrote Music for Peace. She never abandoned secular music as in 1965 when she performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival. She recorded new albums and became an artist-in-residence at Duke University, teaching the History of Jazz among other courses. She directed the Duke Jazz Ensemble. She performed at the White House for President Jimmy Carter and guests. She participated in Benny Goodman’s 40th anniversary Carnegie Hall concert. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

The struggle is real

woe.begone is so fucking funny. it’s like, what if you wanted to watch a man systemically ruin every relationship he has. it gets especially funny when u remember he podcasts everything. imagine knowing this guy and then finding his podcast where he talks about his “mike walters charm” and how he has been using you from the start.

“don’t trace my art” cool “don’t steal my art” makes sense “don’t take inspo from my art” ????what the fuck are you talking about

The last one was actually a conversation my friends and I had with a homophobic person.

after 5 months since my birthday i finally required the appropriate batteries and plug adaptor for my gifted cassette player that came from eastern europe and I'm finally playing the Afro-Peruvian mixtape with handwritten notes that I got from my fav thrift man next to my previous apartment oh and also playing paisley park by Prince on tape and feeling the 80s aliveeeeee

total drama island if it sucked