Author Archives: Deanna

Fri, March 20 at 3 pm EST: Deanna’s birthday concert on Facebook live!

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Deanna

UPDATE: In case you missed it, here’s Deanna’s live online birthday concert! Donations can be made at https://paypal.me/deannajazz This Friday the 20th is my birthday. Celebrate by joining me in a 45 minute online concert from my mom’s living room … Continue reading →

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Jazz is Love: The Life & Music of Mary Lou Williams

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Deanna

Last week I gave a performance-talk entitled Jazz is Love: The Life & Music of Mary Lou Williams at Fordham University. Here is a three minute video interview with clips from the performance.

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The blues and an 84-year-old prophet named Anna

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Deanna

In this new year, I am picturing the Pittsburgh friends who were digging my solo on the blues in the above video as being with me in my New York apartment as I finish my Mary Lou Williams book manuscript. … Continue reading →

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The City Where Jazz is Love: Pittsburgh and Mary Lou Williams

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Deanna

Tomorrow will mark three weeks since my arrival in Pittsburgh. I initially came here for an engagement with my New York City trio; I chose to stay here for two months because of Mary Lou Williams and the musicians who … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on Mary Lou Williams

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Deanna

UPDATE: Read Deanna’s article, The City Where Jazz is Love: Pittsburgh and Mary Lou Wiilliams to learn why Deanna spent two months in Williams’s hometown in the fall of 2019. This week NPR is shining a light on pianist-composer Mary Lou … Continue reading →

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