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1. Compositions and arrangements for Andy Kirk (1929-1941)

  • Mary’s Idea (1938)

  • Mess-A-Stomp

  • Steppin’ Pretty

  • Cloudy (1929)

  • Corky Stomp

  • Froggy Bottom (1929)

  • Mary’s Idea (1930)

  • We’re In the Money

  • Walkin’ and Swingin’  

  • Lotta Sax Appeal

  • Git

  • Froggy Bottom (1936)

  • Bearcat Shuffle

  • Corky

  • Cloudy (1936)

  • Give Her a Pint

  • (Keep It) In the Groove

  • A Mellow Bit of Rhythm

  • Twinklin’

  • Body and Soul

  • Little Joe From Chicago

  • Ghost of Love

  • Messa Stomp

  • Toadie Toddle

  • What’s Your Story, Morning Glory

  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

  • Close to Five

  • Big Jim Blues

  • Scratchin’ In the Gravel

  • Twelfth Street Rag

  • Big Time Crip  

2. Compositions and arrangements for Duke Ellington (1942-1967)

a. The 1943 arrangements

  • Ogeechee River Lullaby

  • I Love Coffee (a.k.a.Java Jive, a.k.a. Chopsticks)

  • Ghost of Love

  • Stardust

  • Sweet Georgia Brown

  • My Gal Sal

  • Blue Skies/Trumpets No End

  • Seventy-One

  • Lonely Moments (1943)

  • Gjon Mili’s Jam Session

  • Fill the Cup

  • Canteen Bounce

  • Shorty Boo

  • [Untitled]

b. The 1967 arrangements

  • Joe

  • New Musical Express

  • You Know Baby – Rock ’n Roll

  • You Know Baby – Ballad

  • O.W.

  • Chief Natoma From Tacoma – Jazz

  • Chief Natoma From Tacoma – Rock ’n Roll

  • Scratchin’ In the Gravel

3. Big Band miscellanea (1937-1978)

a. Compositions and arrangements for Benny Goodman (1937-1977)

  • Riffs (a.k.a. Dunkin’ a Doughnut)

  • Roll ‘Em

  • Camel Hop

  • After You’ve Gone

  • The Count

  • Out of this World

  • Whistle Blues

  • Conversation (a.k.a. Jump Caprice)

  • Lonely Moments

  • Shafi

  • Scratchin’ in the Gravel

  • Medi No. 2

b. Melba Liston arrangements

  • Medley: Roll ‘Em, What’s Your Story Morning Glory?, In the Land of Oo- Bla-Dee, Fungus-A-Mungus

c. miscellanea

  • Anitra’s Dance

  • Mary Lou’s Boogie

  • You Know, Baby

  • Froggy Bottom

  • Fifth Dimension (Announcement Music)

  • Chunka Lunk

  • Aries

  • Rosa Mae

  • Shafi

  • New Musical Express

  • Medi No.2

1. Instrumental and vocal pieces (1929-1957)

a. The Andy Kirk years (1929-1942)

  • Lotta Sax Appeal

  • Gettin’ Off a Mess

  • Mary Lou Williams Blues

  • Scratchin’ the Gravel

  • Harmony Blues

  • Baby Dear

b. The 1942 sextet

  • Lotta Sax Appeal

  • Lonely Moments

  • Medley

  • Stardust

  • Sweet Lorraine

  • [Untitled]

  • Mary Steps Out

c. The Café Society years (1944-1946)

d. Unidentified Incidental Music (c.1945)

  1. Overture - Slow Blues

  2. Pickup of Offstage Piano

  3. Voices Imitating Piano

  4. Libby Hits Notes of Piano While Cleaning It

  5. Act 2 Opening

  6. Adding Machine

  7. Chord at End of Scene 4 Carrying Over to Scene 5

  8. Amanda’s House

e. Bop pieces (1947-1949)

  • Kool

  • Just an Idea (a.k.a. Mary’s Idea)

  • Bye Bye Blues

  • You Turned the Tables On Me

  • Ghost of Love

  • Lonely Moments (1949)

  • Tisherome

  • Knowledge

  • Shorty Boo (1949)

  • In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee

f. Vocal group pieces (1950)

  • I Won’t Let It Bother Me

  • Cloudy

  • Walkin’

g. Paris quintet (1954)

  • Gravel

  • Mary Lou Blues

h. Melba Liston arrangements for Roulette recording session (1957)

  • Waltz Boogie

  • What’s Your Story, Morning Glory?

  • New Musical Express

  • Po-Ta-Be-Boogie

  • Scratchin’ In the Gravel

1. Orchestral arrangements

a. Chamber Orchestra arrangements (1945)

b. Symphonic Orchestra arrangements (1946)

  • Scorpio

  • Sagittarius

  • Aquarius

  • Boogie

2. Piano and other arrangements (1944-1957)

a. Piano arrangements (1944-1955)

  • Zodiac Suite for piano, incl. Scorpio for 3 pianos

b. Melba Liston arrangements for Dizzy Gillespie (1957)

  • Mary Lou’s Intro

  • Aries

  • Virgo

  • Libra

c. Other arrangements (1945-1947)            

  • Virgo (quartet arr.)

  • Libra (quartet arr.)

  • Scorpio (big band arr.) 

1. Masses (1967-1970)

a. Pittsburgh Mass (1967)

b. Mass for the Lenten Season (1968)

c. Mary Lou’s Mass (1970)

2. Individual pieces and other arrangements

  • Elijah

  • St. Martin de Porres

  • The Devil

  • Anima Christi (big band arr. by Melba Liston)

  • St. Martin de Porres (big band arr. by Melba Liston)

  • Praise the Lord (big band arr. by Melba Liston)

  • Thank You Jesus

  • Anima Christi

  • Offertory

1. Selected piano pieces (1930-1978)

a. Solo piano pieces (1930-1978)

  • Night Life

  • Drag ‘EmLittle Joe From Chicago

  •  Margie

  • Mary’s Boogie

  • St. Louis Blues

  • Lonely Moments

  • Yesterdays

  • Why

  • Mama, Pin a Rose on Me

  • Fandangle

  • Scarlet Creeper

  • Ghost of Love

  • The Lord is Heavy (Spiritual II and III)

b. Small group piano pieces

  • Limehouse Blues

  • Boogie Misterioso

  • Waltz Boogie

  • All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm

  • Pagliacci

  • Lonely Moments

  • Titoros

  • Sometimes I’m Happy

  • Twilight

  • Amy

  • I Love Him

  • Chunka Lunk

  • Zoning Fungus II

1. The Mary Lou Williams Fake Book