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Articles by Deanna Witkowski
Mary Foster Conklin, live in concert on August 5th
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Improvising a Path
My uprooting began sixteen months ago. Five months into the pandemic, I broke my longtime bond with the crowded island of Manhattan, where I had lived for twenty-three years as a jazz pianist and composer, and moved to the overly hilly, much smaller city of Pittsburgh. Ostensibly, my decision to relocate was propelled by my acceptance into a doctoral program at the University of Pittsburgh.
Mary Lou Williams' Jazz Is for the Masses
FROM THE 1920s until her death in 1981, Black jazz pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams injected energy and innovation into the genre and, via three jazz Masses composed after her conversion to Catholicism in the 1950s, into the church. Still, her music is sometimes overlooked, while the popularity of male jazz musicians’ work—including her mentees Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker—persists. In this century, Deanna Witkowski is amplifying Williams’ works of music and faith.
Mary Lou’s Sacred Jazz
Mary Lou Williams inspired Duke Ellington and a generation of future jazz legends. But it’s her sacred jazz, and journey of faith, that captivated my spirit. The brilliant jazz pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams, who died in 1981 at age 71, was a prolific artist, writing and arranging hundreds of compositions and released dozens of recordings.
Mary Foster Conklin, live in concert on May 22nd
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Can Worship Leaders and Musicians Resist the Temptation to 'Perform'?
Listen, Trust, Improv Deanna Witkowski Recently, I attended one of the most beautiful music performances I have experienced in years. The concert featured a guitarist and pianist from São Paulo, Brazil, who were performing as a duo for the first time. The musicians (formidable composers, performers, and improvisers) listened to each other so intently and responded to each other so deeply that the room felt like a house of prayer. Would the music translate to a Sunday morning worship service?
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