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1	St. Martin De Porres Lyrics By – Rev. A. S. Woods, S.J.*Music By – M. L. Williams*	6:32
2	It Ain't Necessarily So Written-By – George And Ira Gershwin*	4:41
3	The Devil Lyrics By – Ada MooreMusic By – M. L. Williams*	4:00
4	Miss D.D. Written-By – M. L. Williams*	2:28
5	Anima Christi Written-By – M. L. Williams*	2:48
6	A Grand Night For Swinging Written-By – Billy Taylor	3:06
7	My Blue Heaven Written-By – George Whiting, Walter Donaldson	3:21
8	Dirge Blues Written-By – M. L. Williams*	2:57
9	A Fungus A Mungus Written-By – M. L. Williams*	3:21
10	Koolbonga Written-By – M. L. Williams*	3:21
11	Forty-Five Degree Angle Written-By – Denzil Best	2:50
12	Nicole Written-By – M. L. Williams*	3:37
13	Chunka Lunka Written-By – M. L. Williams*	3:07
14	Praise The Lord Written-By – M. L. Williams*	5:55

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Nola Recording Studios
• Recorded At – Cue Studios

Credits

• Bass – Larry Gales (tracks: 5, 14), Percy Heath (tracks: 6 to 8, 10 to 13), Theodore Cromwell* (tracks: 2, 4)
• Bass Clarinet – Budd Johnson (tracks: 5)
• Choir – The George Gordon Singers* (tracks: 5, 14), The Ray Charles Singers (tracks: 1, 3)
• Compiled By, Liner Notes, Reissue Producer – Fr. Peter F. O'Brien, S.J.*
• Conductor – Howard Roberts (tracks: 1, 3)
• Design, Layout – Sonya Cohen Cramer
• Drums – George Chamble (tracks: 2, 4), Percy Brice (tracks: 5, 14), Tim Kennedy (tracks: 6 to 8, 10 to 13)
• Guitar – Grant Green (tracks: 5, 14)
• Liner Notes – Eddie Meadows
• Liner Notes [Edited By] – Jacob Love
• Mastered By – Pete Reiniger
• Photography By – Carl Van Vechten, Chuck Stewart, Dennis Stock, Tom Caffrey
• Piano – Mary Lou Williams
• Reissue Producer [Production Managed By] – Mary Monseur
• Reissue Producer [Production Supervised By] – Atesh Sonneborn*, Daniel Sheehy
• Tenor Saxophone – Budd Johnson (tracks: 14)
• Vocals [Solo] – Jimmy Mitchell (tracks: 5, 14)

Notes

Tracks 1-9 & 14 originally issued by Folkways Records in 1964 as 'Mary Lou Williams Presents' F 2843; all tracks recorded in New York City at Cue Studios and Nola Studios between August 1962 and November 1963. Tracks 10-13 previously unreleased.

Reissue compiled, annotated, and produced by Fr. Peter F. O'Brien, S.J., on behalf of the Mary Lou Williams Foundation.

℗© 2004 Smithsonian Folkway Recordings

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 093074081624

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
FJ 2843, M-101	Mary Lou Williams	Mary Lou Williams ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Mary Records, Mary Records	FJ 2843, M-101	US	1964
821 285-1	Mary Lou Williams	Black Christ Of The Andes ‎(LP, Album)	MPS Records	821 285-1	Germany	Unknown
FS 32843, M-101	Mary Lou Williams	Mary Lou Williams ‎(LP, Album)	Folkways Records, Mary Records	FS 32843, M-101	US	1964
21 20611-4	Mary Lou Williams	Black Christ Of The Andes ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM)	MPS Records	21 20611-4	Germany	1974
15020	Mary Lou Williams	Black Christ Of The Andes ‎(LP, Album, RE)	MPS Records	15020	France	Unknown