Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist
Mary Lou Williams was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and recorded more than one hundred records. Wikipedia
Born: May 8, 1910, Atlanta, GA
Died: May 28, 1981 (age 71 years), Durham, NC
Spouse: Shorty Baker (m. 1942–1944)
Instrument(s): Piano
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Mary Lou Williams was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and recorded more than one ...
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Mary Lou Williams lived and played through all the eras in the history of jazz: the spirituals, ragtime, the blues, Kansas City swing, boogie-woogie, bop or ...
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