Mary Lou Williams

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Lifespan:
May 8, 1910 - May 28, 1981, she died aged 71 and was American.
Birthname:
Mary Elfrieda Scruggs.
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An Artist with 41 releases, and credited twice on others' music. 7 collaborations.

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Mary Lou Williams (May 8, 1910 - May 28, 1981) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Williams wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements, and recorded more than one hundred records (in 78, 45, and LP versions). Williams wrote and arranged for such bandleaders as Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and she was friend, mentor, and teacher to Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie.

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Swing, Jazz, Bebop, Big Band, Christian & Gospel, Post-bop, Ragtime. Vote on Genres

Discography

43 releases – 41 under her own name and 2 credits on others' music Edit
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