Mary Lou Williams
Swing music, Musical Artist
1910 – 1981
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Who was Mary Lou Williams?
Mary Lou Williams was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Williams wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements, and recorded more than one hundred records. 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, Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, Dizzy Gillespie, and many others.
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- Born
- May 8, 1910
Atlanta - Also known as
- Williams, Mary Lou
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Westinghouse High School
- Employment
- Duke University
- Lived in
- Atlanta
- Died
- May 28, 1981
Durham
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on July 23, 2013
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