_-_Crop.jpg) [Portrait of Mary Lou Williams, New York, N.Y. ca. 1946] Image by William P. Gottlieb / Adam Cuerden, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Williams Mary LouMary Lou Williams Mary Lou Williams American jazz pianist and composer (1910–1981) Mary Lou Williams (born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981[1]) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and recorded more than one hundred records (in 78, 45, and LP versions).[2] Williams wrote and arranged for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and she was friend, mentor, and teacher to Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, and Dizzy Gillespie. Quick facts Background information, Birth name ... Mary Lou Williams Williams c. 1946 Background information Birth name Mary Elfrieda Scruggs Born (1910-05-08)May 8, 1910 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Died May 28, 1981(1981-05-28) (aged 71) Durham, North… (Source: Wikipedia)
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