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Mary Lou Williams (born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981) 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). Williams wrote and arranged for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and she was friend, mentor, and teacher to Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker ...
30 de sept. de 2016 · Mary Lou Williams Plays in London. Mary Lou Williams (piano), Tony Scott (bongos), Allen Ganley (drums), Ken Napper (bass), Tony Kinsey (drums), Lennie Bush (bass) Release Date: 30th Sep 2016. Catalogue No: 88985343132. Label: Legacy Recordings. Length: 69 minutes.
Mary Elfrieda Scruggs ou Winn, dite Mary Lou Williams, est une pianiste, arrangeuse et compositrice américaine de jazz, née le 8 mai 1910 à Atlanta et morte le 28 mai 1981 à Durham. Devenue professionnelle vers ses 10 ans, elle joue avec Andy Kirk ou Duke Ellington , et écrit pour Benny Goodman , Count Basie ou Louis Armstrong , tout en menant une carrière en solo.
Mary Lou Williams was one of the major stride and swing performers who successfully made the transition to bop. For Benny Goodman in 1947, she composed two bop-influenced pieces: “Lonely Moments” and “Whistle Blues.”. For Dizzy Gillespie’s big band in 1949, she composed the bop fairy tale “In the Land of Oo Bla Dee.”.
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1979. New Submission. First Lady Of The Piano ( LP, Album) Inner City Records. IC 7006. US. 1979. Add Review. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1953 Vinyl release of "Mary Lou Williams Plays In London" on Discogs.
Mary Lou Williams was born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs in Atlanta, Georgia on May 8, 1910. Her father left the family shortly after she was born and her mother, Virginia Winn, married Williams’s stepfather, Fletcher Burley. When Williams was four, her mother and stepfather moved the family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
