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Mary Lou Williams

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American jazz pianist and composer (1910-1981)

United StatesMusiciansLived 1910 to 1981 · aged 71
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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 hundred records.

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Williams in her apartment with Jack Teagarden, Tadd Dameron, Hank Jones and Dizzy GillespieWilliams in her apartment with Jack Teagarden, Tadd Dameron, Hank Jones and Dizzy GillespieMary Lou Williams photographed in 1978 by Lynn GilbertMary Lou Williams photographed in 1978 by Lynn Gilbert

Awards 3

1977Guggenheim Fellowship
1973honorary doctor of Fordham University
1972Guggenheim Fellowship

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About this person

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. 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.

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 1981 · aged 71
Written about in
28 languages

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