Mary Lou Williams
American musician
Died when: 71 years 20 days (852 months)Star Sign: Taurus
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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, Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, and Dizzy Gillespie.
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