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Mary Lou Williams
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Born
May 8
,
1910
·
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Died
May 28
,
1981
·
Durham, North Carolina, USA
(cancer)
Birth name
Mary Elfrieda Scruggs
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Mary Lou Williams was born on May 8, 1910 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is known for
Night Teeth (2021)
,
Boy! What a Girl! (1947)
and
Head in the Clouds (2004)
. She was married to John Williams. She died on May 28, 1981 in Durham, North Carolina, USA.
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John Williams
(1927 - ?)
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Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1985.
The first woman in jazz history to compose and arrange for a large jazz band. She was also a talented pianist.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 880-882. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
Inducted into the International Society of Jazz Arrangers & Composers (ISJAC) Hall of Fame in 2017 (inaugural class).
Was pianist for The Clouds Of Joy which were based out of Kansas City.
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