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. Read more
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Big Jim Blues | Head in the Clouds | Arrangement | Buy on Amazon | |
Froggy Bottom | Kansas City | Writer | Buy on Amazon | |
Cloudy | The Mend | Composer | Buy on Amazon |