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Mary Lou Williams
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. She has been noted for her 1954 conversion to Catholicism, which led to a musical hiatus and a later transformation in the nature of her music. She continued to perform and work as a philanthropist, educator, and youth mentor until her death from bladder cancer in 1981. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lou_Williams) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
Songs See All
Albums See All
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I Love a Piano
2025
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Mary Lou Williams - "The Lady Who Sings the Band" (50 Successes 1930-1952)
2024
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Way Up High
2024
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Roll 'em Mary Lou: The Pioneering Mary Lou Williams 1929-53
2023
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Mary Lou Williams Quartet
2021
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In London
2020
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Mary Lou Williams - Vintage Sound
2020
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Memories Of You
2020
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Remastered Hits
2019
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Jazz Masters, Vol. 4
2015
Singles & EPs
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Piano Solos
EP • 2020
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Signs Of The Zodiac Vol. 1 (Analog Source Remaster 2018)
EP • 2018
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In the Purple Grotto
Single • 2014
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First Lady of the Piano (feat. Wendell Marshall, Osie Johnson) [Mono Version]
EP • 2014
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Signs Of The Zodiac Vol. 2 (Analog Source Remaster 2018)
EP • 2018
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Laughing Rag
EP • 2016
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Footnotes to Jazz, Vol. 3: Jazz Rehearsal, I
EP • 1950
Videos See All
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The Blacbyrds - Rock Creek Park. 1976 (12" Soul Classic)
Len E Bones • 14K views
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Nathaniel Williford’s solo on “Roll ‘Em” with NYO Jazz
Nathaniel Williford • 7.4K views
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Mary Lou Williams plays The Man I Love| Piano Transcription
Timothy Gondola • 16K views
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Mary Lou Williams - The Blues
Sliptrail • 73K views
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Mary Lou Williams - Praise The Lord (Folkways - French Mono LP)
EarlySounds45s • 559 views
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My Blue Heaven - Mary Lou Williams
sanoken8 • 1.8K views
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Mary Lou Williams - Old Fashioned Slow Blues.mov
jazzokok • 4.2K views
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Mary Lou Williams & Sy Oliver - Medi II on "To Tell The Truth" 1974
yaggy9 • 4K views
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Mary Lou Williams Trio - Gemini.Mp3
Okmusix • 873 views
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