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Mary Lou Williams

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.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1910 (Atlanta), Died May 28, 1981 (Durham)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1955

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, arranger, composer, leader, songwriter, vocalist, celeste

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Recordings (Results 151-156 of 156 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 83160 7/11/1952 Out of nowhere Mary Lou Williams Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 83161 7/11/1952 C jam blues Mary Lou Williams Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 83455 9/30/1952 Down beat Mary Lou Williams instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 83456 9/30/1952 C jam blues, part 1 Mary Lou Williams instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 83457 9/30/1952 C jam blues, part 2 Mary Lou Williams instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 89020 August 1955 Roll 'em-5 Benny Goodman and his Orchestra arranger  
(Results 151-156 of 156 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Williams, Mary Lou," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103504.

Williams, Mary Lou. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103504.

"Williams, Mary Lou." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103504

External Sources

Wikipedia: Mary Lou Williams

Discogs: Mary Lou Williams

Allmusic: Mary Lou Williams

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IMDb: Mary Lou Williams

Britannica: Mary Lou Williams

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82025133

Wikidata: Mary Lou Williams - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q126677

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/105289239

MusicBrainz: Mary Lou Williams - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4a0c1055-ec66-47a0-a668-c60f48477ed2

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/87681

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