Mary Lou Williams

Mary Lou Williams (nama lahir: Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; 8 Mei 1910 – 28 Mei 1981) merupakan seorang pemain piano dan penggubah muzik jaz dari Amerika Syarikat. Beliau telah mengkarya beratus-ratus gubahan lagu dan merakam lebih dari seratus rakaman (dalam versi 78, 45, dan LP); Kernodle, Tammy L. Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams, (2004);  beliau melibatkan diri dengan artis-artis terkenal sezamannya seperti Duke Ellington dan Benny Goodman, serta menjadi guru kepada Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, dan Dizzy Gillespie.

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Sebagai ketua kugiran
Year  Title  Label 1945  The Zodiac Suite   Folkways 1951  Mary Lou Williams   Atlantic 1953  The First Lady of the Piano  Vogue 1953  A Keyboard History   Jazztone 1959 Messin' 'Round in Montmartre   Storyville 1964  Black Christ of the Andes  Folkways 1970  Music for Peace   Mary 1975  Mary Lou's Mass   Mary 1970  From the Heart  Chiaroscuro 1974  Zoning  Mary / Folkways 1975  Free Spirits  Steeplechase 1977  Embraced with Cecil Taylor  Pablo Live 1977  My Mama Pinned a Rose on Me   Pablo 1978  Solo Recital  Pablo 1993  Town Hall '45: The Zodiac Suite  Vintage Jazz Classics (recorded in 1945) 1994  Live at the Cookery  Chiaroscuro 1999  At Rick's Café Americain   Storyville (recorded in 1979) 2002  Live at the Keystone Korner   HighNote (recorded in 1977) 2004  Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Guest Mary Lou Williams   Jazz Alliance 2008  A Grand Night For Swinging  High Note (recorded in 1977) 2016  Nice Jazz 1978   Black And Blue  (recorded in 1978)

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Pautan luar

 The Legacy of Mary Lou Williams (2010 video presentation by Tammy Kernodle, Associate Professor of Musicology, Miami University, Ohio)
 Jazz at Lincoln Center: Family Concert: Who is Mary Lou Williams?
 "Nice & Rough": Unapologetically Black, Beautiful, and Bold: A Conversation with Sheila Jackson on Black Women's Participation in Cultural Production in the 1970s" Jstor
 Mary Lou Williams recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.

Kategori: Penulis lagu Amerika Syarikat
Kategori: Pemuzik jaz Amerika Syarikat
Kategori: Pemain piano Amerika Syarikat
Kategori: Artis Atlantic Records