Mary Lou Williams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American pianist
Date of Birth: 08-May-1910
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Date of Death: 28-May-1981
Profession: composer, professor, pianist, bandleader, jazz musician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About 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.
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