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Mary Lou Williams, ca. 1946. Fotografie von William P. Gottlieb. Mary Lou Williams (geboren als Mary Alfrieda Scruggs; * 8. Mai 1910 in Atlanta, Georgia; † 28. Mai 1981 in Durham, North Carolina) war eine US-amerikanische Jazzmusikerin ( Pianistin, Komponistin und Arrangeurin ).
10. Sept. 2019 · Mary Lou Williams On Piano Jazz. 1937's "Roll 'Em" was Williams' biggest song for Benny Goodman, a jazz-hands-ready swinger that helped solidify her status as a heavyweight away from Kirk...
14. Juni 2023 · 1936-03-11. Topics. 78rpm Jazz, Decca, Williams Mary Lou, Piano. Mary Lou Williams (Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; 08.05.1910 - 28.05.1981): American jazz pianist, arranger and composer. She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and recorded more than 100 records (in 78, 45, LP versions).
In 1937, she produced In the Groove (Brunswick), a collaboration with Dick Wilson, and Benny Goodman asked her to write a blues song for his band. The result was "Roll 'Em", a boogie-woogie piece based on the blues, which followed her successful "Camel Hop", named for Goodman's radio show sponsor, Camel cigarettes.
Decca also recorded Williams separately as a pianist with rhythm accompaniment in 1936 and 1938. The title of one of them, “Swinging for Joy,” is just right. In 1942, Mary Lou Williams left Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy and returned to Pittsburgh to stay at her sister’s house. She then formed a septet that included the trumpeter Harold ...
22. Apr. 2024 · Mary Lou Williams (born May 8, 1910, Atlanta, Ga., U.S.—died May 28, 1981, Durham, N.C.) was a jazz pianist who performed with and composed for many of the great jazz artists of the 1940s and ’50s. Williams received early instruction from her mother, a classically trained pianist.
23. Mai 2018 · Born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs, May 8, 1910, in Atlanta, Ga; died May 28, 1981, in Durham, NC; daughter of Virginia Burley (an organist and domestic worker) Winn; married John (a jazz saxophonist) Williams, 1926 (divorced 1940); married Harold “ Shorty ” (a jazz trumpeter) Baker, 1942 (divorced 1944).
