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- Died
- Birth nameMary Elfrieda Scruggs
- Mary Lou Williams was born on May 8, 1910 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is known for Night Teeth (2021), Boy! What a Girl! (1947) and Head in the Clouds (2004). She was married to John Williams. She died on May 28, 1981 in Durham, North Carolina, USA.
- SpouseJohn Williams(1927 - ?)
- Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1985.
- The first woman in jazz history to compose and arrange for a large jazz band. She was also a talented pianist.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 880-882. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
- Inducted into the International Society of Jazz Arrangers & Composers (ISJAC) Hall of Fame in 2017 (inaugural class).
- Was pianist for The Clouds Of Joy which were based out of Kansas City.
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