- 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.
- Provided original compositions and arrangements to bandleaders Tommy Dorsey, Earl Hines, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington.
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