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Date of Birth
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08-May-1910
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Place of Birth
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Atlanta
(Georgia, United States of America, Fulton County, Area code 470, Area code 678, Area code 404)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Williams, Mary Lou, Mary Elfrieda Scruggs
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Profession
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Composer, Bandleader, Jazz Pianist, Pianist
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Mary Lou Williams was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Williams wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements, and recorded more than one hundred records. Williams wrote and arranged for such bandleaders as Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and she was friend, mentor, and teacher to Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, Dizzy Gillespie, and many others.
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