Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams (nama lahir: Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; 8 Mei 1910 – 28 Mei 1981)[1] merupakan seorang pemain piano dan penggubah muzik jaz dari Amerika Syarikat. Beliau telah mengkarya beratus-ratus gubahan lagu dan merakam lebih dari seratus rakaman (dalam versi 78, 45, dan LP); [2] beliau melibatkan diri dengan artis-artis terkenal sezamannya seperti Duke Ellington dan Benny Goodman, serta menjadi guru kepada Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, dan Dizzy Gillespie.
| Mary Lou Williams | |
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_-_Crop.jpg) Williams s. t. 1946 | |
| Latar belakang | |
| Nama lahir | Mary Elfrieda Scruggs |
| Kelahiran | 8 Mei 1910 Atlanta, Georgia, Amerika Syarikat |
| Meninggal dunia | Mei 28, 1981 (umur 71) Durham, Carolina Utara |
| Genre | Jazz, muzik gospel, swing, third stream, bebop |
| Pekerjaan | Musician, composer, arranger, bandleader |
| Instrumen | Piano |
| Tahun aktif | 1920–1981 |
Syarikat rakaman | Brunswick, Decca, Columbia, Savoy, Asch, Folkways, Victor, King, Atlantic, Circle, Vogue, Prestige, Chiaroscuro, SteepleChase, Pablo |
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| Year | Title | Label |
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| 1945 | The Zodiac Suite | Folkways |
| 1951 | Mary Lou Williams | Atlantic |
| 1953 | The First Lady of the Piano | Vogue |
| 1953 | A Keyboard History | Jazztone |
| 1959 | Messin' 'Round in Montmartre | Storyville |
| 1964 | Black Christ of the Andes | Folkways |
| 1970 | Music for Peace | Mary |
| 1975 | Mary Lou's Mass | Mary |
| 1970 | From the Heart | Chiaroscuro |
| 1974 | Zoning | Mary / Folkways |
| 1975 | Free Spirits | Steeplechase |
| 1977 | Embraced with Cecil Taylor | Pablo Live |
| 1977 | My Mama Pinned a Rose on Me | Pablo |
| 1978 | Solo Recital | Pablo |
| 1993 | Town Hall '45: The Zodiac Suite | Vintage Jazz Classics (recorded in 1945) |
| 1994 | Live at the Cookery | Chiaroscuro |
| 1999 | At Rick's Café Americain | Storyville (recorded in 1979) |
| 2002 | Live at the Keystone Korner | HighNote (recorded in 1977) |
| 2004 | Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Guest Mary Lou Williams | Jazz Alliance |
| 2008 | A Grand Night For Swinging | High Note (recorded in 1977) |
| 2016 | Nice Jazz 1978 | Black And Blue (recorded in 1978) |
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- ^ Unterbrink, Mary (1983). Jazz Women at the Keyboard. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. m/s. 31–51. ISBN 0-89950-074-9.
- ^ Kernodle, Tammy L. Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams, (2004); ISBN 1-55553-606-9
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- The Legacy of Mary Lou Williams (2010 video presentation by Tammy Kernodle, Associate Professor of Musicology, Miami University, Ohio)
- Jazz at Lincoln Center: Family Concert: Who is Mary Lou Williams?
- "Nice & Rough": Unapologetically Black, Beautiful, and Bold: A Conversation with Sheila Jackson on Black Women's Participation in Cultural Production in the 1970s" Jstor
- Mary Lou Williams recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.