Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williamswas an African-American jazz pianist, composer, and vocalist. She 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth8 May 1910
CountryUnited States of America
He explained how ridiculous the clowning was, and there and then I decided to settle down and play seriously.
When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and let's get started.'