Mary Lou Williams

United States
May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981

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Mary Lou Williams was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and recorded more than one hundred records (in 78, 45, and LP versions). Williams wrote and arranged for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and she was friend, mentor, and teacher to Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, and Dizzy Gillespie.

For the last 14 days:

102 tracks
81 stations
26 countries

Mary Lou Williams top songs

1	It Ain't Necessarily So
2	Mary Lou
3	Praise the Lord
4	The Pussy's in the Well
5	Perdido
6	Mary Lou Blues
7	Caravan
8	Zonky
9	Roll 'em
10	Baby Dear
11	Lullaby of the Leaves
12	Bearcat Shuffle
13	Tisherome
14	What's Your Story Morning Glory
15	I'm in the Mood for Love
16	Love Roots
17	Yesterdays
18	St. Martin de Porres
19	Mary's Boogie
20	How High the Moon
21	Caravan
22	Willow Weep for Me
23	Ode to Saint Cecilie
24	The Jeep Is Jumping
25	I Can't Get Started

Mary Lou Williams quotes

I have been tied up with music for about as long as I can remember. By the time I was four I was picking out little tunes my mother played on the reed organ in the living-room.