Williams, Mary Lou (b. Mary Elfrieda Scruggs)

(1910–81) jazz musician; born in Atlanta, Ga. She was an important arranger and pianist with Andy Kirk from 1929–41, and wrote arrangements for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman in the 1930s and 1940s. She later embraced the bebop style and wrote several sacred works, including "Mary Lou's Mass" in 1970.

References in periodicals archive

(Def Jam); CAM'RON, Purple Haze (Roc-A-Fella); XZIBIT, Weapons of Mass Destruction (Sony Urban); SOUL REBELS, Rebelution (Barnburner Music); DELORES WINANS, Hymns From My Heart (Pure Springs Gospel); MARY LOU WILLIAMS, Mary Lou's Mass (Smithsonian); J'NETTE, Hot Out of Memphis (DoRohn): ALPHA BLONDY, Elohim (Shanachie); LEON WARE, A Kiss in the Sand (Kitchen); VANCE GILBERT, Unfamiliar Moon (Goldenrod); LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO, No Boundaries (Heads Up); MILES DAVIS, A Tribute to Jack Johnson & My Funny Valentine (Columbia/Legacy); LENA HORNE, HARRY BELAFONTE, Love Songs (Sony/BMG); KERMIT RUFFINS (Putumayo); LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA/WYNTON MARSALIS, A Love Supreme (Palmetto); DON PULLEN/DEXTER GORDON, Mosaic Select Series (Mosaic); MIKE LADD, Negrophilia-The Album.

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