Person · American jazz pianist and composer
Mary Lou Williams
Albums
92
Members
8
Active
1910–1981
Origin
United States
Biography
Mary Lou Williams (born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981) 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).
Discography
Night Life / Drag 'Em
Night Life / Louisiana Hayride
Mary's Special / Overhand (New Froggy Bottom)
Swingin' For Joy / Clean Pickin'
Mr. Freddie Blues / Sweet (Patootie) Patunia
The Pearls / The Rocks
Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams
Piano Contempo: Modern Piano Jazz
Rehearsal Vol. 1
Don Carlos Meets Mary Lou
Mary Lou
... A Keyboard History
Mary Lou's Piano
Mary-Lou Williams Und Ihre Bands
First Lady Of The Piano
At Newport
Composer-Pianists
Ladies of Jazz
Ladies of Jazz
Modern Jazz Piano: Four Views
Mary Lou Williams
Praise The Lord In Many Voices
Music For Peace
From The Heart
Giants
Newport in New York '72 - The Jam Sessions, Volume 2
Mary Lou Williams In London
Zoning
Zodiac Suite
Live At The Cookery
The Asch Recordings 1944-47
The Asch Recordings 1944-47
Embraced
The History Of Jazz
My Mama Pinned A Rose On Me
Solo Recital Montreux Jazz Festival 1978
The Best Of Mary Lou Williams
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 60
First Lady Of Piano
Piano Stylists 1927 - 1980
First Ladies of Jazz
First Ladies Of Jazz
Little Piano Girl
Live at the Cookery
Mary Lou Williams
The First Lady Of The Piano
On Vogue
The Chronological Classics: Mary Lou Williams 1927-1940
Mary's Idea
The First Lady of the Piano: 1952-1971
1944
Mary Lou Williams & Orchestra & Meade Lux Lewis
The Chronological Classics: Mary Lou Williams 1944
The London Sessions
1944-1945
Nite Life
Solo Recital Montreux Jazz Festival 1978
The Chronological Classics: Mary Lou Williams 1944-1945
1945-1947
Credits
Jazz Off The Air Vol. 3
Jazz Pioneers
Jazztime U.S.A. - The Best Of Bob Thiele's Classic Jam Sessions Of The 1950's
Jazztime U.S.A. - Volume 1
Jazz Women (A Feminist Retrospective)
Kansas City Jazz
Ladies of Jazz
L'Avventura Del Jazz
Little Joe From Chicago / Mary's Idea
Live At The Cookery
Live Session 1937 - Trianon Ballroom, Cleveland
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
Mary Lou
Mary Lou's Piano
Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams And Orchestra
Mary Lou Williams In London
Mary Lou Williams Trio At Rick's Café Americain
Mary-Lou Williams Und Ihre Bands
Mary's Idea
Mary's Idea / Once Or Twice
Mary's Special / Overhand (New Froggy Bottom)
Matrix (The Perception Sessions)
"Memorial"
Mess-A-Stomp / Blue Clarinet Stomp
Mildred Bailey
Moten Swing / Lotta Sax Appeal
Mr. Freddie Blues / Sweet (Patootie) Patunia
Music For Peace
My Mama Pinned A Rose On Me
Newport In New York '72 The Jam Sessions, Vol 2
Nice Jazz 1978
Night Life / Drag 'Em
Nite Life
Orchester Kurt Edelhagen Feat. Mary Lou Williams And Caterina Valente
O.W.
Persian Rug / Night And Day
Piano Contempo: Modern Piano Jazz
Roll 'Em / Mary's Boogie
Scratchin' In The Gravel / Take Those Blues Away
Skies Are Blue / I'll Get Along Somehow
Solo Recital Montreux Jazz Festival 1978
Solo Time! The Erroll Garner Collection Volumes 4 & 5
Soul On Soul
Stars / Moon
Swingin' For Joy / Clean Pickin'
Swingsation
T And S Jr. / Down Beat
The Asch Recordings 1944-47
The Best Of Mary Lou Williams
The Great Modern Jazz Trumpet
The Indispensable Benny Goodman Volume 3/4 (1936-1937)
The Lady Who Swings The Band (1936-1938)
The Pearls / Mr. Freddie Blues
The Pearls / The Rocks
The Swinging Small Bands 2 (1940-1944)
The Zodiac Suite: The Complete Town Hall Concert Of December 31, 1945
Toadie Toddle / Close To Five
Twelve Clouds Of Joy