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Title
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Mary Lou Williams: Music for Peace
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981), a black jazz "pianist-composer-arranger" and "the only major jazz artist who lived and played through all the eras in the history of jazz." Born in Atlanta and coming to Kansas City in 1928 as a professional musician with her husband and fellow musician Andy Kirk and going on to perform here in Kansas City's jazz heyday from 1929 to 1942 before retiring in Europe in 1954 and returning in later life to compose Catholic Mass songs such as "Music for Peace." Composer of songs for the following: Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Andy Kirk, Jimmie Lunceford, and Glenn Gray, et al.
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Date
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1985
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
