Biography

Mary Lou Williams (May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Williams wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements, and recorded more than one hundred records (in 78, 45, and LP versions). 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.

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#	Song	Languages	Released	Views
1	What's Your Story, Morning Glory? Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2004	432
2	St. Louis Blues The Mary Lou Williams Collection, 1927-59	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2014	241
3	The Devil ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2014	200
4	The Devil Mary Lou Williams Presents Black Christ of the Andes	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	1964	199
5	Don't Blame Me 1951-1953	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2004	120
6	Stardust, Pt. 2 That Devilin' Tune, Vol. 3	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2006	115
7	There's a Small Hotel Jazz in Paris: 100's Most Beautiful Melodies	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2007	109
8	Without a Song [#] At Rick's Café Americain	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	1999	109
9	The Sheik of Araby 1949-1951	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	2002	108
10	All God's Chillun Got Rhythm Classic Jazz Piano	German English Spanish French Italian Dutch	1988	107

All album song lyrics by Mary Lou Williams

#	Song	Released	Views
1	Duke Ellington, Vol. 5: Friends	1999	753
2	That Devilin' Tune, Vol. 3	2006	686
3	At Rick's Café Americain	1999	579
4	Ladies of Jazz [Collectables]	1951	568
5	...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin	2014	524
6	Jazz in Paris: 100's Most Beautiful Melodies	2007	515
7	Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast	2004	431
8	Ladies in Jazz	1951	411
9	The Cotton Club	1984	382
10	1945-1947	1999	334
11	Classic Jazz Piano	1988	305
12	The Mary Lou Williams Collection, 1927-59	2014	275
13	1953-1954	2006	272
14	Jazz Icons from the Golden Era: Dizzy Gillespie	2013	256
15	1949-1951	2002	249
16	The Continental Sessions, Vol. 3	2004	229
17	Circle Recordings	2007	213
18	Mary Lou Williams Presents Black Christ of the Andes	1964	196
19	Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast	1978	183
20	Americans In Paris: Vive Le Jazz!	2005	153
21	1951-1953	2004	151
22	Piano Greats	1999	148
23	First Lady of Piano 1952-1971	1998	145
24	Jazz in Paris: I Made You Love Paris	2001	129
25	Live At the Keystone Korner	2002	128
26	Two Cats and a Mouse	2000	113
27	1944	1996	110
28	My Mama Pinned a Rose on Me	1977	103
29	A Grand Night for Swinging	2008	93
30	Mary Lou Williams	2012	84
31	1944-1945	1999	81
32	Masters of Classic Jazz: The Piano	2000	80
33	Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Guest Mary Lou Williams	1978	79
34	Free Spirits	1975	59
35	Norman Granz' Jazz In Montreux Presents Mary Lou Williams '78	2004	57
36	The London Sessions	2000	55
37	Solo Recital (Montreux Jazz Festival 1978)	1978	50
38	Mary Lou Williams & Orchestra and Meade Lux Lewis	1995	46
39	Mary Lou Williams & The Trumpet Giants Featuring Bobby Hackett & Dizzy Gillespie	2004	43
40	Mary Lou	1954	35
41	The Best of Mary Lou Williams	1987	34
42	With Barbara Carroll	1951	29
43	Black Christ of the Andes [Bonus Tracks]	1964	27
44	...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin [LP]	2014	18
45	Jazz Journeys Presents the Birth of Bebop, Vol. 5: 100 Essential Tracks	2013	5
46	Mary Lou Williams Plays in London	1953	2
47	Yesterdays	2013	1
48	Lady Bird	2014	0
49	Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Mary Lou Williams		0
50	The Lady Who Swings the Band	2008	0