© 2025 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All Rights Reserved. Born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs in Atlanta on May 8, 1910, Mary Lou Williams was one of the most influential ...
Throughout the history of jazz, men like Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie carved out the basic musical fabrics that ranged from the boogie blues to fusion. Yet there’s one woman who ...
The title sounds like something from the fertile imagination of Charles Mingus. A blindfold listening test might throw up Sun Ra. "A Fungus Amungus," however, is Mary Lou Williams and nothing but.
Mary Lou Williams, 100, died May 20, 2025 at Homestead of Topeka. A Funeral Service is planned for 10:00am Saturday, May 31, 2025 at Parker-Price & Davidson. A Visitation will take place the evening ...