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Mary Lou Williams, Charenee Wade, Lizz Wright Getty Images/NPR **hide caption
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Turning the Tables at Lincoln Center NPR **hide caption
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Turning The Tables: Celebrating Eight Women Who Invented American Popular Music
Andy Kirk And His Orchestra, including Mary Lou Williams (sitting at the piano), pose for a studio group portrait in 1940. Williams toured with Kirk's band before settling in New York. Gilles Petard/Redferns **hide caption
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Mary Lou Williams on stage in 1968. David Redfern/Getty Images **hide caption
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Mary Lou Williams in 1942. In the 1930s and '40s, her apartment on 63 Hamilton Terrace formed an important space in advancing the evolution of jazz and the survival of musicians. Donaldson Collection/Getty Images **hide caption
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Jazz helped Mary Lou Williams stay alive — but after several draining decades as a musician, she quit the scene. When she returned, she claimed her true power as one of jazz's fiercest advocates. Metronome/Getty Images **hide caption
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Mary Lou Williams, Missionary Of Jazz
Mary Lou Williams began arranging in 1929. By 1942, she was among the most renowned arrangers in the business. Bettmann/Bettmann Archive **hide caption
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Jazz composer and pianist Mary Lou Williams is photographed in 1950. Gilles Petard/Redferns/Getty Images **hide caption
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Turning The Tables: 8 Women Who Invented American Popular Music Chelsea Beck for NPR **hide caption
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Mary Lou Williams' choral masterpiece Black Christ Of The Andes showcased her seemingly endless ability to innovate. William P. Gotlieb/Library of Congress via flickr.com **hide caption
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Following her conversion to Catholicism, pianist Mary Lou Williams began to compose and record religious music. William Gottlieb/Library of Congress **hide caption
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Mary Lou Williams at the CBS studios in 1947. William P. Gottlieb/Library of Congress **hide caption
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Mary Lou Williams On Piano Jazz
"I'm a little verklempt! Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give you a topic: John Coltrane was neither made of coal or a train. Discuss." NBC **hide caption
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Behind 'A Great Day In Harlem': Jean Bach On Piano Jazz
Mary Lou Williams received an honorary degree from Fordham University in 1973. Mary Lou Williams Collection, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University **hide caption
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Listening, Party For Two: Mary Lou Williams, 'Aries'
Not only did Mary Lou Williams write and arrange music for herself and legends like Benny Goodman, but she also taught Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell. Metronome/Archive Photos **hide caption
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Mary Lou Williams: A Centennial Celebration
Mary Lou Williams received an honorary degree from Fordham University in 1973. Mary Lou Williams Collection, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University **hide caption
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Hear Performances From 1976 And 1978
The Kennedy Center honors Mary Lou Williams every year with the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival, which showcases today's brightest female jazz artists. William P. Gottlieb/Library of Congress via flickr.com **hide caption
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Mary Lou Williams, ca. 1946. William P. Gotlieb/Library of Congress via flickr.com **hide caption
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