TY  - DATA
AU  - Kernodle,Tammy L.
TI  - Soul on soul: the life and music of Mary Lou Williams 
T2  - Music in American life
SN  - 9780252043604
AV  - ML417.W515 K47 2020
U1  - 786.2/165092B 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
KW  - Williams, Mary Lou,
KW  - Composers
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Jazz musicians
KW  - Pianists
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "This biography presents the life and music of the pianist, composer, and arranger Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981), a talented and versatile jazz artist well versed in most of the emerging styles in jazz's evolution. Williams wrote and arranged for the likes of Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and was a friend, mentor, and teacher to Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and other stars of the bebop scene. Tammy Kernodle draws on extensive interviews, letters, oral histories, and meticulous research, bringing rich biographical detail together with incisive commentary on Williams's music, performances, and recordings. This deeply contextualized portrait chronicles Williams's impoverished upbringing in Pittsburgh, where she began performing publicly at the age of 6, through her harsh life on the road and rise to fame in the 1930s. In later years, Williams's powerful sacred jazz compositions and dedicated support to help rehabilitate jazz musicians struggling with addiction contributed further to her lasting influence as a composer and educator"--
ER  -