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Image Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

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Release Date 2015-04-01
Runtime 70 minutes
Genres Documentary
Stars Mary Lou Williams, Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, Wendell Pierce, Stanley Crouch
Directors Carol Bash, Carol Bash, Stacey L. Holman, Stanley Nelson, Sumi Tonooka

Jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams was a genius ahead of her time. From child prodigy to "Boogie-Woogie Queen" to groundbreaking composer to mentoring some of the greatest musicians of all time, she never ceased to astound those who heard her play. But for a Black woman in the early 1900s, life as a star did not come easy.

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