American Jazz pianist and composer, Mary Lou Williams, was born on May 8, 1910 in Atlanta, Georgia

American Jazz pianist and composer, Mary Lou Williams, was born on May 8, 1910 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Later in her career she became a teacher at a Catholic High School in Pittsburgh. She composed the first liturgical jazz music that was commissioned by the Catholic Church.

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