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Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

Release Date:April 1, 2015

Running Time:70 min

Genres:Documentary

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Cast

Mary Lou Williams Alfre Woodard Delroy Lindo Wendell Pierce Stanley Crouch Robin D.G. Kelley Gary Giddins Tammy L. Kernodle Farah Griffin Gayle Murchison Alexandra Noailles Peter O'Brien

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Synopsis

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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