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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