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A Black female jazz pianist performs under a single spotlight on a concert stage, hands on the keys of a grand piano, capturing the mastery and artistic authority of Mary Lou Williams at the height of her career.

Mary Lou Williams: Pittsburgh’s Queen of Jazz

Sports & CultureBy userJune 22, 2026

Mary Lou Williams Pittsburgh origins begin with a child sitting at a piano in East Liberty who could play anything she heard before she was old enough to read music. She was born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1910, but her family moved to Pittsburgh when she was young, and it…

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