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"What you just saw, that's only for him" - Lou Williams on learning early on that A.I. operated under his own set of rules
For Lou Williams, who played 17 seasons in the Association ... a time when most kids were just starting their college careers. "So some of the things that I experienced with him were a gift ...
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A Joyful, Musical Reopening of the Mary Lou Williams Center in Flowers Building
The spirit of the Lou is back in its West Campus home. Supporters and devotees of the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture who had waited nearly two years for the gathering place to reopen ...
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Mary Lou Williams: Duke’s own ‘First Lady of Jazz’
When Mary Lou Williams arrived at Duke in 1977 as the University’s first artist-in-residence, she was already an icon in the jazz world, having earned monikers like “The First Lady of Jazz” and “The ...
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A Renovated Mary Lou Williams Center to Reopen in Spring
The renovated Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture will be brighter and more airy, modernized while retaining some popular features like an orange-hued color scheme. The renovation of the space, ...