The Little Piano Girl : The Story of Mary Lou Williams, Jazz Legend (Hardcover)

from RebeccaMichelet

This book is based on the story of Mary Lou Williams, who was a famous pianist. It tells the story of how she grew up, discovered her talent for playing music by ear and by watching others play, and how even when she did not have a piano she pretended to play just to express her emotions. The sto...

from hlmusiclover

This was a story about a famous jazz legend named Mary Lou Williams. She began playing the piano at the tender age of four. She was instantly drawn to the piano after trying a hand on her mother's organ. Like many musicians, she gathered the rhythms that she heard of her surroundings and then tri...

from nbmars

Famous jazz pianist, composer, and arranger Mary Lou Williams worked with both Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and helped mentor such greats as Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis. A child prodigy, she taught herself to play the piano and by age six was already helping to support h...

from buildingabookshelf

What a wonderful book about an under celebrated jazz musician from the golden age of jazz. In addition to telling a little bit about jazz history's most prolific female jazz composer, this is a great story about a little girl who was very special in her own way. Any family with a budding musician...

from nholbrook

I really enjoyed "The Little Piano Girl." The illustrations were captivating and the story was so simple yet had a lot of history in it.