Mary Lou Williams

Winner of the ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Book Award in Pop Music 2022 Catholic Media Association honorable mention in biography 2022 Association of Catholic Publishers second place award for Biography Winner of the 2022 Jazz Journalists Association Award for Biography/Autobiography of the Year In Mary Lou Williams: Music for the Soul, Deanna Witkowski brings a fresh perspective to the life and music of the legendary jazz pianist-composer Mary Lou Williams (1910-81). As a fellow