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Bethany Pickens Jazz Trio Plays Mary Lou Williams
Award-winning Chicago-based pianist Bethany Pickens and her trio will perform the music of the legendary jazz musician Mary Lou Williams to cap off Café CODA’s four-part celebration of Ms. Williams’ 115th birthday. Ms. Pickens, the daughter of the beloved late pianist Willie Pickens, was a central player in Chicago’s Mary Lou Williams centennial celebration at Millennium Park in 2010. On that occasion, Ms. Pickens performed a major concert of Ms. Williams’ music, conducted several of Williams’ big band scores, and oversaw the world premiere of pianist Amina Claudine Myers’ concerto-like composition, “Sweet Mary Lou.” She and her father also performed Mary Lou’s music at the Kennedy Center in 2016.
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