She was born on November 8, 1927 as Mary Loutsenhizer in Kansas City, Missouri. She studied clarinet for eight years through jounior high and high school. She sung in public in 1945, at Jefferson City Junior College’s graduation. The type of jazz she done was Vocal Jazz. She was important to jazz because she gave woman some hopes and thanks for her being a strong woman at that time period. She most likely helped the music industry see that female artist can do what the male artist can do too. In closing I leave you with a video of one of her songs.
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