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Marjorie Hyams

Vibraphonist, pianist and drummer, born August 9,1920 in New York. She died on June 14th, 2012 in Monrovia, California of renal failure. She recorded with [a=Flip Phillips] in 1944 and was a soloist with [a=Woody Herman] 1944-1945 before leading her own trio in 1945-1948. She also recorded with [a=Mary Lou Williams] in 1946. In February 1949 she began working with [a=George Shearing] and stayed with him until she married and retired from music in 1950.