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 Flip Phillips in 1944 and was a soloist with Woody Herman 1944-1945 before leading her own trio in 1945-1948. She also recorded with Mary Lou Williams in 1946. In February 1949 she began working with George Shearing and stayed with him until she married and retired from music in 1950.