Posted on March 08th, 2010 in awards, family, famous, Genre, history, jazz, Money, Music, musicians, Rap
“During the years I was with Andy Kirk we starved almost. I remember not eating for practically a month several times. But we were very, very happy because the music was so interesting, and you forgot to eat, anyway.” –Mary Lou Williams Mary Lou Williams was born on May 10, 1910, in Atlanta, Georgia, as [...]
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