Mary Lou Williams Rutgers Interview Block 625 (Q12813)

He did start it, because everybody used to pitch in 50 cents or do arrangements and often I gave them money. They used to rehearse in the basement of some place, but the whole idea was, you know, like our black people never get credit, receive credit for anything they do or create. So what they were doing, they created a new music as far as Thelonious Monk is concerned in order to get some kin ...