Mary Lou Williams Rutgers Interview Block 420 (Q12608)

Oh, yes. In other words, that was the era of the well-trained musician, that was the last of the well-trained musicians. Out of that era came Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and the bop era. These musicians, we never went out against each other, say, I'm going to outplay another pianist. We had some terrific women around. We'd just exchange ideas and play and have a ball and drink and eat tog ...