Mary Lou Williams - Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in...

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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night.

Mary Lou Williams

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Jetzt kamen regelmäßig Angebote für mich, Tänze, Gesellschaftsfeiern oder sogar Kirchen zu spielen. Bei den meisten Terminen bekam ich einen Dollar pro Stunde, und am Ende der Nacht wurde mir immer Trinkgeld gegeben.

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