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More Monk stuff on Ethan's DTM page for everyone to pick at: https://ethaniverson.com/thelonious-sphere-monk-centennial-primary-and-secondary-documents/

LOLOLOLOLOL!! I think I hear a sample of "Train To Skaville" by The Ethiopians at the start of this Wevers clip. Amirite?

I thought Iverson's piece was a good read. I have to say it seems folks very quickly get their teeth on edge about Ethan.

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/duke-ellington-bill-evans-and-one-night-in-new-york-city

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0054ODJ96/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp

I notice Bird Flight has featured old broadcasts recently. Heard an old interview with Eddie Durham upon Jo Jones' passing last week.

I listened to the early Brubeck albums "real time" - my father used to tie me to the chair at age 6. So it's tough for me to be clinical about Desmond. And, i can't think about him without Brubeck - it's a package deal. Sixty years ago Desmond sounded so fresh, he swung a little and when he was playing, I didn't have to listen to the piano player doing all the frantic locked-hands chording that goes nowhere.

My son quizzed me about this photo. The ones I knew from sight were Monk and Roy Haynes. It took me awhile (plus a lotta Google) but I eventually figured out the bass player was Ahmed Abdul-Malik.

The Pettinger biography says NKC was perhaps Evans' most significant influence.