When, on Halloween 1962, Thelonious Monk entered Columbia Records’ 30th Street Studios, New York, for the first time, he had a few old tricks and plenty of fresh treats in store for his then-expanding audience.

Writer unknown. From the backcover of the CD case 🙂

Let this spin on repeat:

“I say, play your own way. Don’t play what the public want – you play what you want and let the public pick up on what you doing – even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years.”

– Thelonious Monk. The Jazz Review. Interview with Grover Sales.