Block 15 of Jimmy Morton Weeksville Oral History (Q24257)

Jimmy Morton: [ Thelonious] Monk, but there’s a story behind that: Wynton Kelly stopped by in his Army khakis at the time and Etta [Jones] pleaded with him, saying, and “you know how it is trying to sing with [ Thelonious] Monk.” She said, “Please play for me.” And Wynton Kelly not only played for her when she asked him to, but he played for her for the rest of the night. We had to figure o...