In Walked Herbie :: On The Outward Spiral of Herbie Nichols

In July, 1946, a 28-year-old Herbie Nichols visited the apartment of the 30-year-old Thelonious Monk. Nichols was there on 63rd Street to interview Monk for the Black-owned entertainment periodical Rhythm: Music and Theatrical Magazine, a visit which culminated in Monk performing his “Ruby, My Dear” on his Klein piano, which Nichols wrote was, “one of the greatest pleasures I’ve had listening to jazz.”

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