Rytius Records (Substack Edition), Ch. 7.3c

Ch. 7.3: The Comedy Games: Thelonious Monk, “Body and Soul,” Monk’s Dream (1963)

7.3 The Comedy Games

Thelonious Monk, “Body and Soul,” Monk’s Dream (1963)

June 14, 2132

The aroma of fresh-baked bread filled Kloz’s Clauses, as he had a table full of French-style baguettes sliced into sections for the taking. He had cut thin slices from a whole leg of dried and cured North Carolina ham, which he displayed prominently on the table, and he had laid out an assortment of cheeses—a Munster from Connecticut, a wheel of soft triple cream from Upstate New York, mozzarella from Maine, aged cheddar from Vermont. There were jars of blackberry and raspberry preserves, and several wines—Virginia Rieslings, some Pennsylvania Pinots, and a dry sparkling blueberry wine from New Hampshire.