Ben Riley: Self (Thelonious Monk Quartet, Thelonious Monk Octet, drummer)
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Self (Thelonious Monk Quartet : We'd start out and we'd do a take. And usually we take the first take, sometimes we'd take the second, but, never the third. You see once you play it the first time - that's the way - the feeling and everything is - and, after that, it starts going downhill. So, it's more like a challenge when you do that, you know. You know that you got to play it correctly the first or second take or that's it. He would take it anyhow. If you mess up, well, that's it. You know, that's your problem. You have to hear that all the rest of your life.
[laughs]
