Monk enters the studio and starts playing, the rest of the musicians join him. After few minutes of play the technician from his room shouts and stops the band. ]
Monk: "Why did we stop?"
Technician: "I thought you were rehearsing."
Monk: "Aren't we always?" (Thelonious Monk)

Monk enters the studio and starts playing, the rest of the musicians join him. After few minutes of play the technician from his room shouts and stops the band. ] Monk: "Why did we stop?" Technician: "I thought you were rehearsing." Monk: "Aren't we always?"

Thelonious Monk

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