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Trip To New York
After Keith Jarrett's "Köln Concert" sermon, you leave the church. It's a beautiful sunday morning, it's fall, cold and misty. Yet sunny. "Coffee first", you say, and enter the next coffee shop. The guy at the door behind the warm-held curtain is Miles. He's the Keeper. He checks you in with Blues By Five, a cold reception, followed by a warm welcome: "Welcome to New York" says Billie Holiday dressed as a waitress waiting impatiently to take your order, "it's so nice here in autumn." After you eat, you take off. Busy streets, canyons of steel. Dexter the bike-messenger, is your man. You and Dexter fly through Broadway. What an energy. After a while, you think it's time to cool down. You go into a small bar and buy a drink. Stan Getz comes in and tells you a long, long story. It's all Misty and sad, but with a nice happy end. We really don't wanna sleep midday in bar, do we? You leave the place and take a cab. Monk is the New York cab driver, Blues Five Spot his taxi. First…
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