[ALL PROCEEDS TO BE DONATED TO THE MICHAEL J. FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH] I met Andy McKee and Mike Lee shortly after moving to Montclair, NJ from NYC in 1995 and have played with them in different configurations over the years, mostly in duo gigs with Andy and memorable jam sessions at my house. I met Ali Jackson several years ago when he happened to be walking by my house early one evening on his way to visit my neighbor. He stopped to listen to the live solo piano music coming from my house and asked my young son playing in the front yard, who was playing those Monk tunes. Later, around midnight, Ali and his friends knocked on the front door and we ended up hanging out and playing music ‘til the wee hours. We had never played as a unit before our one full band rehearsal a few days before the recording session, and the first time I’d played most of the compositions in a quartet setting. This freshness allowed us to collec...