Sublime

Thelonious Monk was a particular favorite. Monk’s Music was my favorite of his albums.

the group managed to put out a third album, the Motown-inspired Flowers.

But Jack Nitzsche was an almost silent—and unpaid for reasons still not clear except he did it for fun—arranger, musician, gluer-together of the talent, a man of enormous importance for us in that period. He came to our sessions to relax and would throw in some ideas. He’d play when the mood took him. He’s on “Let’s Spend the Night Together,” when