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photo of drummer Shadow Wilson by William Gottlieb/Library of Congress
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Quatrain
The texture of time’s registrations
A decade apart—Shadow Wilson and Ben Riley
Sconced within kits in the rhythm sections,
Drumming behind Monk on “Nutty.”
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Robert Gibb is the author of 14 books including The Origins of Evening (National Poetry Series, 1997). Other books include Pittsburghese (Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize, 2023), Sightlines (Prize Americana in Poetry, 2019), Among Ruins (Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry, 2017), After (Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize, 2016), and The Burning World (Miller Williams Poetry Prize, 2004). He has also been awarded a Pushcart Prize, an appearance in Best American Poetry, and Prairie Schooner’s Glenna Luschei Award (2012) and Strousse Award (2011).
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Listen to the 1957 recording of Thelonious Monk performing his composition “Nutty,” with John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Wilbur Ware (bass); and Shadow Wilson (drums).
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Listen to the 1964 recording of Monk performing “Nutty” with Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone); Larry Gales (bass); and Ben Riley (drums). [Columbia/Legacy]
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