Teddy Charles - "Coolin'"

St. Mark's Place, NYC -- Five Spot Café and Jazz Gallery -- Summer Evenings 1961.

• I saw and heard Teddy Charles, vibes perform at the Jazz Gallery with Mal Waldron, piano and Ed Shaughnessy, drums. Seated at a table in the front row were three Jazz Messengers -- Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter and Bobby Timmons with two or three women of or from the Orient.
• Outside the Jazz Gallery that evening, a woman was trying to have a chat with Thelonious Monk. Monk in his green suede shoes was dancing 'round his would-be interlocutor. 
• I had met Mal Waltron one evening at the Five Spot Café. I was outside the Five Spot the night of the legendary Eric Dolphy's live recording at the Five Spot, a group that featured Mal Waldron, Booker Little, trumpet, Richard Davis, bass, Ed Blackwell, drums and Eric Dolphy, reeds. 
• The Five Spot, 5 Cooper Square in the Bowery and the Jazz Gallery, 80 St. Mark's Place were owned and operated by the Termini brothers. The Five Spot has a very rich history musically. It was also a favorite hang for New York artists and literati. I lived across the street at 326 Bowery during the summer of 1961.
• Listening to Teddy Charles' recordings today prompted the above.