"Ruby, My Dear" 07.09.24 | "Ruby, My Year" Day 331

This is the 331st entry of the "Ruby, My Year" project (see channel description below). Picks up precisely where yesterday's rendition left off by using the remainder of "Reflections"' "A" section as today's intro. It's a rainy, gray day here at "Ruby..." headquarters, and today's performance seems to nicely fit that milieu.
Today's imagery is a photo of a spiral staircase taken by Renate Dodell.
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CHANNEL/PLAYLIST DESCRIPTION: I'm Edward "Ted" Spies and I've been playing music, primarily on keyboard-based instruments, for most of my life. I started a project I'm calling "Ruby, My Year" on August 13, 2023. For each day of the next year, I will record & post a version of Thelonious Monk's song "Ruby, My Dear".
I originally learned a version of the composition about 25 years ago when I was first introduced to Monk's music, but had forgotten the tune in the intervening years prior to beginning this project. My hope is that the "Ruby, My Year" project will offer an interesting view of how a piece of music evolves over the course of time as a performer learns, internalizes, and ultimately personalizes a composition.
Unless otherwise noted, all sounds produced & recorded by me in my little home studio and all visuals generated by DALL-E.