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...but instead closes his mouth.
JOE:
Yeah. Definitely.
LIBBA:
Good.
BZZZ! Joe’s phone rings. He fishes it out and answers.
JOE:
Hello?
CURLEY (O.S.)
How you been, Mr. G? Uh, It’s
Curley. Lamont, Lamont Baker.
Joe turns away from Libba as she tends to the customer.
JOE:
Hey! Curley! Hey, good to hear your
voice, man. Uh listen, you can call
me Joe now, Curley. I’m not your
teacher anymore.
CURLEY (O.S.)
Okay Mr. Gardner. Hey, look, I’m
the new drummer in the Dorothea
Williams Quartet and we’re kicking
off our tour with a show at The
Half Note tonight.
JOE:
Dorothea Williams?! Are you kidding
me? Congratulations, man! Wow, I
would die a happy man if I could
perform with Dorothea Williams.
CURLEY (O.S.)
Well, this could be your lucky day!
Joe SPRINTS DOWN THE STREET, weaving between NEW YORKERS. He
comes up to a brick building --the renowned HALF NOTE jazz
club.
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Joe catches his breath as he walks down the stairs. Photos of
jazz greats line the wall. He gazes at them, taking off his
hat in reverence.
Deep in the club we hear a jazz band WARMING UP.
CURLEY BAKER, a burley drummer in his 20s, meets Joe.
CURLEY:
Woo, there he is!
JOE:
Hey, Curley.
CURLEY:
Leon skipping town really put us in
a bind, man.
JOE:
I’ll bet.
CURLEY:
I’m glad you made it. My boy Bishop
said he sat in on with you on a set
last year in Brooklyn. Said you
were great.
JOE:
Well... you know, for a coffee
shop.
They enter the small club --a low-lit New York treasure
filled with mood and history.
Warming up on stage with her sax is DOROTHEA WILLIAMS, the
regal, no-nonsense leader of the Dorothea Williams Quartet.
Joe looks on in amazement as she plays. It’s effortless and
tight. They respectfully wait for an opening.
CURLEY:
Hey Dorothea, this is the cat I was
telling you about. My old middle
school band teacher, Mr. Gardner!
JOE:
Call me Joe, Dorothea. I mean,
um... Ms. Williams. It’s a
pleasure. Wow. This is amazing.
She’s not impressed.
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CURLEY:
Joe is Ray Gardner’s son.
Still not impressed.
DOROTHEA:
So we’re down to middle school band
teachers now.
Joe doesn’t know what to say. Finally, Dorothea rises from
her chair.
DOROTHEA (CONT’D)
Get on up here, Teach. We ain’t got
all day.
Joe barely sits down at the piano when Dorothea starts
playing.
The bassist, MIHO AKAGI, and drummer (Curley) join without
missing a beat.
JOE:
(confused)
What...what are we playing--?
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