In August 2018, Steve Silberman published "Broken Time", an essay on Miles Davis's 1958 composition "Nardis". Among the musicians he interviewed was pianist Richie Beirach (1947-2026). One morning, Silberman wrote, Beirach asked him to call him, and then played "Nardis" over the phone for twenty minutes. When Silberman said he wished he'd recorded it, Beirach answered, “That was just for you, bro. Let it go.” — I know Beirach's playing mostly from three albums by the John Abercrombie Quartet with bassist George Mraz and drummer Peter Donald: "Arcade" (1978), "Abercrombie Quartet" (1979), and "M" (1980). My favorite of the many beautiful tunes on those albums is guitarist Abercrombie's "Boat Song", from "M". (Andrew Shields, #111words, 28 January 2026)