How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #4
And I bow deeply to Thelonious Monk
for figuring out a way
to motorize – or whatever – his huge piano
so he could be with us today. (21-24)
Monk is the fifth musician who joins the speaker's jazz crew. By depicting Monk walking along with him, the speaker suggests that Monk is his friend.
Quote #5
because the five of us, instruments and all,
are about to angle over
to the south side of the street
and then, in our own tightly knit way,
turn the corner at Sixth Avenue (36-40)
The speaker depicts himself and the musicians (with all their instruments) as one big group. They're all doing the same thing: angling over to the south side of the street. They're moving together. What's more, the speaker refers to them as moving in their "own tightly knit way." The use of the words "tightly knit" suggests just how close this "group" is. They're tight buddies.