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- Name: Thelonious Sphere Monk
- Nickname: Monk
- Born: October 10, 1917
- Died: February 17, 1982
- Genres: Jazz, bebop, hard bop
- Origin: Rocky Mount, NC
- Labels: Blue Note, Prestige, Riverside, Columbia
- Instrument: Piano
- Cover of Time Magazine: February 28, 1964
- Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2006, Grammy in 1987
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Thelonious Monk was a pioneering Jazz pianist and composer and is considered to be one of the founders of the "Bebop" style of Jazz. The works of Thelonious Monk are known for their unique rhythms, dissonant melody structures and unorthodox chord progressions. Monk also collaborated with many of the giants of the Bebop era, such as John Coltrane and Miles Davis.
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Thelonious Monk on Amazon
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Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall - $11.98
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Monk's Music: Thelonious Monk and Jazz History in the Making (Roth Family Foundation Music in America Imprint) - $23.95
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Jazz Icons: Thelonious Monk Live in '66 - $19.99
Jazz Icons: Thelonious Monk features two intimate concerts fi lmed three days apart in Scandanavia in the Spring of 1966 with a legendary quartet that includes drummer Ben Riley, ...Amazon
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Thelonious Monk Questions
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Monk fans: Who do YOU think killed Trudy Monk? 1 AnswerHonestly, I think the show has done a lousy job of foreshadowing on this one. Their evil villain (the huge fat guy in prison) was a stranger to everyone, the g... read more -
Do Ethiopian Christian monks practice the law of Mose? 1 Answerno the monks used jew practices read more
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[ YouTube ] ( music ) Thelonious Monk Quartet - Straight, No Chaser - Paris, 1969 / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxX0-OaI5j0
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Temas inesquecíveis (fatality) do Jazz - EPISTROPHY - Thelonious Monk - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2s6LZUdYaU&feature=related
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I want to read: Thelonious Monk by Robin Kelley - http://bit.ly/8oGH5b
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RT @davidalcorn: Thelonious Monk at the 30th Street Studios, 1964: Music and daily life proved to be difficult enough. Kelley has cr... ...
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