1917
Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (died 1982)
Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (died 1982)
Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (died 1982)
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982)
- Born
- 1917
Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser", "Ruby, My Dear", "In Walked Bud", and "Well, You Needn't". As of 2009, Monk was the second-most-recorded jazz composer in history, after Duke Ellington.
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