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Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk

  • Pianist
  • Composer

Pianist and composer, New York. House pianist at Minton's, the Five Spot with Coltrane, twelve years with Charlie Rouse.

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New York, USA

The Records

On the Bill

  1. 22OCTThursday

    Brilliant Corners, played whole by the house quintet

    Minton's PlayhouseHarlem

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  2. 8NOVSunday

    Misterioso for eight pianos

    RouletteBrooklyn

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  3. 29NOVSunday

    His ballads, played solo

    The StoneNew York

  4. 25DECFriday

    Round Midnight, arranged for big band

    ConcertgebouwAmsterdam

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Press Cuttings

  • Coltrane on Coltrane, DownBeat, 29 September 1960

    Working with Monk brought me close to a musical architect of the highest order.

    John Coltrane

  • Blindfold Test, DownBeat, 1964

    He approaches the piano somehow from an angle, and it is the right angle.

    Bill Evans

  • On the future of jazz, DownBeat, 30 October 1958

    You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens.

    Thelonious Monk

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