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Coltrane on Coltrane, DownBeat, 29 September 1960 Blindfold Test, DownBeat, 1964 On the future of jazz, DownBeat, 30 October 1958
Thelonious Monk
Pianist and composer, New York. House pianist at Minton's, the Five Spot with Coltrane, twelve years with Charlie Rouse.

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- Tickets
Brilliant Corners, played whole by the house quintet
Minton's Playhouse, Harlem
Thursday, October 22, 2026
- Tickets
Misterioso for eight pianos
Roulette, Brooklyn
Sunday, November 8, 2026
His ballads, played solo
The Stone, New York
Sunday, November 29, 2026
- Tickets
Round Midnight, arranged for big band
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Friday, December 25, 2026
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Working with Monk brought me close to a musical architect of the highest order.
He approaches the piano somehow from an angle, and it is the right angle.
You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens.


















