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Thelonious Monk

Blue Monk

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Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer considered “one of the giants of American music”. Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including “Epistrophy”, “‘Round Midnight”, “Blue Monk”, “Straight, No Chaser” and “Well, You Needn’t”. Monk is the second most recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, which is particularly remarkable as Ellington composed over 1,000 songs while Monk wrote about 70. Often regarded as a founder of bebop, Monk’s playing later evolved away from that style. His compositions and improvisations are full of dissonant harmonies and angular melodic twists, and are consistent with Monk’s unorthodox... Read on...

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More songs by Thelonious Monk (See Charts): Monk'S Dream, Off Minor, Crepuscule With Nellie, Epistrophy, Bye Ya, and Round About Midnight.

Popular in Jazz (See Charts): Sinnerman, What A Wonderful World, Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, Summertime, Baltimore, Gloomy Sunday, Feeling Good, Slabo Day, What'S A Woman, and Strangers In The Night.

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