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First Name

Thelonious

Last Name

Monk

Date of Birth

10 October 1917

Place of Birth

Rocky Mount, NC

Star Sign

Libra

Date of Death

17 February 1982

Place of Death

Edgewood, NJ

Cause of Death

Stroke

Ethnicity

Black

Claim to Fame

Jazz pianist and composer

Gender

Male

Nationality

American

Music Genre

Jazz, Piano

Music Style

Bop, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Modern Big Band, Mainstream Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz

Music Mood

Whimsical, Sophisticated, Stylish, Exuberant, Quirky, Earthy, Confident, Witty, Playful, Passionate, Freewheeling, Complex, Humorous, Irreverent, Searching, Enigmatic, Wry, Earnest, Literate, Amiable/Good-Natured, Brash

Instrument

Piano, Composer, Leader

Wikipedia Text

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.

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Thelonious Sphere Monk is considered one of the most important (and eccentric) jazz composers of the century. One of the early practitioners of bebop during the 1940s and `50s, his complex compositions featured irregular rhythms, dissonant sounds and a quirky sense of humor. He was the composer of such jazz standards as "`Round Midnight" and "Straight No Chaser

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High School

Stuyvesant High School, New York City, NY (dropout)

Full Name at Birth

Thelonious Sphere Monk

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Role ID

Soundtrack, Music Department, Composer

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