Monk, Thelonious

Thelonious Monk
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Name	Monk, Thelonious Gender: M
Birthname	Theolonious Sphere Monk, Jr.
born on	10 October 1917 at 21:15 (= 9:15 PM )
Place	Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 35n56, 77w47
Timezone	EST h5w (is standard time)
Data source	Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA Collector: Garner
Astrology data	17°12' 21°59 Asc. 23°49'

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Thelonious Monk

Biography

American jazz pianist and composer, considered to be one of the world’s most important and eccentric jazz figures and sometimes referred to as "The High Priest of Bebop." Monk's most productive years were from 1945 to 1965 when he put out a volume of work. From 1971-1972, he toured the world with "The Giants of Jazz" and in 1978 received a special tribute at President Jimmy Carter’s White House jazz party.

He began to play by ear as a child, then took lessons at age 12 after the family moved from North Carolina to New York. In the late '30s he played piano with a traveling evangelist show. Primarily working with groups and small bands, he did gigs in New York and formed a big band in 1959 that played intermittently. The family stayed in one New York neighborhood which, in 1983, saw a portion renamed Thelonius Sphere Monk Circle.

His son, Thelonious Monk Jr., became a drummer and continues his father’s legacy and helped establish the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz.

He died of a cerebral aneurysm on 17 February 1982 in Englewood, New Jersey.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

• associate relationship with Booker, Walter (born 17 December 1933). Notes: Music collaborators

• associate relationship with Byrd, Donald (born 9 December 1932)

• associate relationship with Coltrane, John (born 23 September 1926)

• associate relationship with Davis, Miles (born 26 May 1926)

• associate relationship with Dorham, Kenny (born 30 August 1924). Notes: Music collaborators

• associate relationship with Hardman, Bill (born 6 April 1932)

• associate relationship with Haynes, Roy (born 13 March 1925)

• associate relationship with Powell, Bud (born 27 September 1924)

• associate relationship with Roach, Max (born 10 January 1924)

• associate relationship with Rollins, Sonny (born 7 September 1930)

• associate relationship with Savary, Jérôme (born 27 June 1942)

• sibling relationship with Monk, Thomas William (born 11 January 1920)

Events

• Death by Disease 17 February 1982 (Stroke, age 64)
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Source Notes

Steinbrecher quotes B.C. from Garner

Categories

• Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Stroke (Terminal)

• Family : Parenting : Kids - Noted (Son a musician)

• Vocation : Entertain/Music : Group/ Duo (Giants Of Jazz)

• Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Piano)

• Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession

• Notable : Book Collection : Culture Collection