Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monkwas an American jazz pianist and composer. Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser" "Ruby, My Dear", "In Walked Bud", and "Well, You Needn't". Monk is the second most-recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, which is particularly remarkable as Ellington composed more than 1,000 pieces, whereas Monk wrote about 70...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth10 October 1917
CityRocky Mount, NC
CountryUnited States of America
Thelonious Monk quotes about
I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money.
We have two kids, my wife and myself.
I find my inspiration in myself.
Everybody in all countries tries to play jazz.
I can shoot pool, and I can play ping-pong. I'm pretty good at those games.
I made the wrong mistakes
Everyone is a genius at being themselves
Man, that cat [Ornette Coleman] is nuts.
I never though much about race.
Be-bop wasn't developed in any deliberate way.
Jazz is my adventure.
I played the wrong wrong notes.