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Thelonious Sphere Monk
Born: 10th October 1917, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S.A
Died: 17th February 1982, Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.A
Nationality: American
Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer. He 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.
Monk's compositions and improvisations feature dissonances and angular melodic twists, often using flat ninths, flat fifths, unexpected chromatic notes together, low bass notes and stride, and fast whole tone runs, combining a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of switched key releases, silences, and hesitations.
Monk's distinct look included suits, hats, and sunglasses.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelonious_Monk
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- 'Round Midnight (18)
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- Trinkle, Trinkle (3)
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- We See (1)
- Well, You Needn't (1)
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