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Thelonious Monk is one of jazz's legendary figures, whose life story is shrouded in mystery. In the house trio at Harlem's hip, renowned Minton's Playhouse, he, along with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and drummer Kenny Clarke - and sometimes saxophonist Charlie Parker - helped mold the nascent style of bebop. Monk's compositions 'Round Midnight; Straight, No Chaser; Blue Monk; Misterioso; Rhythm-a-ning; and scores more have become classics in the jazz repertoire.
Monk's piano playing was so original that it has been widely emulated and praised, but never equaled. His personal life was also unique, including battles with mental and neurological conditions that finally led to his total, tragic withdrawal from recording an performing years before his death.
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Straight, No Chaser: The Life and Genius of Thelonious Monk
October 1998, Schirmer Books
in English
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Straight, No Chaser: The Life And Genius Of Thelonious Monk
December 1, 1998, Schirmer Trade Books
Paperback
in English
0825672295 9780825672293
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Straight, No Chaser: The Life and Genius of Thelonious Monk
October 1998, Schirmer Books
Paperback
in English
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Straight, no chaser: the life and genius of Thelonious Monk
1997, Schirmer Books, Prentice Hall International
in English
0028646568 9780028646565
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Straight, no chaser: life and genius of Thelonious Monk.
1997, Books With Attitude
in English
1901526089 9781901526080
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"Barbara Batts Monk was tired of crossing the railroad tracks every day from her little house on Red Row, the "colored" side of town, to the houses where she worked as a maid for white people in Rocky Mount, North Carolina."
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