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Thelonious Monk
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Gottlieb, William P., photographer, 1947

Thelonious Monk

North Carolina · born or raised1917–1982

American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982)

  • Born in Rocky Mount
  • Lived in Rocky Mount

pianist, composer, jazz musician, recording artist, musician

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Quotations with a citation

Leonard Feather: You liked the arrangement? Monk: Did you make the arrangement? It was crazy. Feather: No. Monk: It was a bunch of musicians who were together, playing an arrangement. It sounded so good, it made me like the song better! Solos ... the trombone sounded good ... that was a good lead trumpet player too ... I don't know how to rate it, but I'd say it was top-notch.
Reviewing Bob Florence's arrangement of Monk's "Straight, No Chaser"—featuring trombonist Herbie Harper and trumpeter John Audino—from Here and Now! (Bold, Swinging Big Band Ideas), for DownBeat's "Blindfold Test" (c. 1966); reproduced in The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties (1966) by Leonard Feather, p. 31
Which is the way to the toilet?
Reviewing "Easy Listening Blues" from Oscar Peterson's With Respect to Nat, for DownBeat's "Blindfold Test" (c. 1966); reproduced in The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties (1966) by Leonard Feather, p. 30
It reminded me of Bobby Timmons, and that's got to be good. Rhythm section has the right groove, too. Drummer made me think of Art Blakey. Hey, play that again. (Later.) Yeah! He sounds like a piano player! (Hums theme.) You can keep changing keys all the time doing that. Sounds like something that was studied and figured out. And he can play it; you know what's happening with this one. Yeah, he was on a Bobby Timmons kick. He knows what's happening.
Reviewing "Carole's Garden" from Denny Zeitlin's Carnival, for DownBeat's "Blindfold Test" (c. 1966); reproduced in The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties (1966) by Leonard Feather, p. 30

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Open Library 'Round Midnight · 2021 View library record ↗ Open Library The Best of Thelonious Monk · 2006 View library record ↗ Open Library Thelonious Monk · 1988 View library record ↗ Open Library Thelonious Monk - Omnibook for Piano · 2022 View library record ↗ Open Library Thelonious Monk Fake Book · 2002 View library record ↗ Open Library Thelonious Monk Favorites · 2010 View library record ↗

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