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Biography of Thelonious Monk
Name: Thelonious Monk
Birth Date: October 10, 1917
Death Date: February 17, 1982
Place of Birth: Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: instrumental musician, composer, music director/conductor
Thelonious Monk
Along with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) was a vital member of the jazz revolution which took place in the early 1940s. Monk's unique piano style and his talent as a composer made him a leader in the development of modern jazz.When Thelonious Monk began performing his music in the early 1940s, only a small circle of New York's brightest jazz musicians could appreciate its uniqueness. His melodies were angular, his harmonies full of jarring clusters, and he used both notes and the absence of notes in unexpected ways. He flattened his fingers when he played the piano and used his elbows from time to time to get the sound he wanted. Critics and peers took these as signs of incompetency, giving his music "puzzled dismissal as deliberately eccentric," as Jazz Journal noted. "To them, Monk apparently had ideas, but it took fleshier players like pianist Bud …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…world events:1923: First issue of Time magazine published1929: U.S. Stock Market Crash started Great Depression1935: Bill Wilson founded Alcoholics Anonymous1944: Attempt to assassinate Hitler failed1948: Apartheid instituted in South Africa1953: James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain published1957: Soviet Union launched Sputnik satellite1968: Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee1974: Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's home run record1980: Mt. St. Helens erupted in Washington State Further Reading Chilton, John, Who's Who of Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street, Chilton, 1972.Giddons, Gary, Rhythm-A-Ning: Jazz Tradition and Innovation in the 80s, 1986.Hentoff, Nat, The Jazz Life, Da Capo, 1975.Jepsen, Jorgen Grunnet, A Discography of Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell, Knudsen, 1969Crescendo International, June 1984.Daily News, February 18, 1982.Jazz Journal, August 1964.Jazz Review, November 1958.Keyboard, July 1982.New York Post, February 18, 1982; September 30, 1989.New York Times, September 30, 1989.Time, February 28, 1964.Village Voice, March 9, 1982.Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser, directed by Charlotte Zwerin, Warner Bros., 1989.
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