Spotify Release Info
Track: I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You (take 7) - Take 7
Artist: Thelonious Monk
Album: Thelonious Himself
Artist Bio
Name: Thelonious Monk
Spotify Genres: jazz, bebop, hard bop, cool jazz, free jazz, jazz blues
Followers: 729,841
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Biography
American jazz pianist and composer. Born: 10 October 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA. Died: 17 February 1982 in Weehawken, New Jersey, USA (aged 64). A performer with an idiosyncratic improvisational style who made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire and is the most recorded composer in the genre after [a145257]. He is often regarded as one of the founders of bebop. Monk's compositions and improvisations are full of dissonant harmonies and angular melodic twists. His unorthodox approach to the piano combines a highly percussive attack with abrupt, use of silence and dramatic pauses. He was also known for a distinct fashion sense in his suits, hats and trademark sunglasses. Monk was an unconventional stage presence, known for getting up from his piano to dance (sometimes in a counter-clockwise motion which drew comparisons to ring-shout and Muslim Sufi whirling) while his band members were playing. Recorded as leader for [l281] (1947-52), [l19591] (1952-54), [l34094] (1955-61), [l1866] (1962-68) and [l139936] (1971). Monk is one of only five jazz musicians to date to be featured on the cover of Time magazine, which puts him in a select company with [a=Louis Armstrong], [a=Dave Brubeck], Ellington, and [a=Wynton Marsalis]. Father of [a=Thelonious Monk Jr.] and Barbara Monk (who was known as [a953795]).
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Discogs Release Info
Release: Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Himself
Year: 2008
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Post Bop