Birthday Greetings Jazz Pianist Extraordinaire Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk, born October 10, 1917, was a jazz pianist and composer. Thelonious had a unique improvisational style. His genius to this day provides numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire. Thelonious‘ greatest hits, so to speak, “‘Round Midnight”, “Blue Monk”, “Straight, No Chaser”, “Ruby, My Dear”, “In Walked Bud”, and “Well, You Needn’t”. Thelonious Monk is the second most recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington. Jack de Nijs / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Enjoy Thelonious Monk Quartet Live In 66 Norway & Denmark concerts
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