Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk is a popular Jazz artist from United States, born on October 10, 1917.

Thelonious Sphere Monk (Rocky Mount, North Carolina 10th October 1917 - Hartsdale, New York 17th February 1982) was a jazz pianist and composer. Widely considered as one of the most important musicians in jazz -- he is one of only five jazz musicians to be featured on the cover of Time -- Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy," "'Round Midnight," "Blue Monk," "Straight No Chaser" and "Well, You Needn't." . Popular albums include "Summer Jazz: Thelonious Monk", "Thelonious Alone In San Francisco", "Thelonious Alone In San Francisco", "Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins", "Plays Duke Ellington", "Genius of Modern Music [Remastered]", "Solo Monk", "Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane", "Monk's Music", "Underground", "Straight, No Chaser" and "Brilliant Corners".