Thelonious Monk

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The piano ain't got no wrong notes. ↗


— Thelonious Monk

#music #piano #music

All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians. ↗


— Thelonious Monk

#musicians #subconsciously

I guess, you know, if I didn't make it with the piano, I guess I would've been the biggest bum. ↗


— Thelonious Monk

#biggest #bum #guess #i #know

I never though much about race. ↗


— Thelonious Monk

#i #much #never #race #though

Be-bop wasn't developed in any deliberate way. ↗


— Thelonious Monk

#be-bop #deliberate #developed #way

I don't know what other people are doing - I just know about me. ↗


— Thelonious Monk

#doing #i #just #know #me

I can shoot pool, and I can play ping-pong. I'm pretty good at those games. ↗


— Thelonious Monk

#good #i #i can #play #pool

I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money. ↗


— Thelonious Monk

#counting #go #i #money #stupid

We have two kids, my wife and myself. ↗


— Thelonious Monk

#myself #two #wife

Everybody in all countries tries to play jazz. ↗


— Thelonious Monk

#everybody #jazz #play #tries






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[. It was later performed and recorded by other artists including Ornette Coleman Eric Dolphy and Bill Evans. issued 1996-7)
Monk Alone: The Complete Solo Studio Recordings of Thelonious Monk 1962–1968 (1998 2 CD Sony)
The Complete Prestige Recordings of Thelonious Monk (2000 3 CD Prestige)
The Columbia Years: '62–'68 (2001 3 CD Sony)
The Complete Vogue Recordings/The Black Lion Sessions (1954–71) (3LP Mosaic)
All Monk.

Visually he was renowned for his distinctive style in suits hats and sunglasses. 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". Monk's manner was idiosyncratic.