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Monk, Thelonious

LC control no.n 82218969
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LC classificationML417.M846 Biography
Personal name headingMonk, Thelonious
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Variant(s)Monk, Thelonious, 1917-1982
Monk, Thelonious Sphere
Monk, Thelonius
See alsoCorporate body: Thelonious Monk Octet
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Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Orchestra
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Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Quartet
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Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Quintet
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Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Septet
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Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Sextet
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Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Trio
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LocatedNew York (N.Y.)
Birth date1917-10-10
Death date1982-02-17
Place of birthRocky Mount (N.C.)
Place of deathWeehawken (N.J.)
Field of activityJazz
AffiliationColumbia Records, Inc.
Profession or occupationJazz musicians Composers Pianists
Found inHis Thelonious Monk live at the It Club [SR] c1982: label (Thelonious Monk, composer/pianist)
LC data base, 6/3/83 (hdg.: Monk, Thelonious)
Jackson, M. Memories of Thelonious Sphere Monk [SR] p1982.
Castérède, J. Hommage à Thélonious Monk, c1983: p. iii (Thelonious Monk; b. 1920, d. 1982)
Williams, J. Birthplace of Thelonius Monk ... 1979: postcard verso (Thelonius Monk)
Groves encyc. of pop. music, 1992 (Monk, Thelonious; b. 10/10/17; d. 2/17/82)
Southern, E. Biog. dict. Afro-Amer. musicians, 1982 (Monk, Thelonious Sphere; b. 10/10/17)
African American National Biography, accessed February 27, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Monk, Thelonious; pianist, composer / arranger, bandleader, jazz musician; born 10 October, 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States; studied at Stuyvesant High School, New York; developed some piano technique; served as an organist at Union Baptist Church; accompanist for barnstorming evangelist (1935-1937); played jazz at clubs, New York; hired for house band, (1947); first recordings as leader, Blue Note label (1947); convicted of possession of narcotics (1951); signed with Columbia Records (1962-1968); appeared at nightclubs, concert halls, and jazz festivals (1960s); died 5 February, 1982 in Weehawken, New Jersey, United States)