LC control no. | n 82218969 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | ML417.M846 Biography |
Personal name heading | Monk, Thelonious |
Variant(s) | Monk, Thelonious, 1917-1982 Monk, Thelonious Sphere Monk, Thelonius |
See also | Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Octet Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Orchestra Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Quartet Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Quintet Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Septet Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Sextet Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Trio |
Located | New York (N.Y.) |
Birth date | 1917-10-10 |
Death date | 1982-02-17 |
Place of birth | Rocky Mount (N.C.) |
Place of death | Weehawken (N.J.) |
Field of activity | Jazz |
Affiliation | Columbia Records, Inc. |
Profession or occupation | Jazz musicians Composers Pianists |
Found in | His 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) |