| ✎ | Thelonious Sphere Monk |
| ☆ | 10/10/1917 |
| † | 02/17/1982 |
| ∞ | American jazz pianist and composer. Next to Duke Ellington, Monk is the most recorded jazz composer of all time. Monk’s compositions en improvisations contain dissonants and original melodic ideas. The combination with his unorthodox way of playing, made that many of his songs are considered jazz standards. He worked with some of the greats in jazz, like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Art Blakey and Sonny Rollins |
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