Thelonious Monk
| First Name | Thelonious |
| Last Name | Monk |
| Full Name at Birth | Thelonious Sphere Monk |
| Age | 64 (age at death) |
| Date of Birth | October 10, 1917 |
| Birthplace | Rocky Mount, NC |
| Date of Death | February 17, 1982 |
| Location of Death | Edgewood, NJ |
| Cause of Death | Stroke |
| Height | 6' 3" (190 cm) |
| Star Sign | Libra |
| Ethnicity | Black |
| Nationality | American |
| High School | Stuyvesant High School, New York City, NY (dropout) |
| Occupation Category | Jazz Musician |
| Claim to Fame | Jazz pianist and composer |
| Music Genre | Jazz, Piano |
| Music Style | Bop, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Modern Big Band, Mainstream Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz |
| Music Mood | Whimsical, Sophisticated, Stylish, Exuberant, Quirky, Earthy, Confident, Witty, Playful, Passionate, Freewheeling, Complex, Humorous, Irreverent, Searching, Enigmatic, Wry, Earnest, Literate, Amiable/Good-Natured, Brash |
| Instrument | Piano, Composer, Leader |
Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". 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 is the second most recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, which is particularly remarkable as Ellington composed over 1,000 songs while Monk wrote about 70.
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Filmography
Selected Thelonious Monk film and TV show credits:
Composer Credits
Music Department Credits
2011
More Than the Rainbow
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Soundtrack Credits
2009
Ànima
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2002
Das Duo
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1999
Southpaw
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1989
The Play on One
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1987
The Beat Generation: An American Dream
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1980
Joe Albany... a Jazz Life
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Thelonious Monk
Brilliant Corners (1957)
Criss-Cross (1963)
It's Monk's Time (1964)
Monk In France (1961)
Monk's Blues (1969)
Monk's Dream (1986)
Mulligan Meets Monk (1957)
Round Midnight (1977)
Straight, No Chaser (1966)
The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956)
Thelonious Himself (1987)
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk Trio (1982)
Underground (1968)
