Thelonious Monk American pianist composer
Thelonious Monk is a 64 years old American pianist composer from Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Thelonious Monk was born on October 10, 1917 (died on February 17, 1982, he was 64 years old) in Rocky Mount, North Carolina as Thelonious Sphere Monk. His nickname was Monk Thelonious Sphere.
About
Birth name of Thelonious Monk is Thelonious Sphere Monk
No, he died on 02/17/1982, 42 years ago. He was 64 years old when he died. Cause of death: stroke. He died in Weehawken and buried in Ferncliff Cemetery .
Family
Child
He had one child, T. (74, American musician) . When his first child, T. S. Monk, was born, Thelonious Monk was 32 years old.
Works
Thelonious Monk Albums (105)
There are 105 albums of Thelonious Monk.
His last album Milestones of Legends Jazz Trumpets, Vol.3 released 2 years 6 months ago. When Milestones of Legends Jazz Trumpets, Vol.3 released, he was 103 years old. This album contains 20 tracks
His first album Genius Of Modern Music (Vol.1, Expanded Edition) released 73 years ago, he was 33 years old when this album released. There were 21 songs in this album.
Milestones of Legends Jazz Trumpets, Vol.3
The Art of the Piano, Vol. 10
セロニアス・モンク
Palo Alto
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Popular Thelonious Monk Songs
- 'round Midnight (Genius Of Modern Music (Vol.1, Expanded Edition), released 73 years ago)
- I'm Confessin' (Solo Monk, released 60 years ago)
- Straight, No Chaser (Straight, No Chaser, released 57 years ago)
- Monk's Dream - Take 8 (Monk's Dream, released 61 years ago)
- Ruby, My Dear (Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (OJC Remaster), released 63 years ago)
- Locomotive (Straight, No Chaser, released 57 years ago)
- Body And Soul (Monk's Dream, released 61 years ago)
- Stuffy Turkey (It's Monk's Time, released 60 years ago)
- Eronel (Criss-Cross (Expanded Edition), released 61 years ago)
- Leap Frog - Take 11 / Take 6 / Master Take (Bird And Diz (Expanded Edition), released 72 years ago)
Thelonious Monk Movies (8)
There are 8 movies of Thelonious Monk.
His first feature film was Bert Stern: Original Madman (2011, as himself). He was 93 when he starred in this movie. Since 2011, he has appeared in 8 feature films. The last one is Monk. In this movie, we watched him as himself .
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Thelonious Monk movie characters
The names of the characters/jobs in the films he starred in are as follows:
| Character/Job | Movie | Age |
|---|---|---|
| himself | Bert Stern: Original Madman (2011) | 93 |
| Himself | Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988) | 71 |
| himself | It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story (2018) | 100 |
| Heads (1969) | 51 | |
| Jazz Icons: Thelonious Monk Live in '66 (2006) | 88 | |
| Himself | Thelonious Monk Quartet at Salle Pleyel, Paris, 1969 (2012) | 94 |
| Himself | Monk in Europe (2022) | 0 |
| Himself | Monk (2022) | 0 |
Awards (4)
Awarded Grammy Hall of Fame in 1997 , awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992 , awarded Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards in 2005 , awarded John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship ,
Education
He graduated from Juilliard School and Stuyvesant High School
What was Thelonious's zodiac sign?Thelonious Monk zodiac sign was libra.
Where does He lives?
He is living in Rocky Mount.
Other facts about Thelonious Monk
| Alias | Monk Thelonious Sphere |
|---|---|
| Place of death | Weehawken |
| Genre | Jazz, Bebop, Cool jazz, Hard bop |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Date of death | 1982-02-17T00:00:00Z |
| Record | Prestige |
| Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
| Family name | Monk. Show people with the surname Monk |
| Residence | Rocky Mount |
| Related category | Category:Songs With Music By Thelonious Monk , of: song with music by this composer |
| Spoken text audio | , language of work or name: Russian |
| Copyright status as a creator | Works Protected By Copyrights , applies to jurisdiction: countries with 50 years pma or longer |
| IPI name number | 00021226535 , named as: MONK THELONIOUS S |
| Given name | Sphere , series ordinal: 2 |
| Different from | Thelonious Sphere Monk , criterion used: personal name refers to multiple people |
| Discography | Thelonious Monk Discography |
| Copyright representative | Broadcast Music, Inc. |
| Name in native language | Thelonious Monk |
| Birth name | Thelonious Sphere Monk |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Europeana entity | Agent/base/60851 |
| Sponsor | Pannonica De Koenigswarter |
| Manner of death | Natural Causes |
| Genre | Cool Jazz |
| Official website | Thelonious Monk official website |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Libris-URI | Sq468dsb0dzl6tq |
| Ethnic group | African Americans |
| U.S. National Archives Identifier | 10570010 |
| Influenced by | Claude Debussy |
| Place of burial | Ferncliff Cemetery |
