- Monk, Thelonious
Monk, Thelonious (Personal Name)
- Monk, Thelonious, 1917-1982
- Monk, Thelonious Sphere
- Monk, Thelonius
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)
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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)
