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    Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
    Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
    Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
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    Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original

    Written by Robin D.G. Kelley

    Narrated by Sean Crisden

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    Thelonious Monk is the critically acclaimed, gripping saga of an artist's struggle to "make it" without compromising his musical vision. It is a story that, like its subject, reflects the tidal ebbs and flows of American history in the twentieth century. To his fans, he was the ultimate hipster; to his detractors, he was temperamental, eccentric, taciturn, or childlike. His angular melodies and dissonant harmonies shook the jazz world to its foundations, ushering in the birth of "bebop" and establishing Monk as one of America's greatest composers. Elegantly written and rich with humor and pathos, Thelonious Monk is the definitive work on modern jazz's most original composer.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateOct 3, 2017
    ISBN9781541481343
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    Robin D.G. Kelley

    Robin D. G. Kelley teaches History at UCLA and is the author of several books, including Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination and Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression.

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    • 5/5
      Comprehensive and reverently rendered biography of Monk, a genius innovator and peerless musician. This is a complete capsule that leaves no stone unturned. This is what a jazz bio should be. I highly recommend it.

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    • 5/5
      A very thorough biography of Thelonious Monk. It's a little slow in places, but I found it informative.
    • 5/5
      The best jazz book ever!
      A must read! Do it!
    • 5/5
      Thelonious Monk's Life Story is Very Interesting. It Shows his Struggles from Bipolar Disorder I deal with this and have a Beloved my Father deals with this also. God Bless you Always Thelonious Monk!! ♥