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Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk was born on October 10th 1917 in Rocky Mount, NC, and grew up in New York. He longed to be a jazz musician.

When in his teens he met jazz pianist, Mary Lou Williams Who remained a close friend and musical inspiration thought his life. By the 1940s he was playing in Harlem clubs and performing with many jazz musicians such as Kenny Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. He became pretty famous by the 1950s without having to compromise his art. Thought his career He mainly performed his own compositions and he was a jazz pianist and a composer.

 Here is some info about his songs here is one it is called Ask Me Now it was first recorded July,23 1951 Blue Hawk is another one of his songs it was recorded October,22 1959. that was some of his songs now he also wrote Bemsha swing, blue monk , Boo Boo’s Birthday he also wrote Brake’s Sake. One of the major cities that he traveled to is New York City he died in 1982 of a heart-attack