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ISBN-10: 1439190461
ISBN-13: 9781439190463
Publisher: Free Press
Publish Date: 11/02/2010
Dimensions: 9.00" L, 5.80" W, 1.70" H

Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original

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Overview

From the mind of brilliant historian Robin Kelley comes the first full biography of legendary jazz musician Thelonious Monk, including full access to the family’s archives, dozens of interviews, and an afterword for Monk’s 2017 centennial.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 com-posers. Elegantly written and rich with humor and pathos, Thelonious Monk is the definitive work on modern jazz’s most original composer.

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"Monk's story, from roots in slavery, to the Great Migration north, to the cultural explosions of the 40s, 50s, and 60s, encapsulates a vivid tableau of twentieth-century American life and music. This biography is, at its best, a fitting tribute to one of America's most original and lasting creative geniuses." -The Sacramento Book Review
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ISBN-10: 1439190461
ISBN-13: 9781439190463
Publisher: Free Press
Publish Date: 11/02/2010
Dimensions: 9.00" L, 5.80" W, 1.70" H
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