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I don't know where it's going. Maybe it's going to hell. You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens. - Thelonious Monk
" "I don't know where it's going. Maybe it's going to hell. You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens.
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About Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser", "Ruby, My Dear", "In Walked Bud", and "Well, You Needn't". Monk is the second-most-recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington.
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Birth Name:
Thelious Monk Jr.
Native Name:
Thelonious S. Monk
Alternative Names:
Thelonious Sphere Monk
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: You liked the arrangement?
Monk: Did you make the arrangement? It was crazy.
Feather: No.
Monk: It was a bunch of musicians who were together, playing an arrangement. It sounded so good, it made me like the song better! Solos ... the trombone sounded good ... that was a good lead trumpet player too ... I don't know how to rate it, but I'd say it was top-notch.
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