Dec 29th, 2009 · Robin D.G. Kelley spent 14 years on a new book, which some are calling the definitive work on a jazz legend. In Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, he portrays the great pianist as a trained musician, a psychiatric case and a father.
Keywords: music · Jazz · legend · pianist · Monk · Biography · Myth · psychiatric · Kelley · Robin DG · emThelonious · American Original
Dec 8th, 2009 · Robin D.G. Kelley's new book, Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, focuses on the career of the eccentric jazz pianist and composer. It reveals new details about Monk's life, music and mental health problems, and provides a glimpse into the New York jazz scene of the mid-twentieth century.
Keywords: New York · Health · music · Mental · Jazz · Composing · pianist · Monk · eccentric · Thelonious · Twentieth · Kelley
