Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk produced a body of work that was rooted in the stride-piano tradition of Willie(The Lion) Smith and Duck Ellington, yet in many ways he stood apart from the mainstream jazz repertory.
Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk produced a body of work that was rooted in the stride-piano tradition of Willie(The Lion) Smith and Duck Ellington, yet in many ways he stood apart from the mainstream jazz repertory.
Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk produced a body of work that was rooted in the stride-piano tradition of Willie(The Lion) Smith and Duck Ellington, yet in many ways he stood apart from the mainstream jazz repertory.