· Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin D.G. Kelley is a meticulously researched and engaging read that seeks to put the record straight without any chaser. Popular notions about Monk tend to emphasize his lack of formal training, his bizarre behavior and unique fashion sense/5. · Looking At The Life And Times Of Thelonious Monk 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 Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. · Robin D. G. Kelley, in his extraordinary and heroically detailed new biography, “Thelonious Monk,” makes a large point time and time again Author: August Kleinzahler.
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Robin D. G. Kelley, in his extraordinary and heroically detailed new biography, “Thelonious Monk,” makes a large point time and time again that Monk was no primitive, as so many have. Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original (The Free Press, ). Best Book About Jazz , Jazz Journalists Association Music in American Culture Award, American Musicological Association Ambassador Award for Book of Special Distinction, English Speaking Union; PEN Open Book Award, PEN American Center ASCAP Deems-Taylor Award. Kelley's approach is straightforward. A chronological account, with an unusually and laudably tight grip on the chronology, it starts with details of Monk's ancestors at the end of the American Civil War and goes through to his death aged 64 in , with a short but moving account of relevant events after that.
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