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Topic: Thelonious Monk

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Favorite website(s):

IMDb - Internet Movie Database

Most admires:

The Dalai Lama, Johannes Gutenberg

Good point(s):

Saintly

Religion(s):

Buddhist

Favorite book(s):

"The Art of Happiness" by His Holiness The Dalai Lama

Favorite religious figure(s):

Siddhartha Gautama

Favorite composer(s):

Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Beethoven

Favorite great thinker(s):

Hypatia

Favorite movie(s):

Baraka

Favorite destination(s):

Ireland, Ireland

Listens to:

Jazz, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong

Favorite quote(s):

"Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end." - Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
"Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung." - Voltaire (1694-1778)

Expert Talk

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Miguel Cortez,
Small Business Owner

Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Located at USC in Southern California.

Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk

I like to expose them to Thelonious Monk's music, which makes them think in an entirely different manner.

Pete Trengle,
Bass Player

When you hear Thelonious Monk's piano playing - or horn players like Ben Webster, Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter - you always hear the melody in there.
Thelonious Monk records Epistrophy with a band that includes both Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane 1957.
People were just sitting around listening to a recording of Thelonious Monk, who played jazz with unusual rhythms.

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