Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser" and "Well, You Needn't". Monk is the second most recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, which is particularly remarkable as Ellington composed over 1,000 songs while Monk wrote about 70.
These are photos from concerts where Thelonius Monk played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Miles Davis / Maynard Ferguson / george Benson / Weather Report / Thelonius Monk / Sonny Stitt / Dizzy Gillespie / Wayne Shorter Sep 23, 1972 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Uploaded by Zimtrim
