Thelonious Monk
His motto was "There are no wrong notes on the piano."
Thelonious Monk at Minton's Playhouse in New York City circa September 1947
About The artist
“Working with Monk brought me close to a musical architect of the highest order. I felt I learned from him in every way—through the senses, theoretically, technically.”
John Coltrane
Did you know...
By the time Monk was thirteen, he had won the weekly amateur competition at the Apollo Theater so many times that the management banned him from re-entering the contest.
