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Top members (works)zenosbooks (8), provisionslibrary (6), leavingsamsara (5), tweis (4), petrovnik (4), JeremyDeanLibrary (4), robmickey (4), ObamaMomma (4), DoctorsDweeb (4), awmarrs (3), brwi0435 (3), cabiria (3), sarah.e.grey (3), ehillsman (3) — more Recently addedKelMunger (1), -casaubon (1), manorlibrary (1), Mrs.Butera (1), amberalicia (1), bnation (1), MsGumby (1), hwulibrary (1), alcottacre (1), ProfessorXDM (2) Member favoritesRobin D. G. Kelley has 1 media appearance. Thelonious Monk's Jazz Legacy On Point, Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 0am Robin Kelley discusses Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. Jazz great Thelonious Monk had a genius for unusual and daring composition, for confounding and delighting the world. He did things with rhythm, melody and chords that had never quite been heard before. Hip America swooned for his music and for his myth: the mystical, elusive “George Washington of bebop.” From the 1940s to the 1970s and beyond, the myth of Monk nearly overshadowed the man. But his music rolls on. A new biography from Robin Kelley tells the story of the music and the man — of Coltrane and Chopin and genius and Monk. (Shortride)… (more) Robin D. G. Kelley has 2 past events. (show) Thelonious Monk Robin Kelley , Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. This first purely biographical treatment of the landmark jazz composer and pianist brings in a wealth of new material, much of it specifically intended to put paid to Monk's reputation as an enigmatic recluse. Historian Kelley ("Race Rebels: Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class") draws on new personal interviews and unprecedented access to private documents and recordings, filling in some gaps left in previous biographies. A wealth of historical context is richly studded with details of Monk's family background and the broader world in which he lived and worked. (booksense)… (more)
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