Pictures of
Thelonious Monk

American jazz pianist and composer
(1917-82)



Thelonius Monk's works included some great jazz standards, included "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser", "Misterioso", "Bemsha Swing" "Ruby, My Dear", "Crespuscule With Nellie", and "Well, You Needn't".

Thelonious Monk, Minton's Playhouse, New York, ca. September 1947.

Photo: William P. Gottlieb.




Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy Hill, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947. Photo: William P. Gottlieb.


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Thelonious Monk, at Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947.
Photo: William P. Gottlieb.





Author: David Paul Wagner
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Note: This picture gallery page includes drawings, paintings, photos and images of performances of Thelonious Monk.