Thelonious Monk went by Melodious, The High Priest of Bebop, The Mad Monk, and The Genius of Modern Music.
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Thelonious Monk's birth name is Monk, Thelonious Sphere.
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Thomas Fitterling, in Thelonious Monk: His Life and Music(1997), points out that Monk's middle name, "Sphere," derives from his maternal grandmother, Sphere Batts. Not a hipster's cool affectation, "Sphere" was part of Monk's given name according to family documents.
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