Thelonious Monk's birth name is Monk, Thelonious Sphere.
Monk knows.
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.
Theo Hearst goes by Thelonious, Theon, Lucky, The Buddha, Yoga, Yogi, and Yoda.
Once ragtime was fused with slave music and blues forms, jazz started to sprout up. First came the big bands (Duke Ellington, Count Basie). These were for dancing to. Then came be-bop. This was "musician's music" (Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk)
Thelonious Monk's birth name is Monk, Thelonious Sphere.
His nicknames were Melodious, The Mad Monk, The High Priest of Bebop, or The Genius of Modern Music.
Thelonious Monk is a/an Musician, composer
Thelonious Monk was born on October 10, 1917.
Thelonious Monk Trio was created in 1954.
Thelonious Monk was born on October 10, 1917.
Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk was created on 1960-04-29.
The Unique Thelonious Monk was created on 1956-04-03.
Thomas Monk
Thelonious Monk died on February 17, 1982 at the age of 64.
Thelonious Monk did not play the bass. He was a piano player.
Underground - Thelonious Monk album - was created on 1968-02-14.