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Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
Title: Thelonious Monk
Author: Robin D.G. Kelley
Author: Robin D.G. Kelley
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Thelonious Monk had much to celebrate on October 10, 1957. It was his fortieth birthday, and after more than two decades of scuffling his career was on an upswing. He had a regular engagement at the Five Spot Café in New York City--his first steady gig in several years. When he opened there three months earlier, Monk had just begun to emerge from relative obscurity.