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Sphere is an innovative saxophone player modelled on Ornette Coleman, though Sphere is also Thelonious Monk's middle name.

T. S. Monk ( born Thelonious Sphere Monk, III, December 27, 1949, New York, United States ) is an American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader.

This is the " 80th Anniversary Birthday Tribute to Thelonious Sphere Monk " featuring 20 guest artists including Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Arturo Sandoval, Dianne Reeves, Nnenna Freelon, and Howard Johnson, among others.

Ben Riley ( born 17 July 1933 ) is an American hard bop drummer known for his work with Thelonious Monk, as well as Alice Coltrane, Stan Getz, Woody Herman, Eddie " Lockjaw " Davis, Ahmad Jamal, Kenny Barron, and as member of the group Sphere.

Notable jazz bassists from the 1940s to the 1950s included bassist Jimmy Blanton ( 1918 – 1942 ) whose short tenure in the Duke Ellington Swing band ( cut short by his death from tuberculosis ) introduced new melodic and harmonic solo ideas for the instrument ; bassist Ray Brown ( 1926 – 2002 ), known for backing Beboppers Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum and Charlie Parker, and forming the Modern Jazz Quartet ; hard bop bassist Ron Carter ( born 1937 ), who has appeared on 3, 500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, including LPs by Thelonious Monk and Wes Montgomery and many Blue Note Records artists ; and Paul Chambers ( 1935 – 1969 ), a member of the Miles Davis Quintet ( including the landmark modal jazz recording Kind of Blue ) and many other 1950s and 1960s rhythm sections, was known for his virtuosic improvisations.

* Underground ( Thelonious Monk album ), 1968

Established musicians including Thelonious Monk and Kenny Clarke were also regular participants.

( One occasion, in which he had a near fight with Thelonious Monk during the recording of Bags ' Groove, received wide exposure in the specialized press.

Coltrane, who in the meantime had freed himself from his drug habits, was available after a highly fruitful experience with Thelonious Monk and was hired back, as was Philly Joe Jones.

* Thelonious Monk ( 1917 – 1982 ), jazz pianist and composer

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Thelonious Monk at Minton's Playhouse, New York City, 1947

Bebop techniques grew out of jazz, with leading composers such as Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell.

On October 26, 2008, Paul Allen was given the Herbie Hancock Humanitarian Award from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz for his " visionary achievements as a businessman and a global philanthropist.

The music of Thelonious Monk became a permanent part of Lacy's repertoire after a stint in the pianist's band, with Monk's songs appearing on virtually every Lacy album and concert program ; Lacy often partnered with trombonist Roswell Rudd in exploring Monk's work.

His most enduring relationship, however, was with the music of Thelonious Monk: he recorded the first album to feature only Monk compositions ( Reflections, Prestige, 1958 ) and briefly played in Monk's band in 1960 and later on Monk's Big Band / Quartet album ( Columbia, 1963 ).

Jazz stars in the 1950s who came into prominence in their genres called Bebop, Hard bop, Cool jazz and the Blues, at this time included Lester Young, Ben Webster, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Art Tatum, Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal, Oscar Peterson, Gil Evans, Jerry Mulligan, Cannonball Adderley, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, Art Blakey, Max Roach, the Miles Davis Quintet, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, Nina Simone, and Billie Holiday.

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** Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist ( b. 1917 )

Bebop was the preferred form for younger talent based in New York, such as Charlie Parker or Thelonious Monk who both rarely embraced the Big Band idiom.

The concert made international headlines, led to a Time cover story ( Dave Brubeck and Thelonious Monk are the only other jazz musicians featured on the cover the magazine ), and resulted in an album that would become the best-selling long-playing recording of Ellington's career.

He is one of only five jazz musicians ever to have been featured on the cover of Time ( the other four being Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Wynton Marsalis, and Dave Brubeck ).

The more notable artists include Sonny Stitt, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett, Claude Bolling, Oscar Peterson, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Dick Hyman, Joe Pass, Milt Jackson, Earl Hines, André Previn, World Saxophone Quartet, Ben Webster, Zoot Sims, Kenny Burrell, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, Martial Solal, Clark Terry and Randy Weston.

Thelonious Monk was born October 10, 1917, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of Thelonious and Barbara Monk, two years after his sister Marion.

In the case of Thelonious Monk, ( b. Rocky Mount, NC, October 10, 1917 ) the North Carolina connection is slight, as Monk's family moved to Manhattan when Monk was four.

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* Thelonious Monk: ( 1917 – 1982 ) American musician

* Thelonious Monk ( 1917 – 1982 ), pianist

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# " Straight, No Chaser " – Thelonious Monk ( Taken from Monk in Tokyo )

Reich describes the piece as " the longest V – I cadence in the history of Western Music " the v ( B – D – F ) and I ( E – G – B ) chords being contained within the one chord: " You'll find the chord in Debussy and Thelonious Monk – the tonic on top and the dominant on the bottom.

In his last decade, Russell often played at jazz festivals and international tours organized by George Wein, including an appearance with Thelonious Monk at the 1963 Newport Festival, a meeting which has a mixed reputation ( currently available as part of the Monk 2CD set Live at Newport 1963 – 65 ).