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- 9780684831909
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
0684831902
ISBN-13
9780684831909
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63860761
Product Key Features
Book Title
Thelonious Monk : the Life and Times of an American Original
Number of Pages
608 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Composers & Musicians, General, North America, Genres & Styles / Jazz
Publication Year
2009
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Music, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
33.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"...extraordinary and heroically detailed...I doubt there will be a biography anytime soon that is as textured, thorough and knowing as Kelley's.' The "genius of modern music" has gotten the passionate, and compassionate, advocate he deserves" - August Kleinzahler,The New York Times Book Review, "Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Originalis one of the most anticipated books in jazz scholarship, and well worth the wait. Robin D. G. Kelley represents one of this generation's most important voices equipped with the knowledge, passion, and respect for both jazz and jazz musicians required to interpret the many details and nuances of Thelonious Monk's life. This compelling book will both challenge old assumptions and inspire new assessments of the life and legacy one of the world's greatest musicians."-- GERI ALLEN, pianist, composer, and Associate Professor of Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation, University of Michigan, "An honest and eloquent treatment of one of our most important artists,Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Originalis a stunning tour de force! It is the most comprehensive treatment of Monk's life to date. Furthermore, in Monk's story, Kelley has found the perfect medium to shed light on a nation's, and a people's, history and persistent quest for freedom. In so doing he has given us a book that is as bold, brilliant, and beautiful as Monk and his music."-- FARAH JASMINE GRIFFIN, author ofIf You Can't Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday, "...a massive and impressive undertaking...Thoroughly researched, meticulously footnoted, and beautifully crafted, "Thelonious Monk'' presents the most complete, most revealing portrait ever assembled of the man known as the high priest of bebop" - Steve Greenlee,The Boston Globe, "?as complete a picture of this complex, original and enigmatic artist as possible? this very welcome book is certain to be a go-to reference." ?Down Beat Magazine, "Monk's story, from roots in slavery, to the Great Migration north, to the cultural explosions of the 40s, 50s, and 60s, encapsulates a vivid tableau of twentieth-century American life and music. This biography is, at its best, a fitting tribute to one of America's most original and lasting creative geniuses." --The Sacramento Book Review, "Robin Kelley's new biographyThelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Originalis a breath of fresh air among the biographies of our legendary jazz musicians. This book is thorough, detailed, and written with a true affinity for Monk's humaneness and creative musical output. It fills in the missing pieces about the growth of the jazz scene in New York through the forties, fifties, and sixties, detailing each step of Monk's development -- who passed through his bands, what gigs he played, and what happened on those scenes. It's an invaluable and close look at the center of the world's most important creative musical developments in those decades: New York City."-- CHICK COREA, "A wealth of historical context is richly studded with details of Monk's family background and the broader world in which he lived and worked...Likely the most thorough possible illumination of the man behind the legend" -Library Journal, "Robin D.G. Kelley's exhaustive, necessary, and as of now definitive [book] offers a Baedeker of sorts?Kelley has created a lush portrait of the private, off-camera Monk, one it would have been difficult to paint without the unprecedented access he had to the Monk family." ?David Yaffe,The Nation, "This is an authoritative tome that pulls aside, without completely lifting, the shroud of mystery that has long surrounded one of the most enigmatic figures in the history of jazz." ?Russ Musto, All About Jazz.com, "Thelonious Monk was a true original?This affectionate biography fills in the fascinating and heart-wrenching backstory of an artist the world has always longed to know better." ?The Christian Science Monitor, "Every step of Monk's musical journey is teased out in meticulous detail...whether he's charting the highs or lows of Monk's emotional swings, Kelley rarely strays from his central theme of an extraordinary talent pushing against the boundaries of his art" -Publishers Weekly, "Powerful, enraging, and enduring.... In Robin Kelley's finely grained and surely definitive lifeand-times study, Thelonious Monk, an American original, has found an original biographer."-- DAVID LEVERING LEWIS, biographer of W. E. B. Du Bois and Pulitzer Prize winner
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
786.2165092
Synopsis
Thelonious Monk is one of the most popular jazz composers and pianists since Duke Ellington, and a cultural icon of cool. This first complete biography is written with full access to the family's archives.
LC Classification Number
ML417.M846
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