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[[Thelonious Monk]] (1917-1982) was an American jazz composer and pianist, often regarded as a founder of bebop, even though his style eventually moved away from this style. His compositions and improvisations are full of dissonant harmonies and angular melodic twists, consistent with Monk's unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of silences and hesitations.

Monk's most well known compositions were ''"Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"'' and ''"Well, You Needn't"''.

==Zappa and Thelonious Monk==

''"I think the jazz that succeeds – and for my taste there's not much of it – is not based on the guy's erudition; it's based on balls. Balls operating in that kind of a format. (...) I like [[Charles Mingus|Charlie Mingus]], and I Iike Thelonious Monk, [[Eric Dolphy]] – I used to really like [[Harold Land]], but I haven't heard anything from him in a long time. But that's about it."'' (FZ in [[Zappa, 79/8]])

Zappa quoted ''"Blue Monk"'' in [[The Purple Lagoon]] on [[Zappa In New York]] and ''"Straight, No Chaser"'' in [[Be-Bop Tango]] on [[Roxy & Elsewhere]] and in the guitar solo of [[Easy Meat]] on [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5]].

==See Also:==
* [[Wikipedia:Thelonious Monk|Wikipedia article about Thelonious Monk]]
* (http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/songs/Blue_Monk.html| List with references to ''"Blue Monk"'' in Zappa's work)
* (http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/songs/Straight_No_Chaser.html| List with references to ''"Straight, No Chaser"'' in Zappa's work)

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 ==Zappa and Thelonious Monk==
-''"I think the jazz that succeeds – and for my taste there's not much of it – is not based on the guy's erudition; it's based on balls. Balls operating in that kind of a format. (...) I like [[Charles Mingus|Charlie Mingus]], and I like Thelonious Monk, [[Eric Dolphy]] – I used to really like [[Harold Land]], but I haven't heard anything from him in a long time. But that's about it."'' (FZ in [[Zappa, 79/8]])
+''"I think the jazz that succeeds – and for my taste there's not much of it – is not based on the guy's erudition; it's based on balls. Balls operating in that kind of a format. (...) I like [[Charles Mingus|Charlie Mingus]], and I like Thelonious Monk, [[Eric Dolphy]] – I used to really like [[Harold Land]], but I haven't heard anything from him in a long time. But that's about it."'' (Frank Zappa in [[Zappa, 79/8]])
-Zappa quoted ''"Blue Monk"'' in [[The Purple Lagoon]] on [[Zappa In New York]] and ''"Straight, No Chaser"'' in [[Be-Bop Tango]] on [[Roxy & Elsewhere]] and in the guitar solo of [[Easy Meat]] on [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5]].
+Zappa quoted ''"Blue Monk"'' in ''[[The Purple Lagoon]]'' on ''[[Zappa In New York]]'' and ''"Straight, No Chaser"'' in ''[[Be-Bop Tango]]'' on ''[[Roxy & Elsewhere]]'' and in the guitar solo of ''[[Easy Meat]]'' on ''[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5]]''.
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-[[Thelonious Monk]]  (1917-1982) was an American jazz composer and pianist, often regarded as a founder of bebop, even though his style eventually moved away from this style. His compositions and improvisations are full of dissonant harmonies and angular melodic twists, consistent with Monk's unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of silences and hesitations.
+[[File:Thelonious Monk.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Thelonious Monk.]]
 Monk's most well known compositions were ''"Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"'' and ''"Well, You Needn't"''.
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 ==Zappa and Thelonious Monk==
-''"I think the jazz that succeeds – and for my taste there's not much of it – is not based on the guy's erudition; it's based on balls. Balls operating in that kind of a format. (...) I like [[Charles Mingus|Charlie Mingus]], and I Iike Thelonious Monk, [[Eric Dolphy]] – I used to really like [[Harold Land]], but I haven't heard anything from him in a long time. But that's about it."'' (FZ in [[Zappa, 79/8]])
+''"I think the jazz that succeeds – and for my taste there's not much of it – is not based on the guy's erudition; it's based on balls. Balls operating in that kind of a format. (...) I like [[Charles Mingus|Charlie Mingus]], and I like Thelonious Monk, [[Eric Dolphy]] – I used to really like [[Harold Land]], but I haven't heard anything from him in a long time. But that's about it."'' (FZ in [[Zappa, 79/8]])
 Zappa quoted ''"Blue Monk"'' in [[The Purple Lagoon]] on [[Zappa In New York]] and ''"Straight, No Chaser"'' in [[Be-Bop Tango]] on [[Roxy & Elsewhere]] and in the guitar solo of [[Easy Meat]] on [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5]].
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 ==See Also:==
 * [[Wikipedia:Thelonious Monk|Wikipedia article about Thelonious Monk]]
-* (http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/songs/Blue_Monk.html| List with references to ''"Blue Monk"'' in Zappa's work)
+* [http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/songs/Blue_Monk.html| List with references to ''"Blue Monk"'' in Zappa's work]
-* (http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/songs/Straight_No_Chaser.html| List with references to ''"Straight, No Chaser"'' in Zappa's work)
+* [http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/songs/Straight_No_Chaser.html| List with references to ''"Straight, No Chaser"'' in Zappa's work]
 [[Category:Jazz Composers|Monk, Thelonious]]
 [[Category:Favorite Artists|Monk, Thelonious]]