I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp...… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
The more original something is, the more of a threat it seems until the people catch up with it. That happened with… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
Bop began with Jazz but one afternoon somewhere on a sidewalk maybe 1939, 1940, Dizzy Gillespie or Charlie Parker or Thelonious Monk… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
When I came out of the conservatory, the first thing I did was to go see Thelonious Monk. — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
Jazz music and, more specifically, jazz musicians, are my artistic heroes. I want to be the Thelonious Monk of acting. He had… — Trevor St. John Copy Share Image
My dad was into jazz, so there was a lot of Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington playing in the house, but also… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
I got into music when I was a little boy. My dad was always into jazz. I got my education from him.… — Ted King Copy Share Image
[Winning the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition]definitely opened some doors. — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
“The thing in jazz that will get Bix Beiderbecke out of his bed at two o’clock in the morning, pick that cornet… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
“A man is like a two-story house. The first floor is equipped with an entrance and a living room. On the second… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I'm very gratified that I had my little 15 minutes,or whatever [at the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition]. It certainly didn't make… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I like Thelonious Monk, he's so gnarled, he's like a piece of machinery that's pulled up the bolts on the floor and… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I was [ on Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition] with Ralph Bowen, and Joel Frahm, Jimmy Greene, John Ellis. You can't play… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I got a chance to listen to and watch Thelonious Monk and his quartet play two shows a night, for six weeks.… — Chick Corea Copy Share Image
He [Thelonious Monk] played each note as though astonished by the previous one, as though every touch of his fingers on the… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
Ornette Coleman is doing the only really new thing in jazz since the innovations in the mid-forties of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker,… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
In high school I was a jazz nerd, listened to a lot of Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk and stuff like that.… — Bill Orcutt Copy Share Image
“I never presume to give advice on writing. I think the best way to learn to write is to read books and… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
This [Thelonious Monk: The Life And Times Of An American Original] is another one of those books with the perfect blend of… — Scott McClanahan Copy Share Image
The first jazz pianist I heard was Thelonious Monk. My father was listening to an album of his called 'Monk's Dream' almost… — Benny Green Copy Share Image
“Charles Simic, when asked what he thought of Slam Poetry events: "They are fun, but they have as much to do with… — Charles Simic Copy Share Image
There was a lot that was tricky about playing with [Thelonious Monk]. It's a musical language where there's really no lyrics. It's… — Roy Haynes Copy Share Image
At first I didn't understand what [Thelonious Monk] was doing, but I went back again, and what I can say about Monk… — Randy Weston Copy Share Image
I have tons of jazz records: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis. I could go on and on. — Ted King Copy Share Image
There is no kind of music I don't listen to. Everything good is interesting. I am as happy with a Bach fugue… — Maira Kalman Copy Share Image
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