Robin Kelley, who is now a professor at the University of Southern California, was formerly a professor of Anthropology and African-American studies at Columbia from 2003 to 2007. Thanks in part to unprecedented and exclusive access to the Monk family papers and private recordings, Kelley has written a remarkable biography, which not only shatters several myths about the influential pianist and composer, but also offers an in-depth and well-rounded portrait of the complicated man behind the music.

posted Dec 1, 2009 at 4:07PM

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