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Thelonious Monk : the life and times of an American original
Kelley, Robin D. G.
Adult Nonfiction ML417.M846 K46 2009
Kelley, Robin D. G.
Adult Nonfiction ML417.M846 K46 2009
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| Contents | Page |
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| Prelude | p. xiii |
| 1 - "My Mother Didn't Want Me to Grow Up in North Carolina" | p. 1 |
| 2 - "What Is Jazz? New York, Man!" | p. 15 |
| 3 - "I Always Did Want to Play Piano" | p. 25 |
| 4 - "We Played and She Healed" | p. 40 |
| 5 - "Why Can't You Play Music Like the Ink Spots?" | p. 51 |
| 6 - "They Weren't Giving Any Lectures" | p. 60 |
| 7 - "Since You Went Away I Missed You" | p. 76 |
| 8 - "I'm Trying to See If It's a Hit" | p. 89 |
| 9 - "Dizzy and Bird Did Nothing for Me Musically" | p. 104 |
| 10 - "The George Washington of Bebop" | p. 122 |
| 11 - "It's a Drag to Be in Jail" | p. 143 |
| 12 - "The 'Un' Years" | p. 156 |
| 13 - "France Libre!" | p. 170 |
| 14 - "Sometimes I Play Things I Never Heard Myself" | p. 178 |
| 15 - "The Greta Garbo of Jazz" | p. 187 |
| 16 - "As Long as I Can Make a Living" | p. 198 |
| 17 - "People Have Tried to Put Me Off as Being Crazy" | p. 214 |
| 18 - "My Time for Fame Will Come" | p. 225 |
| 19 - "The Police Just Mess with You ... for Nothing" | p. 240 |
| 20 - "Make Sure Them Tempos Are Right" | p. 257 |
| 21 - "Hell, I Did That Twenty-Five Years Ago" | p. 279 |
| 22 - "Bebopens Oversteprast" | p. 298 |
| 23 - "Maybe I'm a Major Influence" | p. 310 |
| 24 - "Everything Begins Here and Everything Ends Here" | p. 327 |
| 25 - "That's a Drag Picture They're Paintin' of Me" | p. 345 |
| 26 - "Sometimes I Don't Feel Like Talking" | p. 363 |
| 27 - "Let Someone Else Create Something New!" | p. 386 |
| 28 - "What Do I Have to Do? Play Myself to Death?" | p. 409 |
| 29 - "I Am Very Seriously Ill" | p. 431 |
| Postlude | p. 448 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 452 |
| Appendix A - A Technical Note on Monk's Music | p. 459 |
| Appendix B - Records and Tapes in Thelonious Monk's Personal Collection | p. 461 |
| Notes | p. 463 |
| Original Compositions by Thelonious Monk | p. 563 |
| Selected Recordings by Thelonious Monk | p. 570 |
| Selected Documentaries and Videos of Thelonious Monk | p. 572 |
| Index | p. 573 |
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