Birth Name: Thelonious Sphere Monk
Occupation: Pianist
Place Of Birth: Rocky Mount
Date Of Birth: October 10, 1917
Date Of Death: February 17, 1982
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Black
Nationality: American
Thelonious Monk was born on the 10th of October, 1917. He was famous for being a Pianist. One of America’s most influential jazz artists, he was known as the High Priest of Bebop, a musical genre he pioneered.
Thelonious Monk was born in Rocky Mount. He performed at a Manhattan nightclub called Minton’s Playhouse, where he was the house pianist. He was known to get up and dance briefly in the middle of his sets. He was the second-most recorded jazz composer behind, in spite of the fact that he wrote only 70 songs compared to Ellington’s 1,000.
Thelonious Monk was a Libra and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Thelonious Monk was born in 1910s. The 1910s represented the culmination of European militarism. Discover what happened on this day.
Thelonious Sphere Monk is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
Thelonious’s Thelonious Sphere Monk attended Stuyvesant High School, New York City, NY (dropout).
Family
Thelonious Monk’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and his father’s name is under review. We will continue to update information on Thelonious Monk’s parents.
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Personal Life
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Thelonious Monk was born in the Year of the Serpent.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Thelonious Sphere Monk |
| NICKNAME: | Thelonious Sphere Monk, Thelonious Monk |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Libra |
| BIRTH DAY: | Wednesday |
| DEATH DAY: | Wednesday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Thelonious Monk was a Libra. People of this zodiac sign like harmony, gentleness, sharing with others, the outdoors, and dislike violence, injustice, loudmouths, conformity. The strengths of this sign are being cooperative, diplomatic, gracious, fair-minded, social, while weaknesses can be indecisive, holding a grudge and self-pity. The greatest overall compatibility with Libra is Aries and Sagittarius.
Chinese Zodiac: Thelonious Monk was born in the Year of the Serpent. People born under this sign are often seen as humorous and gifted in literature and art. However, the snake can be overly suspicious, which makes them a bit paranoid.
Ruling Planet: Thelonious Monk had a ruling planet of Venus and has a ruling planet of Venus and by astrological associations Friday is ruled by Venus. Venus is the planet of love, harmony, money and possessions. Venus is graceful, charming, sensual and social. People who are born with Mars as the ruling planet have beauty, charm and sensuality.
Thelonious Monk’s birth sign is Libra and he had a ruling planet of Venus.
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