Monk's music : Thelonious Monk and jazz history in the making /

This study combines cultural theory, biography and musical analysis to shed light on Theolonius Monk's music and on the jazz canon itself, Solis showing how Monk's work emerged from the jazz world's fringes to find a central place in its history.

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Main Author: Solis, Gabriel, 1972-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
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Summary:This study combines cultural theory, biography and musical analysis to shed light on Theolonius Monk's music and on the jazz canon itself, Solis showing how Monk's work emerged from the jazz world's fringes to find a central place in its history.
Item Description:"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint."
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 239 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-231) and index.
ISBN:9780520940963
0520940962
9781435611382
1435611381