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Thelonious Monk (1917-82) is the second-most recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington despite the fact that Ellington wrote over 1,000 songs and Monk only wrote about 70. No matter whether he was playing cool jazz piano or hard bop it was impossible to escape his unique style, which critic Philip Larkin famously dismissed as “the elephant on the keyboard”. Although “Round Midnight” may be more familiar, his composition “Epistrophy” has been referred to as the first modern jazz composition.
Jane Ellen passionately shares her eclectic interests via the marvels of the internet from her home in Central Florida’s Space Coast. Specializing in all aspects of music and entertainment history, she strives to bring her subjects to life whilst seeking to make a deeper understanding of music accessible to all. Jane’s presentations benefit not only from her gifts as a storyteller, but from a lifetime of work as a scholar, performer, composer, and recording artist.
