Monk / Laurent De Wilde ; translated by Jonathan Dickinson.

Author/creator De Wilde, Laurent
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Marlowe, ©1997.
Description214 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleMonk. English
Contents Youth -- Minton's -- Rhythm section -- Women -- Producers I -- Piano solo -- Producers II -- Saxophones! -- Full-length portrait -- Rouse, the big bands -- Columbia -- Fade to black -- Death.
Abstract A tour-de-force by the acclaimed jazz pianist Laurent de Wilde, Monk is a personal, anecdotal biography of one of the greatest, most controversial pianists/composers in modern music. Laurent has captured the everydayness of Monk, his bearing, his eccentricities, his stubbornness and isolation, and the narrow circle of women around him. Laurent writes of Monk's distinctive fingering, of his producers, engineers and agents, of money and tours, of the importance of the rhythm section, of saxophones, drugs, and Pannonica, of Nellie, and of madness.
Local noteLittle-304985--305131010653S
General noteTranslation of: Monk.
General noteOriginally published in French as: Monk, Editions Gallimard, Paris, 1996.
LCCN 97036668
ISBN1569247404

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML417.M846 D4213 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold