monk
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By his 20s, Rollins had already managed to play with jazz legends including Parker, Miles Davis and especially Thelonious Monk.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
After graduating from high school in 1948, Rollins started gigging around New York and, by the early 1950s, was recording with Bud Powell, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk, who Rollins called his “guru.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Monk was joined at a media briefing on Friday by MP Richard Tice, Reform's deputy leader.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
There is the It Club, owned by a Black gangster and visited by everyone from Miles to Coltrane to Monk, who recorded an album there.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026
“I’m sorry,” Amanda Monk mouths at Demetrius, at the table.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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World Religions
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