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MONK, THELONIUS SPHERE

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,200.00 USD
MONK, THELONIUS SPHERE
<b>363. THELONIUS SPHERE MONK</b> (1920 - 1982) American jazz pianist, a creator of "bop" style, played in bands with Lucky Millander, Coleman Hawkins, and Charlie Parker, composer of "Round Midnight" and Straight No Chaser". Excessively rare D.S. "<i>T. Monk</i>", a business check issued by the Village Music Company, New York, April 5, 1958 making an $8.00 Payment to Monk. Boldly endorsed in black ink on verso. The Village Music Company was owned by Sid Prosen, a discoverer of Hank Williams and Simon and Garfunkel, and a major East Coast jazz promoter. Light soiling, else very good. <b>$800-1,200</b>