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MONK, THELONIUS SPHERE

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MONK, THELONIUS SPHERE
(1920 - 1982) American jazz pianist, a creator of "bop" style, played in bands with Lucky Millinder, Coleman Hawkins, and Charlie Parker, composer of "Round Midnight" and Straight No Chaser". An exceedingly rare Monk item, an oblong 8vo. sheet signed "T. Monk" four times, with one signature bearing a rather unhappy self-portrait sketch at right. Additionally, at the bottom, Monk very hastily penned a few notes with the title "Help Me", which we are told was a tune he had hoped to record. The paper bears folds and light wear, yet the red ink signatures, sketch and music stand out very well. From the archives of record producer Sid Prosen.