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THELONIUS SPHERE MONK: (1920 - 1982) American jazz pianist, a creator of "bop" style, played in b...

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THELONIUS SPHERE MONK: (1920 - 1982) American jazz pianist, a creator of  bop  style, played in b...
THELONIUS SPHERE MONK: (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., a business check issued by the Hometown Music Company, New York, Jan. 25, 1980 making a $7.56 payment to Monk and boldly endorsed in blue ink on verso: "T. Monk". The Hometown Music Company was owned by Sid Prosen, a discoverer of Hank Williams and Simon and Garfunkle, and Prosen was a major East Coast jazz promoter. Light soiling otherwise very good. $800-1,200