Zelonious the BlueMonk – Thelonious Sphere Monk
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Zelonious the BlueMonk is a Mantis monk that fills the Shrine of Lost Light with music. He cannot fill the shrine with music as the brass pipes of the shrine’s Epistrophy Organ are broken. He needs you to find the Umbra Legion’s catapult shot for brass to repair the organs pipes.
Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including “‘Round Midnight”, “Blue Monk”, “Straight, No Chaser”, “Ruby, My Dear”, “In Walked Bud”, and “Well, You Needn’t”. Monk is the second-most-recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington.
Monk’s compositions and improvisations feature dissonances and angular melodic twists and are consistent with his unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of switched key releases, silences, and hesitations.
Monk’s distinct look included suits, hats, and sunglasses. He also had an idiosyncratic habit during performances: while other musicians continued playing, Monk would stop, stand up, and dance for a few moments before returning to the piano.
Monk is one of five jazz musicians to have been featured on the cover of Time (the others being Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, and Wynton Marsalis).
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Monk at Minton’s Playhouse, New York, 1947 Photograph by William P. Gottlieb is available from the United States Library of Congress’s Music Division under the digital ID gottlieb.06191 and is borrowed from Wikipedia. It is listed as being in the public domain.
Time Magazine cover Feb 28, 1964 is copyright Time USA LLC
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