Monk

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1. Where and when was Monk born? Tallahassie, FL. 1916 Royal Mountain, N.C., 1917 Atlanta, GE., 1920 Jackson, MS., 1910

2. Where did he and his mother settle? Boston, MA. Weehawken, N.J. San Juan Hill, N.Y. Providence, R.I.

3. Where did he study piano? Julliard Sorbonne Harvard Oxford

4. What nightclub did he first perform at? Cotton Club Savoy Ballroom Onyx Minton's

5. What jazz style did he help create? Dixieland Fusion Swing Bebop

6. What tune did he play on his first recording? Sweet Sue Ain't Misbehavin' Sweet Georgia Brown On The Bean

7. What composition wasn't his? Ornithology Ruby My Dear Well You Needn't Straight No Chaser

8. Monk named a composition of his for his wife. True False

9. Who collaborated with his on his best-known work "Round Midnight"? Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn Johnny Mercer and Dizzy Gillespie Bertie Hanighen and Cootie Williams Count Basie and Harold Arlen

10. What crime was Monk charged for? drug possession littering murder burglary

11. In 1964, Monk was on the cover of Newsweek. True False

12. What jazz legend did Monk never work with? Duke Ellington Dizzy Gillespie John Coltrane Art Blakey

13. What European baroness was his friend and patron? Karen Dinesen Blixen Lili van Shtupp Panonica de Koenigswarter Elizabeth Bathory

14. When did Monk die? 1971 1982 1969 1988

15. Finally, what was Monk's middle name? Sphere Wolfgang Thaddeus Tiberius