The First Jazz Pianist I Heard Was Thelonious Monk. My Father Was Listening To An Album Of His Called 'Monk's Dream' Almost Every Day From The Time I Was Born. - SearchQuotes

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The first jazz pianist I heard was Thelonious Monk. My father was listening to an album of his called 'Monk's Dream' almost every day from the time I was born.

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