being in 1917, that would be around 1923. I seem to remember that he was about 5 years old when moving to the city, and with his D.O.B. Also, if I'm not mistaken, Monk's family moved to New York in either 1923 or 1925. 12.221.85.24 03:41, 17 January 2006 (UTC)GabrielДЇrom what I have read and also from watching 'Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser', its my understanding that Monk began taking piano lessons at the age of 11 and actually spent a little bit of time studying piano at Juilliard. And, I believe in addition to a sister he also had a brother, named Thomas. Two other things to note: I'm pretty sure Monk's family moved to NY (San Juan Hill neighborhood) in 1920, not 1930. No doubt the two of them talked about it, as well. When the lessons were over he would sit at the piano and practice whatever she had been taught that day.

128.214.69.47 15:53, 19 December 2005 (UTC)ДЄs I understand it, Monk never took lessons, per se, but his sister Marion did, and he 'sat in', so to speak, watching over her shoulder. Somebody who knows better should write about these matters. I think he did not study much jazz but learned improvising just by improvising. As far as I know, despite of being perhaps the most legendary jazz pianist, Monk's technique and improvisation was self taught and his technique is not very uhm. There is not much about how Monk learned to play and not much about his playing technique. Viriditas 22:34, 17 December 2005 (UTC) Learning and technique I've incorporated some of the information into the rest of the article, and left all of it in comments. Good information, but we probably don't need to have his childhood street addresses and the number of lodgers in the article. 33 Lead does not mention all his associations.29 Waiting for 'better source' confirmation onВ :.26 Retirement caused by prostate disease?.

25 Recommendation to remove tributes section.

10 Fair use rationale for Image:Timethelonious.jpg.

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