![]() In a way this kind of event beyond Monk's control was emblematic of so much of the composer/pianist's life: band members would suddenly quit, planes or cars wouldn't arrive to get him to a gig record producers would lumber him with an inappropriate idea, there were two house fires. Then a week before the story was due to run President John F Kennedy drove through Dallas in an open-top car. (Chaliapan complained that Monk repeatedly fell asleep).īut it was all in place and Monk was to receive, belatedly, a huge boost in profile. Monk was to be the cover.Īn interviewer and jazz aficionado Barry Farrell from Time had spent months with Monk watching him at work and relaxing at home with his family, and the Russian painter Boris Chaliapin had been commissioned to paint Monk's portrait. ![]() ![]() In late November 1963, a 5000 word profile of Thelonious Monk was scheduled to appear in Time magazine. ![]()
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