Portrait of Thelonious Monk by William Gottlieb
Trivia Tuesday: Thelonious Monk and Mary Lou Williams
April 2, 2019
Jazz pianist Thelonius Monk starting playing the piano at age six and was largely self taught. One of his mentors was Mary Lou Williams, who joined the Duke University faculty in 1977 and lived in Durham her remaining years.
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