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ATJ Observes Thelonious Monk's 95th Birthday

On the next edition of All This Jazz, on Saturday the 13th, our second-hour theme will be "Monk's Tunes." Thelonious Monk would have turned 95 earlier this week; he was born on October 10th, 1917. (He died in 1982.)

The legendary pianist and composer --- "the genius of modern music," as he was tagged way back in the day (or, if you prefer, "the high priest of bebop") --- contributed a great many songs to the current jazz repertoire: "Round Midnight," "In Walked Bud," "Ruby, My Dear," "Well, You Needn't," "I Mean You," "Misterioso," "Reflections," "Think of One," "Ask Me Now," "Crepuscule with Nellie," "Ugly Beauty," "Brilliant Corners," "Trinkle, Tinkle," "Let's Call This," "Bye-Ya," "Straight, No Chaser," "Nutty," "Work," et al. (There are lots of others....)

We'll hear several of these terrific tunes, and some others written by Thelonious Sphere Monk, on our next ATJ.

Join us from 10pm till midnight on Public Radio Tulsa KWGS 89.5-1.

Scott Gregory started working at Public Radio Tulsa in 2006; he started listening to public radio circa 1980, when he and NPR both marked their tenth birthdays (although only one of them commemorated the occasion with a party at Skate World). Scott became this radio station's Operations Director in the summer of 2023; he also hosts and programs All This Jazz, which airs every Saturday night on Public Radio 89.5-1 from 9pm till midnight.