birth_date: 1917-10-10 00:00:00
avg_rating: 4.77
name: Thelonious Monk
about: born in Rocky Mount North Carolina (1917) but grew up in New York City. He started piano lessons as a kid and by age 13 he had won the weekly amateur night contest at the Apollo Theater so ma
death_date: 1982-02-17 00:00:00