The Thelonious Monk Reader (Reader in American Music)
"With a man as hard to interview - and figure out - as Monk, better to have a collection of 39 perspectives than just one.The Thelonius Monk Readeris not only more complete than a straight biography, it's more fun, too."--Boston Globe"This book is so good it seems hard to imagine that a full-scale biography could add much, since, of necessity, it would be borrowing largely from the material here.... [The Thelonious Monk Reader] doesn't miss any cues, and reading it immeasurably enriches an understanding and appreciation of Monk's music."--George Kanzler,The Newark Star-Ledger