Straight, No Chaser
Subtitle: The Life And Genius Of Thelonious Monk
Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books
Published: December 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780825672293
Subjects: Biography: film, television & music; Jazz; People of Color; Composers & Musicians - General; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Genres & Styles - Blues; Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians; Entertainment & Performing Arts - General
First sentence: Barbara Batts Monk was tired of crossing the railroad tracks every day from her little house on Red Row, the "colored" side of town, to the houses where she worked as a maid for white people in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.