monk
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By his 20s, Rollins had already managed to play with jazz legends including Parker, Miles Davis and especially Thelonious Monk.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
After graduating from high school in 1948, Rollins started gigging around New York and, by the early 1950s, was recording with Bud Powell, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk, who Rollins called his “guru.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
He convinced Meredith Monk to write for orchestra and enticed everyone from Sarah Vaughan to the Mahavishnu Orchestra onto the symphony stage.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
"It is worth remembering that... this sanction is because of activities that happened under the previous Chelsea regime," Richard Monk, the chief executive of the Independent Football Regulator, told the BBC on Tuesday.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Inside the Monk Building, conspicuously posted signs led them down a series of corridors, past a room where a handful of parents waited anxiously, and at last into a room crowded with children in desks.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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World Religions
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