Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, by Robin D. G. Kelley . New York: Free Press, 2009. xviii, 588 pp.

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Book Review| August 01 2011 Review: Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin D. G. Kelley Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, by Robin D. G. Kelley. New York: Free Press, 2009. xviii, 588 pp. David Ake David Ake DAVID AKE is Associate Professor in the Department of Music at the University of Nevada, Reno. He authored the books Jazz Cultures (2002) and Jazz Matters (2010)—both University of California Press—and coedited, with Charles Hiroshi Garrett and Daniel Goldmark, the collection Jazz/Not Jazz (forthcoming, 2012). An active pianist and composer, he has worked alongside many of today's outstanding improvising musicians. Recordings include the solo-piano CD In Between (2005) and The Dark with EEA (Origin Records, 2010). Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the American Musicological Society (2011) 64 (2): 460–464. https://doi.org/10.1525/jams.2011.64.2.460 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation David Ake; Review: Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin D. G. Kelley. Journal of the American Musicological Society 1 August 2011; 64 (2): 460–464. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jams.2011.64.2.460 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentJournal of the American Musicological Society Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2011 by the American Musicological Society. All rights reserved.2011 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.