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To his fans, he was the ultimate hipster; to his detractors, he was temperamental, eccentric, taciturn, or childlike. Now, historian Robin D. G. Kelley brings to light a startlingly different Thelonious Monk--witty, intelligent, generous, politically engaged, brutally honest, and a devoted father and husband. This is the saga of an artist's struggle to \"make it\" without compromising his musical vision; a story that, like its subject, reflects the tidal ebbs and flows of American history in the twentieth century.--From publisher description" . . "Electronic books"@en . . . "African American jazz musicians" . . . . "Pianists Biography United States." . . "USA" . . "Musiciens de jazz États-Unis Biographies." . . "Jazz États-Unis 1945-1970 Histoire et critique." . . "Verenigde Staten." . .