Thelonious Monk's Sound Was So Original, He Couldn't Be Copied

Thelonious Monk played jazz piano. "Straight no chaser" and "round midnight" are some of his best known albums. What made Thelonious Monk so stubborn when it came to playing the style of jazz he wanted to play and why did some of his peers think he was a little crazy and weird, only to find out that he was a jazz genius.
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