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Abdul-Malik, Ahmed, 1, 119, 159, 236–37, 238, 239, 242, 245, 246, 448
Abrams, Ray, 67
Adams, Pepper, 241, 260, 261, 263
Adderley, Julian “Cannonball,” 194, 265, 272, 273, 275, 288, 295, 330, 341, 397, 403, 446
Adderley, Nat, Jr., 446
AFM, 125, 140; see also American Federation of Musicians Local 802
African Americans:
draft resisted by, 82–83
low pay and few opportunities for musicians, 57, 63
in military, 13
in New York race riots, 17, 19–20
racism in schools faced by, 20–21
in Reconstruction, 5–6
South fled by, 83–84
see also slaves, slavery
Ahmad, Mirza Ghulam, 126
Ahmadiyya movement, 126, 127, 154, 236
Aida (opera), 167
Albertson, Chris, 295
Ali, Muhammad, 398
“All Alone,” 219–20
Allen, Henry “Red,” 250
Allen, Steve, 186, 187, 188, 189
“All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm,” 127, 311, 312
“All the Things You Are,” 141, 368
Alsbrook, Adolphus, 433–34
Altschuler, Bob, 246–47
“Always Know, Two Is One: The Philosophy of Thelonious Sphere Monk,” 449
American Federation of Musicians Local 802, 1, 53, 56–57, 58, 62–63, 64, 66, 77, 91, 92, 152, 153, 157, 206, 230, 294
Amram, David, 195–96, 204, 210, 220, 227, 228, 229, 232, 250–51, 260, 270, 284, 320, 337
Amsterdam Houses (New York), 87, 150
Anderson, Cat, 437
And God Created Woman (film), 247
Apollo Theater (Harlem), 63, 66, 70, 77, 100, 114–15, 265, 319, 322, 324, 343
“Amateur Night” at, 36
Summer Jazz Festival, 292
“April in Paris,” 128, 220, 365
Armstrong, Louis, 25, 63, 130, 184, 187, 238, 251, 263
Arnold, Horace, 363
Associated Booking Corporation, 283, 285
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACLRR), 11, 13
Auerbach, Art, 376
Baby Grand (Brooklyn), 162
Bach, Johann Sebastian, xv, 26, 80, 106
Bacon, Paul, xiii, 130, 134, 136, 137, 149, 156, 223–24, 249
“Bag’s Groove,” 183
Balliett, Whitney, 238, 264–65, 280, 283–84, 389, 442, 443
“Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are,” 210, 211, 271, 323, 328, 423, 443
Band Box (Bronx), 87
Baraka, Amiri (LeRoi Jones), 227, 229, 230, 233, 345–46
Barber, Philip, 190–91
Barber, Stephanie, 190–91
Bardot, Brigitte, 247
Barn Arts Center (New Jersey), 377, 383
Basie, William “Count,” 47–48, 57, 73, 74, 97, 100, 104, 116, 117, 128, 140, 160, 167, 187, 189, 228, 238, 247, 251, 268, 274, 280, 355, 415
Batavia Daily News (New York), 21, 22
Batts, Georgianna Knight, 9, 10, 11, 12–13, 14
Batts, Speer, 9–11
Beat Generation, 226, 232, 256, 263, 339
bebop, 64, 70, 81, 85, 92, 96, 97, 102–3, 104, 111, 128, 132, 134–35, 149
birth of, 61, 67, 124, 133, 334, 389
possible origin of term, 95, 340
Beethoven, Ludwig van, xv, 26, 329
Behan, Brendan, 339
Belafonte, Harry, 30, 264, 387
Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital, 180, 213, 214, 216, 331
Beltone Studios, 159, 161, 164
“Bemsha Swing” (“Bimsha Swing”), 23, 161, 183, 184, 213, 228, 281, 302, 363
Bennett, Tony, 317, 327, 330, 343
Benskina, Princess Orelia, 251, 346
Benzedrine, 142, 151, 258, 267, 370
Berendt, Joachim-Ernst, 173–74, 333, 390, 391–92
Berg, Alban, 228
Berlin, Irving, 129, 219–20, 278, 282, 363
Bernstein, Leonard, 274, 280, 339
Bert, Eddie, 186, 187, 188–89, 260, 261, 262, 347, 441, 448
Bessie Johnson and the Sanctified Singers, 45
Best, Denzil, 23, 55, 96–97, 98, 100, 105, 127, 144, 161, 281, 376, 426
“Best Thing for You Would Be Me, The,” 363
“Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,” 385
Big Black (Danny Ray), 435
“Biggest Show of ’52, The,” 162
“Bimsha Swing,” see “Bemsha Swing”
Bird (film), 111
Birdhouse (Chicago), 301, 314–15
Birdland (Manhattan), 153, 164, 166–67, 331, 332, 336–37, 347, 363
“Birdland ’56 All-Stars,” 212
“Black and Tan Fantasy,” 192
“Black Broadway” (Washington, D.C.), 99
Blackhawk Club (San Francisco), 276, 279, 285, 286, 287
Blackwell, Ed, 405, 408, 409, 410
Blackwood, Christian, 389–90, 392, 393
Blackwood, Michael, 389–90, 392, 393
Blake, Ran, 296–97, 298–99, 423, 441–42
Blakey, Art, 92–93, 120, 126–27, 128, 129, 130, 136, 139, 145, 154, 159, 163, 166, 167, 179, 193, 194, 198, 199, 201, 202, 204, 205, 209, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 236, 241, 243, 246, 247, 257, 271, 280, 306, 307, 313, 337, 338, 351, 374, 377, 403, 417, 425, 426, 427, 428, 434, 444
Blakey, Art, Jr., 377
Blanton, Jimmy, 47, 56, 64, 433
“Blessed Assurance,” 14, 384; see also “This Is My Story, This Is My Song”
Blood, Sweat, and Tears, 402, 421–22
“Blowin’ in the Wind,” 358
“Blue Monk,” 179, 221, 238, 245, 246, 270, 277, 299, 334, 337, 338, 339, 341, 364, 380, 390, 391, 399, 414, 417, 426
Blue Note (Paris), 171, 177, 303
Blue Note (Philadelphia), 185–86, 192, 207, 212, 217
Blue Note Records, 124, 125, 127, 128, 129–30, 132, 134, 137, 140, 149, 157, 158, 160, 164, 170, 174, 212, 217, 219, 223, 229, 288, 318, 337, 347, 348, 361, 438, 440
“Blues for Duke,” 407
“Blues for Tomorrow,” 222
“Blue Skies,” 129
Blume, August, 218
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.), 194, 265, 411, 445
“Body and Soul,” 56, 65, 69, 96, 97, 311, 312, 323, 451
Bolivar Hotel (Manhattan), 210, 213
“Bon Bon Vie,” 446
Bonython, Kym, 374–75
“Boo Boo’s Birthday,” 393
Bossa Nova Bacchanal, 346
Boston Globe Jazz Festival, 380, 385
Both/And Club (San Francisco), 399, 420
Bowery Café (Manhattan), 226
Bracy, Elizabeth, 34
Bradshaw, Tiny, 56
“Bright Mississippi,” 328, 333, 361, 364, 407, 414
Brilliant Corners, 210–12, 213, 219, 223, 229, 337, 377
“Brilliant Corners,” 210, 211, 328, 354, 400
Brookmeyer, Bob, 257
Brooks, “Aunt” Lizzie, 34, 37–38, 49
Brown, Clifford, 35, 80, 196, 205, 210, 251, 276
Brown, Frank London, xvii, 148, 248, 249, 255, 314–15, 334
Brown, Marshall, 341
Brown, Ruth, 265
Brown Snapperettes, 51
Brown v. Board of Education, 169, 193, 264
Brubeck, Dave, 187, 189, 228, 295, 317, 321, 341, 354, 360, 375, 385, 388, 397, 406
Bruce, Lenny, 320
Buck and Bubbles, 36
Buhaina, Abdullah Ibn, see Blakey, Art
“By and By When the Morning Comes,” see “We’ll Understand It Better, By and By”
Byas, Don, 61, 65, 73, 90, 96, 97, 99, 104, 108, 236, 394
“Bye-ya,” 23, 113, 160, 238, 243, 328, 333, 348
Byrd, Donald, 260, 261, 263, 282, 337, 403, 420
Cacianti, Guido, 276, 285, 286
Café Bohemia (Manhattan), 194–95, 198, 209, 220, 229, 235
Café Society (Manhattan), 91, 247
California Eagle, 134
Carlos, John, 398
“Carmen Jones,” 97
Carmichael, Hoagy, 73
Carmichael, Stokely, 398
Carnegie Hall, 186, 237–38, 250, 315, 359, 440
Carolina Cotton Pickers, 126
Carolina Five, 27
Carter, Benny, 20, 26, 27, 53, 56, 64, 65, 117, 140
Carter, Les, 365
Carver, George Washington, 316
Cecil Hotel (Harlem), 59, 60, 62, 63, 64
see also Minton’s Playhouse
Cellar Door (Manhattan), 378, 406, 424
Central Needle Trades High School, 58–59, 139
Chaloff, Serge, 120
Chambers, Paul, 196, 209, 212, 213, 219, 220
Chancler, Leon Ndugu, 420, 421
Charles, Ray, 237, 238, 293, 342, 434
“Charlie’s Choice,” 120
Cherry, Don, 277, 279, 281, 290
Cherry, Herman, 227
Chicago Civic Opera House, 260–61
Chicago Defender, 135, 248, 314
Children’s Aid Society, 16, 28, 29
“China Boy,” 54
Chittison, Herman, 36–37, 61, 71, 72, 73, 170
Chocolate Beau Brummels, 36
Chopin, Frédéric, xiii, xiv, xv, 22, 26, 80, 316, 329
“Chordially,” 428
Christian, Charlie, 53, 58, 61, 65, 69, 74, 120
Christie, Andrew, 319
Church of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of the Truth, 43, 47
Civil Rights Act (1957), 264
civil rights movement, 45, 187, 202, 293, 310, 323–24, 328, 329–31, 334, 343, 355, 413, 417, 449
Civil War, 5
“C Jam Blues,” 388
Clark, Sonny, 218, 311, 331, 337
Clarke, Kenny, 56, 60–61, 63, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 74, 76, 81, 84, 96, 112, 113, 114–15, 120, 127, 140, 150, 164, 182, 184, 189, 190, 192, 202, 271, 303, 378
“Classified Information,” 282, 287
Clayton, Buck, 104
Cleveland, Jimmy, 204, 390, 391, 392
Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet, 205, 276
Clouzet, Jean, 334
Cole, Nat “King,” 131, 139, 410
Cole, Sarah Ann Williams, 7, 8, 14
Coleman, Ornette, 228, 248, 277, 279–80, 282, 289, 290, 293, 301, 312, 334, 341, 364, 408, 409
Collins, James, 86
Collins, Sara, 347
Colomby, Bobby, 402–3, 421, 422
Colomby, Harry, 198, 199–201, 202, 204, 205, 207, 214, 216–17, 221, 225, 229, 230, 236, 237, 238, 241–42, 247, 248–49, 256, 257, 265, 267, 268, 269, 271, 283, 288, 292, 295–96, 300, 316, 317, 318, 324, 329, 332, 342, 343, 349, 350, 354, 357, 361, 370, 375, 376, 383, 389, 400, 402, 421, 439
Colomby, Jules, 193, 198, 199, 216–17, 256, 257, 261, 268, 347, 349, 357, 387, 399, 405, 417, 434, 439
Colonial Tavern (Toronto), 383, 411
Coltrane, Alice McLeod, 385
Coltrane, John, 5, 209, 212, 218–19, 220, 221, 223, 233, 234, 238, 239, 243, 250, 252, 253, 280, 281, 292, 296, 325, 341, 346, 366, 379, 388, 398, 414, 424
Davis’s assault of, 220
playing with Monk, 223, 229, 230–31, 265, 350, 361, 385
Columbia Records, 77, 317–18, 326, 327–29, 335, 349, 356, 365, 368, 369, 378, 390, 392, 394–95, 397, 401, 402, 403, 408, 415, 416, 420, 441
Columbia University Radio Club, 73–74, 120
Columbus Hill Community Center, 28–30, 37, 40, 49, 55, 294
Columbus Hill Neighborhood Center, see Columbus Hill Community Center
Comedy Club (Baltimore), 200, 202, 253
“Coming on the Hudson,” 241, 329
“Confirmation,” 386
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 83, 293, 310, 347
Conover, Willis, 333–34
“Consecutive Seconds,” 401
Cootie Williams Orchestra, 77, 81, 82, 93, 101–2; see also Williams, Cootie
Copeland, Ray, 119, 164, 165, 167, 179, 204, 222, 223, 390, 391, 392, 404, 448
Coulsen, Vic, 67, 96, 97–98, 99
Cranshaw, Bob, 359–60
“Crepuscule with Nellie,” 221, 222, 223, 259, 261, 271, 280, 302, 304, 328, 335, 354, 360, 408, 429
“Criss Cross,” 93, 154, 288–89, 328, 332, 333, 335, 340, 429
Cronkite, Walter, 255, 256, 263–64
Cuscuna, Michael, 129
Dali, Salvador, 133
Dameron, Tadd, 61, 91, 112, 122, 125–26, 139, 141, 150, 179, 251, 319, 341
Darin, Bobby, 274
Davis, Clive J., 317
Davis, Eddie “Lockjaw,” 136, 299, 351, 362, 415
Davis, Miles, 98, 106–7, 122, 139, 142, 154, 163, 165, 166, 209, 218, 220, 235, 246, 247, 255, 257, 260, 265, 268, 274, 280, 307, 325, 327, 341, 342, 354, 390, 395, 406, 436
Coltrane assaulted by, 220
Monk’s tension and fight with, 182, 190, 405
playing with Monk, 182–84, 189–90, 245
Davis, Walter, Jr., 450
Davy, Gloria, 167
Dawson, Alan, 405
Day, Doris, 317
DeBrest, James “Spanky,” 221, 359
Debut Records, 162–63
Delaunay, Charles, 168, 170, 171, 176
Dietrich, Marlene, 240
“Dinah,” 368
“Dizzy Atmosphere,” 105
D’Lugoff, Burt, 293
Dollar Brand Plays Sphere Jazz, 354
Dolphy, Eric, 289, 293, 299, 408
“Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me,” 322
“Don’t Be Cruel,” 205
“Don’t Blame Me,” 332, 345, 359, 399, 438
Dorham, Kenny, 91, 158, 159, 164, 165, 209, 241, 271, 285, 293
Dorsey, Thomas Andrew, 45
Down Beat, 57, 95, 122, 124, 130, 131, 137, 138, 150, 167, 185, 187, 205, 206, 212, 223, 229, 230, 246, 247, 248, 255, 274, 294, 313, 327, 334, 359, 379, 389, 400
Down Beat Club (Manhattan), 89, 97, 99, 100, 103, 105, 107, 112, 119, 140, 377
“Dreamland,” 243
“Drifting on a Reed,” 100, 106
DuBois, W. E. B., 398
Dude Ranch (Portland), 109–10
Dufty, Maely, 156–57, 186, 214, 225, 319
Duke Ellington Orchestra, 322–23, 429
Dunlop, Frankie, 229–30, 294–95, 301, 302, 303, 305, 307, 308, 313, 314, 315, 341, 345, 346, 349, 351, 359, 410, 420, 448
Dyett, “Captain” Walter, 410, 412
Eastwood, Clint, 111
Eckstine, Billy, 93, 97, 100, 112, 127, 251
Edgecombe County, N.C., 8–11
845 Club (Bronx), 145, 147, 148, 311
Eldridge, Roy, 61, 65, 73, 108–9, 123, 182, 238, 247, 293, 321, 435, 436
Ellington, Duke, 25, 27, 57, 64, 65, 89, 92, 97, 104, 116, 125, 127, 128, 131, 156, 168, 189, 192, 202, 211, 228, 244, 251, 263, 272, 275, 294, 306, 321, 322–23, 334, 341, 357, 384, 388, 397, 398, 406–7, 429, 432, 442
Emerson Shops (Rocky Mount, N.C.), 11, 14
“Epistrophy,” 69–70, 74, 76–77, 140, 149, 150, 223, 238, 252, 271, 302, 305, 328, 337, 345, 348, 350, 360, 363, 390, 391, 414, 437, 438
“Eronel,” 154–55, 177, 328, 332
“Especially to You,” 146, 147, 167
Evans, Bill, xiv, 257, 282, 288, 289, 369, 389
“Eventide,” 222
“Everything Begins Here and Everything Ends Here,” 326
“Everything Happens to Me,” 278, 368, 371, 426, 427
“Evidence,” xvii, 114, 140, 149, 221, 288, 302, 328, 337, 338, 364, 368, 391, 417, 429, 436
Fair Employment Practice Committee, 83
Famous Door (Manhattan), 64, 66, 89
Far East (Japanese Record Label), 416
Far East (Manhattan restaurant), 19
Farmer, Art, 180, 187, 188, 196, 257, 280, 289
Farrell, Barry, 232, 342–43, 346, 347, 354, 355, 356
Feather, Leonard, 94–95, 100, 105, 111, 134, 150, 159, 355, 378–79, 382, 389, 394, 395–96, 400, 420, 433, 435, 441; see also Inside Be-Bop
“Feeling that Way Now,” 113, 129; see also “Monk’s Mood”
Fenton, Nick, 61, 63–64, 71, 74, 77, 84–85, 120
Fields, Herbie, 61, 65, 71, 104
“First International Jazz Festival” (Washington, D.C.), 321
Fisher, Maria, 450
“Five Spot Blues,” 329
Five Spot Café, (Manhattan), 1, 2, 30, 192, 224, 225–26, 227, 228–31, 233–34, 235, 236, 238, 239, 241, 243, 244, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 255, 256, 262, 263, 264, 274, 278, 279, 280, 288, 290, 294, 312, 319, 332, 336, 339–40, 342–43, 345, 347, 349, 350, 361, 378, 388–89, 402
“Five Will Get You Ten,” see “Two Timer”
Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, 95
Foster, George “Pops,” 181
Four in One, 451
“Four in One,” 154, 179, 288, 328, 348, 349, 352, 357, 359
Fourth Annual Essen Jazz Festival (Germany), 301
Franklin, Aretha, 319, 323, 434
Frazier, Artie, 269
Freedom Hill, 10
Freedom Now Suite, 354
Freedom Riders, 310
Freedom Suite, 242
Fresh Air Club (Seattle), 433
Fresh Air Fund, 21–22
Freymann, Robert, 185, 214, 267–68, 318–19, 331, 346, 396, 411
“Friday the Thirteenth,” 165, 261, 262
Friedman, Don, 260
Fulbright, J. William, 264
Fuller, Walter “Gil,” 112–13, 115, 116, 118, 120
“Functional,” 220
Gales, Larry, 362, 365, 367, 368, 371, 380, 388, 399, 403, 433
“Gallop’s Gallop,” 193, 194, 328, 368
Gardner, Ava, 367
Garner, Erroll, 92, 160, 246, 276–77, 355, 403
Gateway (CBS), 393
Gene Autry’s Continental Hotel (Hollywood), 366–67
Genius of Modern Music, The, 157, 160
Genius of Modern Music, The, vol. 2, 158
Gensel, Reverend John, 404, 432, 448
Gershwin, George, 66, 69, 72, 183, 312
Getz, Stan, 181, 186, 257, 351
Giants of Jazz, 426, 427, 428, 429, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 440
Giarofolo, Jimmy, 194
Gil Evans Big Band, 295
Gil Evans Orchestra, 268
Gillespie, John Birks “Dizzy,” 56, 58, 61, 63, 66, 67, 68, 69, 72, 77, 81, 82, 85, 89–90, 95, 96, 100, 104, 105, 111, 112, 116, 117, 118, 122, 123, 124, 131, 132, 133, 134, 138, 139, 150, 183, 186, 188, 209, 212, 243, 251, 256, 265, 266, 295, 334, 341, 358, 388, 389, 394, 402, 413, 416, 426, 427–28, 435–36, 437, 438, 443, 444
at all-star recording session, 152, 153
Monk’s work with band of, 113–15, 127, 140, 265, 320–21
New Yorker article on, 141–42
Gillis, Verna, 451
Gillon, Russ “Popeye,” 66
Gitler, Ira, 159, 161, 164, 165, 182, 183, 184, 192, 193, 217, 257, 342, 442, 448
Giuffre, Jimmy, 246, 255, 257, 290, 293, 341
Gleason, Ralph, 333, 347, 355, 395, 398
Glinn, Burt, 229
Goin’ Out of My Head, 400
Goldberg, Mike, 227
Goldman, Albert, 232–33
Gomez, Eddie, 402
“Good Bait,” 179
Goodman, Benny, 53, 57, 58, 76, 245, 279, 315
Goodstein, Oscar, 153, 167, 331, 336, 347, 363
Gordon, Joe, 289
Gordon, Lorraine, see Lion, Lorraine
Gordon, Max, 144–45, 174, 241, 396
Gottlieb, William, 122, 123–24, 130, 131, 132
Gracie Square Hospital, 431–33
Graham, Billy, 237
Graham, Helen, 207
Graham, Reverend, 40, 42–43, 55
Graham brothers, 207, 210, 299, 310; see also “ ’Round Midnight”
“Grand Finale,” 102
Granz, Norman, 103, 107–8, 109, 110, 113, 152, 153, 158
Grauer, Bill, 134, 184, 185, 190, 194, 209, 210, 211, 220, 241, 249, 287, 288, 296, 304, 318
Great Depression, 27, 36, 38, 39, 46, 56
Great Lakes Navy band, 149
Greenberg, Ronnie, 325
Green Chimneys (boarding school), 325–26, 356, 387
“Green Chimneys,” 378, 384, 393
“Green Pastures, The” (Connelly), 29
Griffin, Johnny, xvii, 71, 147, 148, 196–97, 220, 221, 241, 242–43, 244, 246, 247, 250, 253, 255, 283, 299, 351, 362, 390
Groner, Duke, 65, 66, 70, 72–73, 74
“Groovin’ High,” 114
Groves, Alan, 303
Gryce, Gigi, 148–49, 165, 166, 180, 193, 194, 195, 198, 204, 209, 222, 223, 232, 257, 292, 293, 294, 350, 351
Guy, Joe, 61, 63, 65, 70, 71, 72, 74, 77, 98, 99, 120, 184
“Hackensack,” 102, 168, 177, 189, 329, 352, 414, 429
Hagood, Kenny “Pancho,” 140, 141
Hakim, Sadik, 154, 155, 332, 415, 448
“Hallelujah, I’m a Bum,” 202
Halperin, Danny, 173
Hampton, Lionel, 58, 116, 140, 244, 397, 402, 406
Hancock, Herbie, 337, 389, 420
Hanighen, Bernie, 101, 102, 111
Harlem, N.Y., 17, 26, 58, 60, 62, 74, 78
Harlem Consumers Committee, 322
“Harlem Is Awful Messy,” 70
Harlem Jam Sessions, 154
Harlem Neighborhood Associations, 336
Harlem Tenants Council, 322
Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited (HARYOU), 336
Harris, Barry, 404, 432, 438, 441, 443, 444, 447, 448, 449–50, 451
Harris, Benny, 55–56, 61, 65, 71, 72, 96, 97, 130, 313, 404, 440
Harris, Essie, 55
Harris, Rutha M., 330
Harris, William “Beaver,” 410, 411–12
Hart, Lorenz, 202
Hawkins, Coleman (Bean), 26, 53, 56, 63, 65, 73, 95–96, 97, 98, 102, 103, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 116, 119, 120, 125, 135, 139, 140–41, 145, 159, 168, 186, 187, 189, 222–23, 228, 236, 238, 245, 247, 274, 278, 293, 299, 323, 341, 350, 360, 380, 404–5, 407, 411, 432
Hawkins, Collette, 404
Haynes, Roy, xvii, 153, 242, 246, 257, 291, 292, 294, 351, 403, 404, 437
Hayworth, Rita, 108
Heath, Cyril, 26
Heath, Harriette, 26
Heath, Percy, 147, 164, 179, 180, 183, 189, 193, 217
Heckman, Don, 435
Henderson, Eddie, 418–19
Henderson, Fletcher, 57, 58, 63, 93, 95, 129
Henrietta Industrial School (Manhattan), 16, 23, 28–29
Henry, Ernie, 21, 126, 145, 208, 209, 211, 212, 239, 240, 250, 407
Hentoff, Nat, xiv, 41, 81, 132, 145, 171, 181, 182, 184, 186, 197, 206, 215, 223, 238, 281, 300, 319, 333
“Hepsations,” 111
Herald-Tribune (New York), 349
Herridge, Robert, 238
Heywood, Eddie, Jr., 53, 56, 66, 116, 160
Higgins, Billy, 127, 279, 280, 285, 286, 288, 351
Hi-Hat Club (Boston), 97, 148, 149
Hill, Teddy, 56, 63, 65, 66, 68, 69, 74, 75, 81, 123, 124, 133
Hines, Earl (Fatha), 36, 55, 61, 73, 92, 126, 140, 187, 238, 374, 389
Hobsbawn, Eric, 306
“Hold ’Em Joe,” 136
Holiday, Billie, 51, 53, 64, 105, 119, 123, 124, 140, 156, 186, 237, 238, 270, 300, 361, 398
Holmdel Jazz Festival (New Jersey), 405
“Honeysuckle Rose,” 56, 102, 205, 371
Hope, Bertha, 310–11, 388, 439
Hope, Bob, 70
Hope, Ida Gertrude, 80, 310, 314
Hope, Elmo, 79, 80–81, 128, 147, 151, 180, 208, 218, 228, 276, 284, 310, 311, 313, 314, 383, 388
Hopkins, John “Hoppy,” 372–74, 378
Horace Silver Quintet, 340
“Hornin’ In,” 158
Horowitz, Vladimir, 329
Horricks, Raymond, 172, 174, 205, 206
“Hound Dog,” 205
House of Music, 446
Housing Committee of the New York State Reconstruction Commission, 16
Howard Theater (Washington, D.C.), 77, 162
“Humph,” 127–28
Hygelund, Nate “Lloyd,” 406, 407
Ibrahim, Abdullah (Dollar Brand), 353
“I Can’t Get Started,” 111, 435
“I Didn’t Know About You,” 384
“I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You,” 219
“I Found a Million Dollar Baby,” 69
“I Found a New Baby,” 65
“I Got it Bad (and That Ain’t Good),” 192
“I Got Rhythm,” 48, 56, 74, 102, 127, 184
“I Hadn’t Anyone Till You,” 368
“I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart,” 192
“I’ll Be Seeing You,” 383
“I’ll Never Forget You,” 383
“I’ll Overcome Someday,” 45
“I Love a Piano,” 283
“I Love You, I Love You, I Love You (Sweetheart of All My Dreams),” 365, 435
“I’m Confessin’,” 368
“I Mean You,” 112, 120, 140, 221, 236, 250, 268, 302, 348, 392, 407, 411
“I’m Getting Sentimental Over You,” 218, 219, 300, 307, 309, 312, 341, 354
Ingersoll, Ralph, 132
Ingrand, Jean-Marie, 171, 172, 176, 177
“In Orbit,” 242
Inside Be-Bop (Feather), 150
Institute for Jazz Studies, 191
“In the Sweet By and By,” 44
“In Walked Bud,” 129, 149, 221, 250, 262, 270, 364, 394, 442
Ironside (TV show), 400
“I Should Care,” 141, 219, 368
“I Surrender Dear,” 71, 213, 219
It Club (Los Angeles), 367–68, 369, 379, 403
“It Don’t Mean a Thing,” 192
“It’s All Right with Me,” 285
“I Waited for You,” 438
“I Want to Be Happy,” 180
“Jackie-ing,” 269, 302, 303, 305, 312, 315, 428
Jackson, “Baby” Laurence, 66, 104, 194, 293
Jackson, Bull Moose, 251
Jackson, Harold, 307
Jackson, Milt, 114, 117, 120, 139, 140, 141, 149, 154, 158, 165, 182, 183, 273, 328, 402, 403
Jalard, Michel-Claude, 352, 353
James, Willis, 191
Japan, 337–39, 382, 415–17, 426
“Japanese Folk Song,” see “Kojo no Tsuki”
jazz, 27, 45, 48, 66, 145, 315–16
battles in, 122–23
Coleman’s innovations in, 279–80
Monk’s complaint about “avant-garde,” 379
“riff-style,” 47
see also bebop
Jazz Arts Society, 321
“Jazz at Its Best” (radio show), 159
“Jazz at the Coliseum,” see First International Jazz Festival
Jazz at the Philharmonic, 152
Jazz at the Philharmonic, Vol. 1, 103
Jazz Audition (radio show), 287
Jazzbuch, Das (Berendt), 173
Jazz Composers’ Workshop, 186, 187, 188, 195, 317
Jazz Gallery (Manhattan), 288, 291, 292, 294–95, 296, 312, 313, 318, 319, 332
Jazz Gehört und Gesehen (TV program), 333
Jazz Hot (magazine), 172, 174, 334, 407
“Jazz in January—a Mid-Winter Jazz Festival” (Detroit), 385
Jazz Messengers, 130, 198, 199, 209, 220, 248, 271, 307, 313, 337
Jazz Monthly (Britain), 205
Jazz News, 372
Jazz on a Summer’s Day, 145–46
“Jazz Pantomime,” 349
Jazz Portrait: Thelonious Monk (TV program), 408
“Jazz Profiles” concert, 283–84
Jazz Repertory Company, 441
Jazz-Revue (Switzerland), 149, 170–71
“Jazz Sits In,” 293
“Jazz 625,” 374
Jazz Standard Music Publishing Company, 255
Jazz Unlimited (Brooklyn), 209
Jazz Workshop (Boston), 358, 412
Jazz Workshop (Mingus and Roach collective), 163, 166, 229
Jazz Workshop (San Francisco), 319–20, 368, 369, 376, 379, 394, 400, 403, 417
Jefferson, Blind Lemon, 184
Jefferson, Carter, 406
Jefferson, Ron, 209
Jeffrey, Paul, 326, 412, 414, 415–17, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 429, 432, 433, 436, 439, 441, 442, 448
Jim Crow, 2, 57, 76, 107, 108, 111, 216, 253, 293
Jimmy Marks Afro Ensemble, 399
Joaquin, Lawrence, 17
John Kirby’s Orchestra, 35
Johnny Smith Quartet, 263
Johnson, Andrew, 6
Johnson, Bernice, 330
Johnson, Budd, 90, 96, 100, 121, 441
Johnson, James P., 27, 53, 54, 125, 140, 184, 220, 278
Johnson, J. J., 117, 120, 159, 219, 303, 425
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 347, 356
Johnston, Joseph E., 5, 98, 99
Jones, Hank, 120
Jones, LeRoi, see Amiri Barakal
Jones, Philly Joe, 147, 190, 209, 218, 220, 241, 242, 313, 407, 421, 422
Jones, Quincy, xv
Jones, Sam, 242, 246, 260, 271, 273, 275, 283, 337
Jones, Willie, 119, 165, 180, 187, 191–92, 195, 196, 209, 212, 284, 449
Jordan, Clifford, 445–46
Jordan, Duke, 142, 229, 270, 271
Josephson, Barney, 91, 93; see also Café Society
Juilliard School of Music, 30, 106, 107, 181, 228, 257
“Jump Monk,” 186
“Just a Gigolo,” 179–80, 300, 328, 339
“Just a Glance at Love,” 401
“Just Call Him Thelonious,” 206
“Just You, Just Me,” 114, 140, 182, 202, 245, 287, 354, 365
Kameran, Pete, 97
Kane, Art, 246–47
Kanovitz, Howard, 227
Kansas City, Mo., 47–48
Karpe, Ken, 196, 202, 237, 257
Kay, Ulysses S., 167
Keepnews, Orrin, 134–35, 184, 185, 190, 194, 202, 203, 209, 210, 211–13, 219, 222, 235, 241, 242, 243, 244, 249, 263, 265, 269, 277, 287, 288, 296, 299, 318, 328, 335, 440, 441, 442
Keepnews, Peter, 441
Kelly’s Stable (Manhattan), 66, 76, 89, 96
Kennedy, Robert, 397
Kentucky State Industrial College for Colored Persons, 36
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 202, 310, 397, 398
Kitt, Eartha, 159
Koenig, Lester, 287
Koenigswarter, Jules de, 175, 176, 185
Koenigswarter, Pannonica (Nica) de, xv, xvi, 174–76, 180–81, 185, 194, 201–2, 208, 209, 210, 211, 214, 217, 218, 221, 225, 229, 234, 237, 240–41, 252, 267, 268, 269, 271, 276, 279, 281, 282, 284, 291, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 311, 312, 322, 325–26, 327, 329, 335–36, 338, 339, 351, 354, 361, 364, 366, 376, 396, 404, 411, 416, 422, 426, 431, 432, 434, 439, 441, 442, 443, 444, 446–47, 448
car purchased for Monk by, 201
home nicknamed “Cat House,” 240, 311
Monk’s move into place of, 439–40
Koenigswarter, Shaun de, 175, 176
“Kush,” 435
Lacy, Steve, xvi, 228, 290–92, 347, 360, 444, 451
Lady Sings the Blues (Holiday), 156
Lafayette Theater (Harlem), 36, 63
Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross, 250, 398
La Porta, John, 186
Laurence, Baby, see Jackson, “Baby” Laurence
Leary, James, 419
“Leave It There,” 45
“Left Alone,” 300
Leiser, Willie, 437
Lemkowitz, Bob, 234–35
Lenox School of Jazz, 277, 296
“Let’s Call This,” 165, 288, 328, 369
“Let’s Cool One,” 158, 242, 271, 369–70, 400
Lewis, George, 185
Lewis, John, 115, 140, 277, 306, 369
Lewis, Meade Lux, 91, 108, 109–10, 125, 360
Lewis, Norman, 138
liaisons dangereuses, Les (film), 45, 247, 269, 270–71, 313
Liberator, 355
“Light Blue,” 217, 337, 348, 407
Lindgren, Carl-Erik, 309
Lindsay, John, 389
Lion, Alfred, 124, 126, 129, 130, 137, 140, 141, 142, 145, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 167, 205, 219
Lion, Lorraine, 124–25, 126, 127, 129, 130–31, 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 140, 141, 144, 145, 146, 150
lithium, 431, 432, 436, 440, 444, 445
Little, H. Thomas, 253–54
Little Rock, Ark., 264
“Little Rootie Tootie,” 94, 160, 259, 260, 261, 262–63, 265, 272, 348, 359, 400, 428
Little Toot the Tugboat (Gramatky), 158
Live at the Village Vanguard (Rollins), 242
Livington, Jerry, 348
Longhorn Jazz Festival (Austin, Tex.), 387
Look, 258
Lookin’ at Monk, 362
Lorillard, Elaine, 189
Lorillard, Louis, 189
Los Angeles Jazz Festival, 274
“Loverman,” 428
Lucky Millinder’s Orchestra, 106
“Lullaby in Rhythm,” 54
“Lulu’s Back in Town,” 351
Lunceford, Jimmie, 36, 57–58, 139, 228
McAllister, Jay, 260
“MacBeth the Great and His Calypso Serenadors,” 136–37
McClain, John T., 367–68, 379; see also It Club
Macero, Teo, 186, 187, 188, 317, 326, 327, 328–29, 332, 334, 335, 347, 351, 365–66, 368, 371, 379, 388, 390, 392, 393, 394, 397, 400, 401, 402, 415
McKenzie, Jenny, 229
McKibbon, Al, 106, 107, 136, 144, 154, 425, 427, 428, 429, 433, 435
McLean, Jackie, 104, 118, 146, 220, 285, 311, 337
McLellan, John, 282–83
McPartland, Marian, 247, 398, 448
McRae, Teddy, 93–94, 112, 118, 160, 415
“Mad Monk,” 102
Mailer, Norman, 214, 232, 312–13
“Make-Believe Ballroom” (radio show),146
Makowicz, Adam, 448
“Manhattan Mood,” 112
Manhattan School of Music, 164, 195
Mantel, Dick, 394
Mapp, Gary, 119, 159–60, 161, 165
“March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,” 343
Maretta (dancer), 349
marijuana, 69, 74, 78, 127, 139–40, 142, 143, 151, 254, 274, 304, 379, 396
Marquee Club (London), 374, 375
Martin, Dean, 139
Martinez-Carroll, Lem, 386–87
Masao Yagi Plays Thelonious Monk, 338
Massapequah (bassist), 56
Massey, Cal, 415
Matthews, Ronnie, 448
Mattos, Michael, 119, 147, 148
Maxwell, Elsa, 132
Maybelle, Big, 415
Mayfair Theater (Portland), 108, 109
Mayfield, Julian, 168
“Meet Dr. Christian,” 74
Melotone Music, 194
Mendelson, Al, 274
“Merrier Christmas, A,” 393
Merteuil, Juliette de, 271
Metronome, 100, 107, 112, 122, 137, 162, 179, 186, 217, 223, 229, 264, 316
Michaund, Neil, 237
Miles and Monk at Newport, 342
Milestone (record label), 440, 441
Millinder, Lucius “Lucky,” 57, 58, 77, 104, 106
Mingus, Charles, 127, 162–63, 165, 166, 167, 186, 187, 188, 195, 196, 214, 218, 229, 247, 248, 257, 280, 293, 294, 330, 354, 358, 364, 433
Minton, Monroe Henry, 62, 63, 65
Minton’s Playhouse (Harlem), 47, 59, 60–62, 63, 64, 65–66, 67, 70, 72–73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 89, 91, 97, 114, 117, 118, 120–21, 123, 124, 126, 128, 129, 131, 132, 133, 135, 136, 138, 139, 150, 154, 170, 184, 188, 192, 194, 215, 334, 366, 379, 427, 448
basement of, 69
“Celebrity Night” at, 66
set length at, 68–69
“Misterioso,” 140, 219, 275, 328, 354, 368, 428
Mitchell, Frank, 406
Mitchell, Joan, 227
Mitchell, Sammy, 419–20
Modern Jazz Quartet, 164, 182–84, 189, 385
Moeketsi, Kippie, 353–54
Monck, Edward “Chip,” 323
Monk, Barbara Batts, xv, 48, 49, 53, 76, 103, 206, 207, 326
birth of, 10
concern for Thelonious’s education, 38
deteriorating health of, 154, 155, 162
first baby of, 12–13
hit by bus, 150–51
marriage of, 12
and musical lessons for children, 25–26
musical skill of, 14
parenting of, 22
piano acquired by, 24
in Union Baptist Church, 20
as upset with PM article, 134
Monk, Barbara Evelyn (Boo Boo), xiii, 163, 178, 179, 193, 195, 241, 245, 268, 272, 285, 288, 297, 299, 302, 310, 316, 325, 329, 343, 344, 356, 370, 372, 377, 387, 396, 420, 421, 436, 437, 439, 448–49, 450
dance and music career of, 419, 432, 445–46
education of, 325–26, 356, 387
Monk, Bertha, 8
Monk, Chaney, 3
Monk, Charlotte, 41, 117, 142, 162, 198
Monk, Conley, 216
Monk, George, 4
Monk, Harriet, 3
Monk, Hettie Fernandez, 12, 24, 215
Monk, Hinton, 4, 7, 8, 14, 215
Monk, Isaac, 4
Monk, Julius Withers, 1–2
Monk, Kaplin, 3
Monk, Lawrence, Sr., 2
Monk, Lorenzo, 14
Monk, Mamie Lofton, 215
Monk, Marion Barbara, 2, 13, 16, 20, 22, 26, 32, 36, 40, 49, 51, 56, 74, 80, 133, 144, 198, 203, 255, 262, 432, 443, 445
at Columbus Hill Neighborhood Center, 29, 40
in move to New York, 15
piano lessons of, 25
Monk, Nellie Smith, xiii, xv, xvi, 30, 33, 34, 36, 49, 51, 79, 86–87, 103, 110, 114, 117, 119–20, 133, 136, 145–46, 163–64, 168, 169, 178, 181, 195, 198, 200, 201, 207, 208, 210, 213, 215, 217, 223, 229, 231, 237, 239, 240, 244, 245, 248, 255, 261, 262, 263, 264, 266, 268, 274, 279, 282, 286, 291, 296, 297, 301, 302, 310, 316, 319–20, 322, 325, 326, 331, 337, 343, 344, 354, 355, 357, 361–62, 365, 380, 385, 390, 409, 411, 412, 420, 421, 423, 433, 439–40, 446–47
and apartment fire, 204, 297, 298–99
on Australia and New Zealand tour, 375
early meetings with Thelonious, 34
on European tour, 301–7, 333, 351, 353, 372, 380, 391, 392–93, 406, 437
fatigue of, 392–93
illnesses of, 119–20, 153–54, 156, 221–22, 275–76, 396, 411
in Japan, 338, 339, 415, 416, 417, 427
juice made by, 396–97, 411, 426, 437, 438–39, 440, 445
marriage of, 143–44
Mary Lou William’s argument with, 159
in Mexico, 423–24
and Monk’s arrests, 143, 156–57
and Monk’s hospitalizations, 214, 266, 267, 396–97, 418, 419, 422, 431, 432
pregnancies of, 150, 151, 153, 162
Monk, Pam, 216
Monk, Richard, 4
Monk, Sampson, 12
Monk, “Sissy” (Marion), 117
Monk, Solomon, 3
Monk, Squire, 8
Monk, Thelonious:
in “Adventures in Jazz” class, 181–82
as allegedly ignorant of serious music, xiv—xv, 369
“always Know” as mantra of, xviii, 418
arrests and imprisonments of, 84, 139–40, 141, 142, 143, 155, 156, 253–55, 374
articles on, 122, 132–36, 141–42, 170–71, 336, 342–43, 354
in band at Savoy, 77–78
bipolar disorder of, xv, xvii, 68, 143, 214–15, 266, 275, 318–19, 346, 370, 404, 408, 410, 418, 425, 431, 432, 444, 445
and birth of Thelonious, Jr., 151–52
car purchased for, 201
civil rights movement and, 293, 323–24, 329–31, 334, 343, 413, 417
Coleman’s innovations and, 280–81, 282
Colomby made manager of, 199, 200
at Columbus Hill Community Center, 28–30
critical praise of, 149, 248, 336, 358, 384, 417–18, 419–20, 441, 442
Davis’s tension with, 182, 190, 405
death and funeral of, 447, 448–49
documentaries on, 389–90, 392, 393
draft notice received by, 76, 82–83
drawing by, 31
drinking by, 74–75, 78, 171, 172, 266, 267, 268, 274, 304, 307, 338, 345, 346, 354, 396, 411, 419
drugs taken by, 69, 74, 78, 84, 139–40, 141, 142, 143, 151, 152, 229, 267, 268, 274, 346, 354, 370, 396, 404
early jam sessions of, 32–33
early meetings with Nellie, 34
education of, 20, 30–32, 38, 39
financial problems of, xvii, 144, 146, 157–58, 163–64, 183, 184, 189, 215, 316, 329, 386, 404, 415, 439, 440, 445
fires in apartment of, 203–4, 213, 297, 298–99
first magazine profile of, 115–17
in Fresh Air Fund, 21–22
Gottlieb’s photos of, 123–24
hats worn by, 82, 92, 123, 131, 142, 270, 392
as “High Priest of Bebop,” 136, 232, 246, 308
hospitalizations of, 213, 216–17, 254–55, 266–67, 354, 396–97, 404, 418–19, 422, 429, 431–33
illnesses of, xv, xvii, 426, 440
interviews of, xv, 188, 334–35, 340, 372–74, 392, 425
marriage of, 143–44
as mentor, 81, 85, 106–7, 112, 149, 208–9, 228, 281, 291–92
in move to Lincoln Towers, 376–77
in move to Nica’s place, 439–40
musical education of, xv, 11, 25–27, 30, 38
musical knowledge of, xv, 336, 416
at New School lectures, 340–41
off-beat accents used by, 64
painting of, 233
parenting by, 178–79
personality of, xiv, xvi, 67, 131
piano lessons taken by, 25–26
playful banter and pranks enjoyed by, xiii, xiv, xvii, 10, 91, 107
posthumous Pulitzer awarded to, 450
prostate problems of, 411, 440
racism and racial violence faced by, 18–19, 30, 57
religious views of, 4, 41–42, 47, 155, 425
rings of, xviii, 239, 338, 418
Ronnie Smith’s death and, 343–44, 345, 346
sense of humor of, xvi
in sessions with Miles Davis, 182–84
“Sphere” chosen as middle name by, 9–10
sunglasses of, 247
tap dancing by, 37
tape recordings of conversations of, xvi
as teacher, 386–87
Time’s portrait of, 346, 347–48
on The Twentieth Century, 255–56
“vitamin shots” taken by, 267, 318–19, 370, 396, 411
Monk, Thelonious, compositions of, 90, 92, 117, 120, 124, 130, 213
arrangements for, 257–60
Caribbean rhythms in, 23, 113, 160, 161, 238
Christmas song of, see “A Merrier Christmas”
earliest compositions of, 69–70
Les liaisons dangereuses score composed by, 45, 247, 269, 270–71, 313
poaching of, 101–2, 105, 117–18
theft of, 311
see also specific songs
Monk, Thelonious, playing and gigs of, 38, 162, 202, 272–73, 292–93, 319–20, 397–98, 411–13, 440
at Apollo Theater’s “Audition Night,” 36, 37
in Australia and New Zealand, 374–75
at Bee Hive Lounge (Chicago), 196–97
at Beige Room (Chicago), 148
at benefit concerts, 293–94
at Birdhouse (Chicago), 301, 314–15
at Birdland (New York), 153, 164, 166–67, 331, 332, 336–37, 363
at Blackhawk (San Francisco), 276–77, 279, 285, 286, 287
with Blood, Sweat and Tears, 421–22
“Cabaret identification card” and, 65, 144, 147, 148, 152, 157–58, 163, 200, 205, 220, 225, 229, 254, 256, 265, 281, 288
at Carnegie Hall, 237–38, 315, 359
at Chicago Civic Opera House, 260–61
Monk, Thelonious, playing, cont.
Chittison’s influence on, 37
chords of, 100, 128, 129, 141, 149, 238, 436
at Club 12 (Detroit), 273–74
on college tour, 371
Concert at Town Hall, 204, 237, 255, 256
criticism of, 69, 71, 72–73, 137, 149–50, 306, 313, 345, 346, 352–53, 379, 380, 384, 395, 445
in D.C., 99–100, 272, 273, 358
dissonant harmonies used by, 55, 61, 67, 69, 72, 73, 82, 93, 99, 100, 105, 106, 123, 125, 141, 153, 173, 182, 333, 388, 411, 436
at 845 Club (Bronx), 145, 147, 148
with Ellington’s band, 322–23, 328
European tours of, 169, 170–72, 177, 301–7, 333–35, 351–53, 354, 371–72, 380–82, 390, 391–93, 406–7, 427–28, 437–38
first band of, 35–36
at Five Spot, 1, 2, 30, 229–31, 233–34, 235, 236, 238, 239, 241, 243, 244, 246, 248, 250, 255, 256, 262, 264, 274, 278, 279, 336, 339–40, 342–43, 345, 347, 349, 350, 361, 378, 402
with Gillespie’s band, 113–15, 127, 140, 265, 320–21
at Golden Gate Ballroom (Harlem), 136–37
with Harris’s sextet, 96–98
at Hi-Hat Club (Boston), 148, 149
imitations of, 274
influence of, 132, 135, 316, 317, 334
Japanese tours of, 337–39, 382, 415–17, 426–27
at Jazz Gallery (Manhattan), 288, 291, 292, 294–95, 296, 312, 313
at “Jazz Profiles” concert, 283–84
as late for, 78, 113, 114–15, 205–6, 247, 265, 276, 292, 334, 366
at Lincoln Square (Manhattan), 104
medium tempo preferred by, 37
in Mexico, 423–24
at Minton’s (Harlem), 61, 64, 67–68, 78, 334
Monk’s dancing at, 231–32, 366, 383, 417
at Monterey Jazz Festival, 346–47, 364–65
at Music Barn (Stockbridge, Mass.), 191–92, 377, 383
at Newport, 189, 245, 259–60, 272–73, 283, 321, 341–42, 359–60, 377, 382, 389
at New York Jazz Festival, 246
in North Carolina, 413–15
Palo Alto concert of, 398–99
with Parker, 142
payment for, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 77–78, 100, 116, 117, 147, 188–89, 200–201, 225, 435
at Penthouse (Cincinnati), 368–69
at Philharmonic Hall (Manhattan), 348–49
placing cigarettes on piano, 234, 331
in religious tour of U.S., 40–41, 42–48, 52, 57, 69
rhythmical melodies of, 98–99
sleeping during, 75, 78, 214, 234
stride piano played by, 99, 103, 128, 137, 192, 218, 220, 278, 333, 347, 368, 385, 438
for Sydenham Hospital, 139
at Tony’s, 165–66
at Town Hall, 159, 258, 260, 261, 262, 263, 265–66, 285, 298, 359
train imitated by, 167–68
in union, 53, 58, 117, 152, 153, 157
at Village Gate, 293, 322–23, 331, 360, 363, 369, 378, 389, 404
at Village Vanguard, 144–45, 241, 246, 315, 362, 363, 364, 366, 383, 384, 386, 389, 390, 393, 396, 403–4, 409, 411, 412, 415, 422, 424, 429, 434, 436, 437, 438, 439
in western U.S., 107, 108–10, 366–68, 398–400, 420–21
Monk, Thelonious, recordings by, 71, 72, 73–74, 100, 101, 113, 120, 127–29, 134, 140–41, 158–59, 160–61, 164–65, 167–68, 170, 193–94, 202, 222–23, 231, 235–36, 242–43, 250, 350–51, 384–85, 390, 393–94, 400–401, 437–38
all-star, 152–53
in apartment, 217–18
contract with Riverside signed by, 185, 241–42
criticisms of, 401
deal with Columbia made by, 317–18, 326
of “Especially to You,” 146–47
in Jazz on a Summer’s Day (film), 245–46
at Nica’s place, 311–12
payment for, 296, 329, 349, 358, 385, 394, 397, 415, 441
tribute to Ellington, 192, 202
see also specific recordings
Monk, Thelonious, Jr. (Toot), xiii, 154, 155, 161, 162, 163, 178, 179, 192, 195, 200, 203, 207, 210, 217, 234, 235, 239, 245, 267, 268, 285, 288, 297, 298, 299, 302, 310, 316, 329, 343, 344, 356, 365, 370, 377, 388, 396, 406, 410–11, 422, 423, 433–34, 439, 440, 449
birth of, 151–52
education of, 324–25, 336, 387
music career of, 421, 423, 424–25, 429, 436, 440, 441, 442, 445, 446
Monk, Thelonious, Sr.:
birth of, 8
death of, 331
health problems of, 13, 14, 23, 24, 215–16
marriage of, 12
in move to New York, 23
musical skills of, 14
piano acquired by, 24
Monk, Theodoras (Theodore), 8, 24
Monk, Theodore (Babe), 215, 216, 331
Monk, Theolonious (Peanut), 51, 52–53, 117, 166
Monk, Thomas, Jr., 28, 37, 48, 52, 79, 117, 198, 203, 239
Monk, Thomas (Baby), xiii, 2, 13, 51, 155, 178, 207, 239, 262, 370, 432, 445, 449
as boxer, 48
at Columbus Hill Community Center, 29
female admirers of, 37
marriage of, 48–49
in move to New York, 15
religion of, 41
Monk, Trotyrine Wilson (Rita), 37, 39, 41, 48, 49, 51, 52, 117, 155, 198, 207, 279
Monk, William Henry, 222
Monk (documentary), 390
“Monk and the Nun,” 281
Monk: Big Band and Quartet in Concert, 358, 369
Monk in Europe (documentary), 390
“Monk’s Dream,” 160, 321, 322, 328
“Monk’s Mood,” 113, 116, 129, 218, 219, 237–38, 258, 359, 360
“Monk’s Point,” 368
Monogram Music Company, 120
Monroe, Al, 314
Monroe, Clark, 61, 66, 67, 69, 78, 97, 99, 107, 111, 113
Monroe’s Uptown House, 61, 66, 67, 70, 73, 78, 97
Monterey Jazz Festival, 277, 346–47, 364–65
Montgomery, Wes, 400
“Moon Over the Desolate Castle, The,” see “Kojo no Tsuki”
“Moody’s Mood for Love,” 159
Moore, Melvin, 364
Moreau, Jeanne, 271
“More Than You Know,” 180
Morgenstern, Dan, 270, 280, 284, 321, 342, 359
Morningside Community Center (Harlem), 237, 294, 336
Mose Allison Trio, 376
Mostel, Zero, 139
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 26, 80, 316
Muhammad, Elijah, 126
Mulligan, Arlyne, 173
Mulligan, Gerry, 171, 172, 173, 189, 229, 235, 236, 247, 255, 257, 341, 347, 360, 417, 448
Mulligan’s Concert Jazz Band, 348
Murphy, Turk, 263
Murray, Thelma Elizabeth, 87–88, 101
Museum of Great Jazzmen, 280
Museum of Modern Art, 300
Musica Jazz (Italy), 305
Music Barn (Stockbridge, Mass.), 191–92, 361, 377, 383
Music for a Spring Night (TV program), 283, 285
Musicians’ Emergency Fund, 57
Music Inn (Stockbridge, Mass.), 190–91
“Music of Negro Composers,” 167
Musicraft (record label), 114
Music Town (Los Angeles), 107
Musso, Vido, 108
My Fair Lady, 287
“My Melancholy Baby,” 69, 72, 152, 428
Myth-Maker, The (Brown), 315
“Nameless,” 94–95; see also “52nd Street Theme”
Nationalist Party (South Africa), 289
National Review, 355
National Symphony Orchestra, 321
National War Labor Board, 83
Natural Essence, 446
Navarro, Fats, 98, 120, 126, 251
Neblett, Carver, 330
Neblett, Charles, 330
Negro American Labor Council, 319, 343
Neidlinger, Buell, 228, 312–13
“Nervous,” 238
Newark Hot Club, 130
Newborn, Phineas, Jr., 285
New Deal, 56
Newman, Jerry, 70–71, 73, 74, 120, 154
Newman, Paul, 343
“New Monastery,” 379
Newport All-Stars, 301, 306, 308, 388
Newport Jazz Festival, 189, 245, 260, 272–73, 283, 292–93, 301, 314, 321, 322, 341, 359–60, 377, 382, 389, 415
New Republic, 122
New School for Social Research, 340–41
“New Thing,” 228
“New Vienna Waltz” (Strauss), 22
New York Citizen-Call, 156
New York City Health Department, 16
New York Contemporary Five, 360
New York Council of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions, 167
New York Democratic Clubs, 22
New Yorker, 141–42, 182, 264–65, 280, 443
New York Jazz Festival, 246, 250, 314
New York Jazz Repertory Company, 441
New York Post, 254
New York Times, 160–61, 204, 237, 246, 310, 402
“Nica’s Tempo,” 194
“Nice Piece,” 154; see also “Straight, No Chaser”
“Nice Work If You Can Get It,” 61, 69, 72, 128, 181, 312, 350, 408, 428
Nicholas, Albert, 125
Nicholas, George “Big Nick,” 148
Nicholas Brothers, 139
Nichols, Herbie, 73, 98–99, 115, 116–17, 120, 194–95
Nichols, Rudy, 186
“Night at Tony’s, A,” 166
“Night in Tunisia, A,” 243, 426, 435
No. 5 Bar, 226; see also Five Spot Café
Noble Sissle’s Orchestra, 35
“Nobody Know, Nobody Cares,” 146, 147
North Carolina, 3–5, 6–11, 413–15
Northern, Robert, 260, 261, 413–15
“North of the Sunset,” 368
“Nothing Between,” 45
“Now’s the Time,” 190
Nubin, Katie Bell, 43
“Nutty,” 179, 235, 238, 340, 341, 369, 407, 429
Oakley, Roger, 413
“Off Minor,” 116, 128, 140, 148, 172, 177, 188, 195, 223, 252, 261, 271, 311, 338, 436
“One Foot in the Gutter,” 45, 242
“One O’Clock Jump,” 100
120 Club Show (radio show), 130
“On the Bean,” 100
“On Tour,” 371
Onyx Club (Manhattan), 89–90, 96, 97, 98, 107, 111, 142
Open Door (Manhattan), 163, 180, 220
Ore, John, 228, 284, 290, 291, 294, 303, 313, 314, 315, 330, 332, 336, 337, 363, 444, 448
Oregonian (Portland), 108
Organization of Black American Culture, 398
Orkester Journalen (Sweden), 309
“Our Delight,” 113
Overton, Hall, 181, 186, 195, 257, 258–60, 262, 321, 340–41, 347, 348, 349, 357, 359, 365, 390, 392, 400, 438, 444
Ovington, Mary White, 19–20
Owens, Jimmy, 441
Paccione, Frank (Frankie Passion), 146, 147
Page, Oran (Hot Lips), 47, 61, 65, 70, 71, 96, 105
Paige, Bob, 129
Pan Africanist Congress (South Africa), 289
“Pannonica,” 210, 211, 256, 271, 277, 335, 365
Parent, Robert, 163
Paris Jazz Festival, 205
Parker, Charlie (Yardbird), 61, 81, 85, 90, 100, 104, 105, 106, 107, 111, 115, 116, 121, 122, 123, 131, 132, 133, 138, 139, 149, 150, 163, 168, 180, 188, 190, 250, 317, 325, 334, 336, 358, 386
at all-star recording session, 152–53
in gig with Monk, 142
Parks, Rosa, 202
Patrick, Laurdine “Pat,” 410
Pat’s Bar (Manhattan), 163, 377, 410, 416
Paudras, Francis, 353, 363–64, 366
Paul, Ebeneezer, 66
Paul Robeson, 316
Payne Electoral Law, 10
“Pea-Eye,” 242
Peck, Ira, 132–34
Pelaez, Frank, see Alvarez, Frankie
Pentecostal church, 40, 42, 44, 45, 47
Penthouse (Cincinnati), 368–69
Pep’s Musical Bar (Philadelphia), 284
“Perdido,” 435
Perez, Danilo, 451
Peter, Paul, and Mary, 358, 402
Peterson, Oscar, 115, 246, 274, 312, 313, 321, 355, 360, 379, 389, 433
Petrillo, James, 77
Pettiford, Oscar, 61, 85, 89, 96, 98, 99, 125, 164, 190, 194, 196, 202, 203, 204, 210, 211, 212, 237, 257, 332, 361, 394
Philadelphia Academy of Music, 107
Philharmonic Hall, 348–49
Philipe, Gerard, 271
Phipps, Henry, 15–16
Phipps Houses, 15–16, 23–24, 49, 74, 87, 133, 376, 419, 448, 449
piano rolls, 25
“Played Twice,” 268
“Please Mr. Sun,” 161
Pleasure, King, 159
Plugged Nickel (Chicago), 369, 380, 393, 396, 404
PM, 132–34
Polite, Marjorie, 86
Pontiflet, Theodore, 355
Populist Party, 7
Porgy and Bess (musical), 66
Portland, Oreg., 108–10
Powell, Altevia “Buttercup,” 302, 305
Powell, Baden, 415
Powell, Earl “Bud,” 41, 61, 79, 80, 81–82, 90, 91, 93, 100–101, 112, 113, 117, 125, 128, 147, 153, 154, 209, 218, 228, 353, 358, 362, 364, 388, 396, 438
on European tour, 302, 304, 305
mental and physical health problems of, 214, 302, 311, 347, 363, 366, 381–82, 383
Powell, William, 79–80
“Prelude in C-Sharp Minor,” 422
Prestige (record label), 159, 162, 176, 177, 179, 181, 182, 185, 207, 229, 235, 318, 384
Priester, Julian, 299
Priestley, Brian, 428
“Princess Orelia’s Afro-Pot Purée,” 346
Prokofieff, Sergei, 142
“Pump, The,” 94
Putnam Central (Brooklyn), 162, 165
Quackenbush, Doug, 361, 365, 389, 422, 432, 444
Quaker City Jazz Festival (Philadelphia), 292, 435
Quebec, Ike, 124, 125, 126, 127, 136, 139, 166, 292, 331
Quinn, Anthony, 108
“Quiz for Jazz Musicians, A,” 316
Qur’an, 126
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, xv, 26, 316, 329, 422
Ralph Sutton Duo, 185
Ramey, Gene, 114, 115, 127, 128, 433
Ramsey, Doug, 401
Randall’s Island, 246, 250, 314
Randolph, A. Philip, 83, 264, 319, 343
Randy Weston Plays Cole Porter in a Modern Mood, 190
Randy Weston’s African Rhythms, 432
Ray, Danny, see Big Black
Ray, Johnny, 161
Reagan, Cordell, 330
“Rear Back,” 74
“Recollections,” 100
Record Changer, 122, 123, 134–36, 137, 149, 184
Redmon, Dewey, 409
Reeves Sound Studios, 211, 219, 235, 269
“Reflections,” 161, 177, 219, 277, 401, 442
Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk, 290, 291
Regent Music Corporation, 94
Reisner, Robert, 163, 180, 220
“Remember,” 278
Renaissance Ballroom, 156
Renaissance Casino, 168
Renaud, Henri, 166, 168, 176, 177, 408
Repast of the Lion (painting), 249
Revolutionary Youth Movement, 394
Reynolds, Tommy, 100
Rhythm: Music and Theatrical Magazine, 115–16
“Rhythm-a-ning,” 74, 221, 236, 252, 256, 262, 271, 302, 329, 337, 338, 364, 368, 423, 436
Rhythm Club (Manhattan), 62–63, 65, 66
Richardson, Ackland, 51–52
Richardson, Florence, 51–52
Richardson, Jerome, 204
Richardson, Rubie, 50, 51, 52, 53, 74, 78–79, 84, 112, 144, 357
Ridley, Larry, 415, 416, 417, 423–24, 435, 442, 448, 450
Riley, Ben, 232, 350, 351, 352, 353, 356, 357, 362, 366–67, 368, 372, 377, 378, 380, 381, 388, 393, 399, 400, 403, 410, 444, 448, 451
Riley, Dean, 276
Rimbaud, Arthur, 249
Rivera, George, 160
Riverside Records, 165, 184–85, 204, 219, 241–42, 243, 249, 255, 282, 292, 295–96, 304, 317, 318, 328, 407
Roach, Max, 67, 80, 90, 96, 99, 104, 115, 120, 121, 128, 139, 142, 158, 159, 161, 162–63, 164, 165, 166, 196, 205, 211, 212, 213, 276, 285, 289, 293, 299, 354, 358, 377, 389, 391, 425, 435, 448, 450
“Robbin’s Nest,” 130
Roberts, Florine, 86
Robertson, Carole, 344
Robertson, Lizzie, 43
Robertson, Rose, 367
Robeson, Paul, 168–69, 319, 446
“Rockin’ in Rhythm,” 322
Rocky Mount, N.C., 2, 11–14, 168
Rodgers, Richard, 202
Rodgers and Hart Song Book, The, 202, 203
Roker, Mickey, 403
Rollins, Sonny (Theodore), 24, 118, 145, 159, 164, 165, 167, 176, 180, 205, 207, 208, 210, 211, 212, 218, 219, 237, 241, 246, 247, 248, 250, 253, 257, 262, 283, 286, 289, 294, 299, 313, 335, 341, 351, 354, 403, 425
Rolontz, Bob, 264
Romano, Marcel, 247, 269, 270–71
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 22, 56, 70, 83
Rose, John, 19
Rossini, Gioacchino, 22
“Round Lights,” 278
“ ’Round Midnight,” 88, 101–2, 105, 106–7, 111, 112, 114, 117, 125, 129, 134, 137, 150, 174, 177, 189–90, 209, 219, 236, 245, 262, 282, 287–88, 302, 321, 334, 341, 383, 408, 417, 426, 427, 428, 435, 436, 446, 450
Rouse, Charlie, 100, 126, 147, 191, 232, 250–53, 254, 255, 260, 265, 266, 269, 270, 271, 276, 280, 282, 283–84, 290, 291, 292, 294, 295, 303, 305, 313, 319, 328, 339, 346, 351, 356, 357, 358, 361, 362, 364, 368, 383–84, 388, 391, 394, 395, 399, 404, 407, 408, 409, 413, 420, 421, 424, 441, 444, 451
Rouse, Mary Bell, 251
Rouse, Sandra, 421
Rouse, William, 251
Rousseau, Henri, 249
Royal Academy of Art, 174
Royal Baron Orchestra, 98
“Ruby, My Dear,” 112, 117, 125, 128, 148, 149, 150, 231, 235, 277, 377, 382, 428, 429, 432, 433, 450
Ruch Muzyczny (Poland), 381
Russell, Curley, 104, 120, 128, 136, 139, 152, 167
Russell, George, 289
Russell, Luis, 63
Russell, Pee Wee, 341–42
Russell, Ross, 111
Russo, Bill, 296