27320-1 - THELONIUS SPHERE MONK

THELONIUS SPHERE MONK

$800.00
27320-1

(1920 - 1982) American jazz pianist, a creator of "bop" style, played in bands with Lucky Millander, Coleman Hawkins, and Charlie Parker, composer of "Round Midnight" and Straight No Chaser".Excessively rare D.S. "T. Monk", a business check issued by the Village Music Company, New York, April 5, 1958 making a $8.00 Payment to Monk. Boldly endorsed in black ink on verso. The Village Music Company was owned by Sid Prosen, a discoverer of Hank Williams and Simon and Garfunkle, and was a major East Coast jazz promoter. Light soiling, else very good.