Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Thelonious Monk across 4 places, from 1917 to 1982.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Thelonious Monk is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Thelonious Monk was documented, and when
10 October 1917exact date
Rocky Mount, North Carolinaattested“Thelonious Sphere Monk was born on October 10, 1917, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of Thelonious (or Thelious) and Barbara Monk.”source: Wikipedia: Thelonious Monk
1922year
San Juan Hillattested“In 1922, the Monk family moved to the Phipps Houses at 243 West 63rd Street in San Juan Hill, Manhattan, New York City.”source: Wikipedia: Thelonious Monk
1930year
Juilliardattested“Wolfe (sic), who briefly taught Thelonious around 1930, may have been connected to Juilliard as a teacher or student.”source: Wikipedia: Thelonious Monk
17 February 1982exact date
Englewood, New Jerseyattested“He died of a stroke on February 17, 1982 at Englewood Hospital in Englewood, New Jersey.”source: Wikipedia: Thelonious Monk
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Places Thelonious Monk is documented in
Englewood, New Jersey1 presence · 1982
Juilliard1 presence · 1930
Rocky Mount, North Carolina1 presence · 1917
San Juan Hill1 presence · 1922
Other places tied to Thelonious Monk in the record
In each of these, a source puts Thelonious Monk and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Thelonious Monk was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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1947year
Lorrainementioned“In 1947, Ike Quebec introduced Monk to Lorraine Gordon and her first husband Alfred Lion, co-founder of Blue Note Records.”source: Wikipedia: Thelonious Monk
September 1958month
Carnegie Hallmentioned“An amateur recording from the Five Spot (a later September 1958 reunion with Coltrane sitting in for Johnny Griffin) was issued on Blue Note in 1993; and a recording of the quartet performing at a Carnegie Hall concert on November 29 was…”source: Wikipedia: Thelonious Monk
15 October 1958exact date
Baltimorementioned“On October 15, 1958, en route to a week-long engagement for the quartet at the Comedy Club in Baltimore, Monk and de Koenigswarter were detained by police in Wilmington, Delaware.”source: Wikipedia: Thelonious Monk
15 October 1958exact date
Wilmington, Delawarementioned“On October 15, 1958, en route to a week-long engagement for the quartet at the Comedy Club in Baltimore, Monk and de Koenigswarter were detained by police in Wilmington, Delaware.”source: Wikipedia: Thelonious Monk
1968year
Palo Alto High Schoolmentioned“In 1968, Monk, Gales, Rouse, and Riley played a concert at Palo Alto High School in the San Francisco Bay Area, at the invitation of a 16-year-old student charged with organizing school dances.”source: Wikipedia: Thelonious Monk
1968year
San Francisco Bay Areamentioned“In 1968, Monk, Gales, Rouse, and Riley played a concert at Palo Alto High School in the San Francisco Bay Area, at the invitation of a 16-year-old student charged with organizing school dances.”source: Wikipedia: Thelonious Monk
1968year
Palo Altomentioned“In 1968, Monk, Gales, Rouse, and Riley played a concert at Palo Alto High School in the San Francisco Bay Area, at the invitation of a 16-year-old student charged with organizing school dances.”source: Wikipedia: Thelonious Monk
1982year
Juilliardmentioned“At Monk's funeral service in 1982, it was mentioned in his eulogy that he took classes in harmony and arrangement at Juilliard.”source: Wikipedia: Thelonious Monk
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