Thelonious Monk Monk at Minton's Playhouse, New York, 1947 Background information Birth name Thelonious Sphere Monk Born (1917-10-10)October 10, 1917 Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S. Died February 17, 1982(1982-02-17) (aged 64) Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. Genres Jazz, cool jazz, bebop, hard bop Occupation(s) Musician, composer Instruments Piano Years active 1940s–1973[1] Labels Blue Note, Prestige, Riverside, Columbia Associated acts Milt Jackson, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Oscar Pettiford, John Coltrane, Art Blakey Website monkzone.com