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Thelonious Monk
Pioneer of bebop piano who invented an entirely new harmonic vocabulary. His angular melodies and unconventional use of space and silence were revolutionary. Composed jazz standard "Round Midnight" (1944) and was only the 4th jazz musician to appear on the cover of TIME Magazine (1964).
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