Straight, No Chaser: The Life and Genius of Thelonious Monk (Omnibus Press) [Paperback] Review

This book has gotten unjustified bad press.The author accurately captures the "real" T. Monk.She traces Monk's development and commitment to jazz over his career.The author had access to Monk's family(e.g., Toot his drummer son), friends, supporters, and the musicians thatknew him. What I particularly like about the book was her treatment ofMonk's mysterious pathology.Monk was a very strange guy.Variouspsychiatrists discounted him being schizophrenic and bipolar.Theconcensus was that he chemically ruined his brain over the years.He alsocultivated an image of eccentricity. During the last six years of his life,he got up, put on a suit and tie (he was always sartorially snappy) andthen laid in bed all day.This is a very good book and provided aninsightful picture of this eccentric musical genius.

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