Thelonious Monk's 100th Birthday Celebration
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T.S. Monk Talks Thelonious Monk's 100th Birthday Celebration & Plans of Forthcoming Biopic
2017 will mark the 100th birthday of Thelonious Monk. I can only imagine a major event taking place to commemorate the celebration. Are there any set plans as of yet?
We're beginning the preplanning on a lot of different levels, not only with the [Monk] Institute but with myself just representing my father, because it's going to be an international event ... This year we've streamed the third annual International Jazz Day to 2.5 billion people. So I know when Thelonious' 100th birthday comes up in three years, the whole entire world is going to be celebrating him the whole year and the International Jazz Day will be bigger than ever. We're planning it now. So I have a lot of stuff on my plate.
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