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T.S. Monk. (Thelonious Sphere Monk the third) is a jazz drummer, composer, and bandleader. He is the sun of Jazz pianist Thelonias Monk.
By the dawning of the 1980s, he had formed his eponymous band, which featured him on drums and occasional lead vocals. The group's début album, 1980's House of Music, featured several hits that placed on the Billboard R&B chart, including "Bon Bon Vie (Gimme the Good Life)", which featured Monk on lead vocals, and "Candidate for Love". The tracks peaked at No. 63 and No. 58 respectively, in the UK Singles Chart. The band went on to release two more albums throughout the early 1980s, though singles released from these albums did not fare as well as those on the début. The band broke up shortly thereafter.
By the 1990s, Monk was ready to begin his solo career, in which he has taken a decidedly more jazz-oriented direction.
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TS Monk, Thelonious Sphear Monk the Third is a jazz drummer, composer, and bandleader. He is the son of jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. By the dawning of the nineteen eighties, he had formed his eponymous band, which featured him on drums and occasional lead vocals. The group's debut album, nineteen eighties House of Music, featured several hits that placed on the Billboard R and B chart, including bum Bum B give Me the Good Life, which featured Monk on lead vocals, and Candidate for Love.
The tracks peaked at number sixty three and number fifty eight, respectively in the UK Singles Chart. The band went on to release two more albums throughout the early nineteen eighties. Those singles released from these albums did not fare as well as those on the debut. The band broke up shortly thereafter. By the nineteen nineties, Monk was ready to begin his solo career, in which he has taken a decidedly more jazz oriented direction. You're listening to Eagle Heart.
I'm your host, Gail Nobles. Today's topic, TS Monk
