Thelonious Monk MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Thelonious Monk? Thelonious Monk is an INTP personality type in MBTI, 5w4 - sp/sx - 549 in Enneagram, SCUEI in Big 5, ILE in Socionics.
His chords and improvisations were the most sophisticated example of (Ti) artistic architecture.
Biography
Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917-1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. A leading figure in Jazz's bebop movement, alongside contemporaries such as Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Mingus. His playing was described as percussive and minimal, often being described as sharp or angular. He was known for using complex and dissonant harmonies and unusual intervals and rhythms. As Monk’s music was also known for its jocular, almost humourous, quality. He was also one of the most brilliant composers in the history of jazz. Many of his compositions, which were generally written in the 12-Bar Blues form, became jazz standards. Among his best-known works are "Well, You Needn’t", "I Mean You", "In Walked Bud", "Straight, No Chaser", "Ruby, My Dear", "Mysterioso", "Epistrophy", "Blue Monk", and "'Round Midnight", He influenced the flavour of much modern jazz, influencing pianists such as Cecil Taylor, Bill Evans and Chick Corea.
