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Some of this content can be added to Music in Monk Time if reliable published sources can be found.

As a special surprise, Corea brought Dudley Moore, an accomplished bebop pianist and devotee of Thelonious Monk.

Aside from premieres in Los Angeles and San Francisco, it has yet to find a broadcaster in the United States.

When Thelonious Monk died in 1982, Tom Schnabel, host of KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic in Santa Monica, California, began playing music spanning the entirety of Monk’s career, which bridged the Harlem stride piano style of the 1920’s with the invention of bebop and beyond. Monk, referred to as the Bartok of jazz, had a uniquely percussive style and when he couldn’t find the chords he wanted, he simply made them up. Monk only composed about 70 pieces, yet he is the second-most-recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington.Musicians that accompanied Monk include John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins.

Jazz vocalist Jon Hendricks was selected as co-writer, narrator and performer. Hendricks created vocalese, a style of singing where improvisational jazz solos are set to lyrics. He was the only vocalist to ever record with Thelonious Monk.

The Country Club was a large performance venue in northern Los Angeles. KCRW’s Tom Schnabel brought in Rice as guest DJ to play some of the music and promote the show.

Music in Monk Time was picked up for international distribution by Devillier Donegan Enterprises and included in their "American Collection". Home market rights were acquired by CBS/Sony in Japan, and distributed to the United States only as an import. Music in Monk Time has never been broadcast in the United States.