The song was written by the jazz great Thelonious Monk.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

He retired more than a decade ago to become a Buddhist monk but the Japanese government brought him out of retirement to bring JAL out of bankruptcy.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

through the '40s and '50s with Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk;

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"When I found a medieval abbey in France that said they had been baking for 1300 years, but had lost the last monk who knew how to bake bread, I volunteered to come over and bake some bread for them.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16