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(New page: Parody of real jazzman Thelonius Monk in the children's picture book ''Babar Comes to America'' (1965) by Laurent de Brunhoff. He appears in a single panel as visiting royalty Babar visit...)
 
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Parody of real jazzman Thelonius Monk in the children's picture book ''Babar Comes to America'' (1965) by Laurent de Brunhoff. He appears in a single panel as visiting royalty Babar visits a New York nightclub to see him.  
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Parody of real jazzman Thelonius Monk in the children's picture book ''Babar Comes to America'' (1965) by Laurent de Brunhoff. He appears in a single panel as visiting royalty King Babar comes to a New York nightclub to see him.  
  
 
However, Priest is drawn looking like Dizzy Gillespie, with a trumpet and giant, puffed-out cheeks. Thelonius Monk was a pianist, not a horn player.
 
However, Priest is drawn looking like Dizzy Gillespie, with a trumpet and giant, puffed-out cheeks. Thelonius Monk was a pianist, not a horn player.
  
 
[[Category:1965|Priest]]
 
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[[Category:Picture books|Priest]]

Revision as of 09:26, 9 July 2013

Parody of real jazzman Thelonius Monk in the children's picture book Babar Comes to America (1965) by Laurent de Brunhoff. He appears in a single panel as visiting royalty King Babar comes to a New York nightclub to see him.

However, Priest is drawn looking like Dizzy Gillespie, with a trumpet and giant, puffed-out cheeks. Thelonius Monk was a pianist, not a horn player.