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  1. 1917-1982. US jazz pianist and composer.
  2. Working in Harlem, New York, during the
  3. Depression, he took part in the development
  4. of the jazz style known as bebop or bop. He
  5. became popular in the 1950s, and is
  6. remembered for numbers such as `Round
  7. Midnight', `Blue Monk', and `Hackensack'.
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