TIME magazine planned a cover story on Thelonious Monk scheduled for November 1963, but it was delayed due to the Kennedy assassination. Eventually the February 28, 1964 issue of TIME magazine featured Monk on the cover and devoted several pages in the music section of the magazine to a lengthy article about him written by Barry Farrell. This article is transcribed here with all the original text. A Letter from the Publisher. The Loneliest Monk. High Philosophy. Pretty Butterfly. Happenings in Harlem. The New Sound. A Drink at Least. Money & Medicine. You Tell 'Em. A Curse in Four Beats. An Oriental Garden. © TIME magazine & Barry Farrell - 1964. Portrait of Monk © Boris Chaliapin - 1964.