ESC

Danna Colman
Sep 6, 2018 · 8 min read

written by Thom Garrett
edited by Danna Colman

Let’s get one thing straight right from the get-go. Thelonious hated his name, but his father was a jazz buff, so what could he do. And to make matters worse, his middle name was Mingus. Thelonious Mingus Clutterbuck was not a jazz buff.

Thelonious was a writer, or more accurately, he was a dreamer. He dreamed about places he’d never been and times he’d…

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