Attaching the name of someone greater than you on you're own work of art usually strikes me as a cheap trick. How about the genius' mom?
Barbara Monk
Thelonious Monk's mother...
She managed to take her brilliant son out of the oppression of North Carolina into NYC's elite Stuyvesant High School. Even today Stuyvesant's student
body is less than 2% African-American. But elitism doesn't foster genius so
she ended up encouraging him to drop out and focus on music. She gave the world Monk the man and saw to it that his greatness would be shared with the world.
If you dare to pay tribute it better be done right. This one is:
ran blake the short life of barbara monk