Over the years, Thelonious Monk has resided in our collective minds and hearts like the extra-terrestrial "E.T." or Holden Caulfield from Catcher in the Rye, or some such alien figure whom we don't ...

There's bebop, there's hard bop—and then there's Thelonious Monk. It's not hard to imagine where the bebop pioneers found their new sound in the late 1940s, after World War II. It emerged from the big ...

The jazz legend would have turned 100 today. Critic Kevin Whitehead says Monk's music is "universally beloved, by jazz musicians across the stylistic spectrum who might agree about little else." GROSS ...

Joined by Amanda Gardier (saxophone), Jesse Wittman (bass), and trading off between drummers Cassius Goens III and Chris Parker, the quartet paid tribute to the timeless and, confirmed by Ballantine, ...

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This month we celebrate the birthday of one of the truly unique personalities in jazz: Thelonious Monk. Born on October 10, 1917, Monk created a style of improvisation and a repertoire of compositions ...

Thelonious Monk (1917-1992) was a true musical original. Over a career spanning nearly 40 years, he left an indelible imprint not only on Jazz, but on music as well. His singular style, both in his ...

Today marks the centennial of the birth of pianist Thelonious Monk (1917-82), one of the most idiosyncratic stylists and influential composers in the annals of jazz. His staggering output includes ...

Years ago, screenwriter-producer Peter Lord Moreland watched Straight No Chaser, the landmark 1988 documentary on bebop pianist-composer Thelonious Monk. Thus began a near-obsessive fascination with ...

Monk laid down the music for the film on July 27, 1959. Romano had prepared a list of cues — they only had a day to record, and the pressure was on. But those plans went out of the window almost ...

The Concord Music Group has been reissuing classic jazz albums via their Original Jazz Classics Remasters Series for several years. Three new titles are joining the stellar lineup of past releases: ...