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 ...

The post Unheard Thelonious Monk High School Performance from 1968 Finally Surfaces: Stream appeared first on Consequence of Sound. A previously unreleased Thelonious Monk live recording from October ...

Thelonious Monk features two intimate concerts filmed three days apart in Scandanavia in the Spring of 1966 with a legendary quartet that includes drummer Ben Riley bassist Larry Gales and tenor ...

With the arrival Thelonious Sphere Monk, modern music— let alone modern culture—simply hasn’t been the same. Recognized as one of the most inventive pianists of any musical genre, Monk achieved a ...

New York pianist Thelonious Monk spent a month in California in 1959. In Los Angeles, he played at the Hollywood Bowl, and his wife Nellie was hospitalized with gastrointestinal problems. Monk then ...

Yasiin Bey has stepped back from his role portraying Thelonious Monk in an upcoming biopic after the jazz legend’s estate issued a statement to “condemn” the unauthorized film. However, just hours ...

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 ...

We asked Jon Batiste, Arooj Aftab, Mary Halvorson and others to share their favorites. By Marcus J. Moore For over a year, The New York Times has been asking musicians, writers and scholars to share ...

Thelonious Monk was one of the greatest jazz pianists and composers in history. Thelonious Monk was born in Rocky Mount and moved to New York City as a child. In the following years, Monk rose to fame ...