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 ...

We mark 100 years of Thelonious Monk with a new reissue of his 1954 LP on high rotation all week. When you think of a unique, original voice in jazz, it's hard to go past Thelonious Monk. His ...

Even his name was one of a kind. Before Monk came along, no one played piano like him. His elliptical approach to melody and often abrupt, percussive style created suspense and humor on the bandstand, ...

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 ...

Featuring John Coltrane, Art Blakey, and Coleman Hawkins, Monk’s Music was the world’s introduction to the pianist’s most famous songs. It helped define the future of jazz and the mind of Monk. Save ...