The greatest lost concert in American history almost never happened at all. It was Oct. 27, 1968, in Palo Alto, California. Outside of his high school, Danny Scher, a 16-year-old, bushy-haired, ...

Thelonious Monk’s best-known composition, “’Round Midnight,” was first recorded 80 years ago this month. His slow, moody ballad ranks as among his finest work and one of the most enduring in jazz.

Monk’s Music is the session where Thelonious famously told a frustrated Coltrane and Hawkins that, given the talent between the two of them, they should certainly be able to figure out how to handle ...

Limited to 4,000 individually numbered copies worldwide, the latest Thelonious Monk vinyl reissue features all-analog, one-step mastering. Handpicked from Craft’s extensive catalog, each Small Batch ...

Tokyo Record Bar partners with the Thelonious Monk Estate to celebrate the jazz icon’s heavenly 108th birthday with a three-night immersive experience, October 8–10. Guests will enjoy music, art, and ...

With his songs characterized by melodic dissonance and playful rhythmic and improvisational nature, Thelonious Monk helped define the challenging, almost rebellious, nature of jazz music during the ...

There’s a documentary coming to PBS’s Afro-Pop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange on May 1 that features a re-emerged 1969 French interview with Thelonius Monk produced for State TV. Titled Rewind & Play ...

A new trailer and images reveal what the actual skins for the crossover will look like. We see Thelonious Monk, both in the world, comfortable and warm, far removed from his difficult, enigmatic ...

Thelonious Monk, pictured during a Paris performance in 1969, was one of the United States' most celebrated black musicians — Eleonore BAKHTADZE Half a century after jazz great Thelonious Monk ...

SAN FRANCISCO - With his songs characterized by melodic dissonance and playful rhythmic and improvisational nature, Thelonious Monk helped define the challenging, almost rebellious, nature of jazz ...

There’s a story, possibly apocryphal, about Thelonious Monk and his 1956 composition “Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are.” Supposedly, Monk performed the number at a club and afterward, a rather dignified ...

Some listeners operate under the misconception that pianist Thelonious Monk recorded his best work for producer Orrin Keepnews at Riverside Records, and the rest of his catalog is somehow considered a ...