Born in Rocky Mount, N.C., in 1917, Monk grew up in New York, where he studied classical and jazz piano. By the early 1940s, he was performing in Harlem nightclubs. He developed an unorthodox and ...

Marsalis leads a take on Keith Jarrett’s 1974 LP “Belonging,” and Lehman interprets “The Music of Anthony Braxton,” revealing ...

Pianist Tommy James will put on a concert on Feb. 24, and actor Rome Neal will perform the one-man portrait “Monk” by playwright Laurence Holder on Feb. 25. Besides celebrating Monk ...

I love taking familiar music and finding new and creative ways to arrange and present it,” Rosenthal said. “The mix of the ...

Abide With Me; Well, You Needn't; Ruby, My Dear; Off Minor (take 5); Epistrophy; Crepuscle With Nellie (take 6); Off Minor (take 4); Crepuscle With Nellie (takes 4/5); Blues For Tomorrow. Thelonious ...

Echo is a duck which can play the piano, ring a bell and even dribble a football!

Monk’s own lodestar was Ellington. “The way Ellington attacks the piano — [Monk] learns that attack directly from Ellington,” Moran says. “It’s just a very distinct touch that almost ...

Part two of a twopart portrait of the great Jazz composer and pianist On his European tour ... we had the opportunity to spend time with Thelonious Monk and his musicians, following him in New ...