Thelonious Monk got part of his training from the old ... Other solo jazz pianists like Art Tatum showed off their virtuosity, but Monk solos were more about the compositions, and making the ...

Biographer Robin D.G. Kelley wants to clear the air about Thelonious Monk. "His story challenges a very tired idea of the tortured artist ... committed to making an art by any means necessary ...

Listening to Thelonious Monk sometimes feels like listening to ... greats never stop evolving and pushing the bounds of their art. “Evidence” is one of the best examples of shifting time ...

While doing research for a possible dramatic biopic about Thelonious Monk ... correction like “Rewind & Play” is that where Monk’s art relished asymmetrical, free expression — what ...

the long love affair of Thelonious and Nellie Monk may be the most famous. Monk, a socially awkward eccentric who was absorbed in his art and lived through his imagination, depended on his wife ...