Wednesday is the birthday anniversary of pianist and composer Thelonious Monk. Thursday is the birthday anniversary of drummer Art Blakey. The two were born two years and one day apart ...

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 ...

Before Monk came along, no one played piano like him ... and Barney Wilen – along with bassist Sam Jones and drummer Art Taylor. Related: At 13, Self-Taught Jazz Pianist Joey Alexander Is ...

An extension of the Original Jazz Classics series launched in 1982, the OJC Remasters strand applies the sonic benefits of modern remastering to albums in the OJC catalogue which were released on ...

Finding a lost movie soundtrack by composer/pianist Thelonious Monk at this late date seems an improbable event ... The official soundtrack album released at the time included only the music by Art ...

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 ...

A treasure chest of jazz is being rereleased this week: “The Complete Riverside Recordings” of Thelonious ... range of his art. For me, it's the most essential trove of Monk's recordings ...