Epistrophy; Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are; Evidence; Just A Gigolo; Blue Monk. At the time of this recording, Thelonious Monk was at both a creative and critical peak. He had recently signed with ...

over the course of one day. Backing the co-leaders on this date are Wynton Kelly on piano, Percy Heath on bass, and Art Blakey on drums. The original vinyl release contained seven cuts, expanded on ...

Thelonious Monk: Misterioso Recorded live in 1958 at the Five Spot Caf in New York, Misterioso is one of two albums to emerge from the Five Spot dates — the other being Thelonious in Action — that ...

Craft Recordings Reissues Sought After 1957 Thelonious Monk Mono Mix In 180-gram Vinyl, All Analog Remastered Original Jazz Classics Series. Thelonious Monk’s, November 1957 release titled Monk’s ...

Craft Recordings have announced the first reissues of 2025 from Original Jazz Classics, the series that revisits seminal and rare jazz albums celebrated by critics and aficionados alike. The latest ...

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 ...

After seeing what a dazzling parade of talent a Los Angeles-based show could attract last October, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz put on another starry gala concert in the Kodak Theater on ...

This week, I had pleasure of welcoming John Beasleyto KCRW’s studios to talk about his cool new project, Monk’estra Vol. 1, which celebrates the music of Thelonious Sphere Monk. Monk, like Charlie ...

Craft Recordings reissues Thelonious Monk’s 1957 gem Thelonious Himself—vinyl collectors, skip the $300 OG and grab this audiophile stunner instead. Before diving into the many reasons why you should ...

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews two new interpretations of Monk's complete works: Monk's Dreams, by pianist Frank Kimbrough, and Work, by guitarist Miles Okazaki. This is FRESH AIR. Two new ...

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 ...

A trumped-up drug conviction and draconian cabaret laws would rob Monk of his ability to perform in New York for several years following the Blue Note sessions. Greater exposure through associations ...