Jazz Articles about Thelonious Monk

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Keyboard Special: Thelonious Monk, John Donegan, Tom Schuman and others

by David W. Daniels
November 3, 2026

End of the month keyboard special and the last week of Monktober! In addition to the keyboard players named in the title, we are featuring jazz music ranging from the vocal/piano stylings of Shirley Horn and Freddy Cole to the fusion jams of Weather Report and the Headhunters. Plenty of hard bop, soul jazz, post bop, and straight ahead in between featuring Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3 organ, piano, and synths. Playlist Wajdi Cherif “Saturday Blues" from Explorations (B. ...

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Interpretations of Thelonious Monk by Max Roach, Leon Thomas, Wynton Marsalis, Others

by David W. Daniels
October 27, 2026

In addition to the musicians named, new music is featured by Vanisha Gould, Steve Davis, and a Charles Tolliver reissue. Playlist Grachan Moncur III “Monk In Wonderland" from Exploration (Capri) 00:00 Thelonious Monk “Bye-Ya (Live)" from Monk (Live) (Gearbox) 8:40 Sonny Rollins “Autumn Nocturne" from The Standard Sonny Rollins (RCA Victor) 18:18 Dinah Washington “Invitation" from A Night Out With Verve (Various Artists) (Compilation) (Verve) 21:17 Lee Morgan “Hocus Pocus" from The Sidewinder (Blue Note) 24:15 Max Roach ...

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Monktober continues with covers from Abbey Lincoln, Art Blakey, Chick Corea, and Billy Higgins. Also new music from Janis Siegel, Bobby Watson, and Others

by David W. Daniels
October 20, 2026

In addition to the musicians mentioned in the title, this edition of Exploration includes newly released music from Tommy Flanagan, Amber Weekes, Ray Russell, and more. Birthdays for Freddy Cole, Roy Hargrove, Kazumi Watanabe, and others are recognized.Playlist Chick Corea and Eddie Gomez and Paul Motian “Little Rootie Tootie" from Further Explorations (Concord Jazz) 00:00 Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane “Sweet And Lovely" from Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane--At Carnegie Hall (Blue Note/Thelonious) 13:24 John Coltrane “Traneing ...

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Thelonious Monk: Wrong Is Right, Part 2

by Stephen Braunginn
October 17, 2026

The conversation continues. In Part Two of Thelonious Monk: Wrong Is Right, Steve Braunginn rejoins T.S. Monk and Thelonious Monk IV, beginning with Charlie Rouse and the musical language he shared with Monk. From a remarkable Archie Shepp story and T.S.'s “No Monk, no funk" to archival recordings and the fourth generation carrying the Monk legacy forward, the conversation ultimately returns home--to Thelonious Monk the father, husband and man behind the mythology, and to Nellie Monk, the woman T.S. calls ...

Album Review

Thelonious Monk: Live In Paris, 1967. Volume Two

Read "Live In Paris, 1967. Volume Two" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
October 15, 2026

This is magnificent music: an important document of a unique European tour that places Thelonious Monk in a different context from his regular quartet with Charlie Rouse. While many unauthorised recordings of the nonet (the nine piece) circulated over the decades, this official release offers a uniquely clear and authoritative record of this aspect of Monk's work.In 1967, George Wein presented six Monk concerts in Europe and was determined to break the routine of the quartet format. Wein ...

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Happy 109th Birthday Thelonious Monk! His Music Interpreted by Himself, Ralph Peterson, Carmen Bradford, and Others

by David W. Daniels
October 13, 2026

It is “Monktober" and we are celebrating the 10-10-1917 birthday of one of the greatest piano composers in jazz--Mr. Thelonious Sphere Monk. In addition to the artists named in the title, we have tribute compositions from Dr. Lonnie Smith, Carlos Henriquez, and his son T.S. Monk. Additional artists interpreting Monk's compositions include Blue Mitchell, Larry Goldings, Roy Ayers, and lots more. Playlist Alchemy Sound Project “Beta" from Further Explorations (Artist Recordings Collective) 00:00 Cedar Walton “Pannonica" from The ...

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Thelonious Monk: Wrong is Right, Part 1

by Stephen Braunginn
October 10, 2026

Thelonious Monk changed the language of jazz--but who was the man behind the music? On Strictly Jazz Sounds, Steve Braunginn talks with T.S. Monk and his son, Thelonious Monk IV, about Monk as father, grandfather and musical revolutionary. T.S. challenges the familiar image of Monk as an eccentric, examines his remarkable relationship with tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse, and offers a revealing way to hear his father's genius: listen not only to Monk's solos, but to what he plays ...