The late jazz legend Thelonious Monk performed at a high school in Palo Alto, CA in 1968, which was the idea of one of the school’s students and was recorded by the school’s janitor. The recordings, ...

The post Unheard Thelonious Monk High School Performance from 1968 Finally Surfaces: Stream appeared first on Consequence of Sound. A previously unreleased Thelonious Monk live recording from October ...

Although critical accuracy and integrity are usually dependent on avoiding categorical endorsement and suggestions of purchase, there have to be some exceptions. In certain cases, this same integrity ...

As part of the series of recordings launching the Monterey Jazz Festival's new record label, this previously unreleased 1964 set by Thelonious Monk offers a glimpse of the maestro with an augmented ...

Thelonious Monk features two intimate concerts filmed three days apart in Scandanavia in the Spring of 1966 with a legendary quartet that includes drummer Ben Riley bassist Larry Gales and tenor ...

The greatest lost concert in American history almost never happened at all. It was Oct. 27, 1968, in Palo Alto, California. Outside of his high school, Danny Scher, a 16-year-old, bushy-haired, ...

This month we celebrate the birthday of one of the truly unique personalities in jazz: Thelonious Monk. Born on October 10, 1917, Monk created a style of improvisation and a repertoire of compositions ...

Comedian Lauren Davis keeps it cute and cultured—art openings, spas, and zero chaos. The 1963 performance was recorded in Copenhagen, featuring John Orr on bass, Frankie Dunlop on drums, and Charlie ...

I was at the bar of the Village Vanguard during a set one night a couple of years ago, when the owner, Lorraine Gordon, sidled up to me and whispered in my ear. “Can you watch those two?” she asked, ...

These are glory days for fans of Thelonious Monk. Columbia is reissuing material from the pianist’s late-life commercial heyday in the 1960s. There’s Solo Monk, for instance, with additional tunes and ...