Monk

Movie
MonkAmazon Video logoWatch on Amazon Video
NR 58 minDocumentaryMonk Collection PosterPart of Monk Collection
Part one of a twopart portrait of the great Jazz composer and pianist In 1968 we had the opportunity to spend time with Thelonious Monk and his musicians following him in New York and Atlanta In New York his quartet plays at the Village Vanguard and at recording sessions for Columbia Records in Atlanta they appear at a Jazz Festival organized by George Wein The members of the quartet were Charlie Rouse Larry Gales and Ben Riley
StarringThelonious MonkNica De KoenigswarterLarry Gales
DirectorsChristian BlackwoodMichael Blackwood

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Monk on the Web:Official Website

Monk Collection

Two-part portrait of the great Jazz composer and pianist. In 1968, we had the opportunity to spend time with Thelonious Monk and his musicians, following him in New York and Atlanta. In New York his quartet plays at the Village Vanguard and at recording sessions for Columbia Records; in Atlanta they appear at a Jazz Festival organized by George Wein. The members of the quartet were Charlie Rouse, Larry Gales, and Ben Riley. On his European tour his quartet was joined by Ray Copeland, Clark Terry, Phil Woods, and Johnny Griffin. They traveled as part of George Wein’s Newport Jazz Festival road company to London, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Mainz, and Rotterdam.