Thelonious Monk: Underground album review by Jerry D'Souza, published on October 6, 2003. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz!

Mast, aka LA-based instrumentalist Tim Conley, is releasing a modern tribute album reimaging classics by jazz great Theolonious Monk, and today we’re premiering one of the many collabs off his ...

T.S. Monk drops a new live album showcasing his mastery as a jazz bandleader and drummer while also paying tribute to his legendary father.

Until a few weeks ago, many jazz critics would have ranked Underground among Thelonious Monk’s least significant albums. Now they should consider placing it in his top tier. Released in 1968 ...

Monk Tribute Albums That Aren't Terrible Thelonious Monk, who would have been 91 on Thursday, wrote many great songs. But a great many covers of his music wind up butchered by interpreters who ...

The album features a recording of Monk’s historic concert at Palo Alto High School on October 27, 1968, with Monk and his quartet playing to a mixed-race crowd of students and Palo Alto residents.

Today we get to hear a new spin on “Nutty,” a tune Monk also recorded for the albums Misterioso and Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane. It’s a lively bebop number that swings just hard ...

Album Description At the time of this recording, Thelonious Monk was at both a creative and critical peak. He had recently signed with Columbia Records, notably one of the biggest jazz labels in the ...

In “Paris 1969,” a live DVD-CD combo, pianist Thelonious Monk is the lion in winter. His health is declining and all that remains of his longtime band is saxophonist Charlie Rouse, who looks a ...

“Palo Alto,” a previously unissued concert recording of Monk and his quartet, from 1968, offers distinctive and illuminating pleasures.

Alexander arrives with the announcement of Joey.Monk.Live! just one day before its release — watch the 14-year-old pianist bring playful improvisations to Monk's music as a preview of the record.

Thelonious Monk, who would have been 91 on Thursday, wrote many great songs. But a great many covers of his music wind up butchered by interpreters who seem not to understand it. From the scores ...