One game into the 2023-24 NBA season, Malik Monk might already have locked up the Dunk of the Year. OK, maybe that's a slight exaggeration. But Kings veteran forward Harrison Barnes does believe the ...

On July 27, 1959, Thelonious Monk entered Nola Penthouse Studios on Manhattan's 57th Street for a recording session. He was wearing a very strange hat. This was often the case; the enigmatic jazz ...

It’s a cliché of modernism that one generation’s avant-garde assimilates into the next generation’s mainstream. But seven decades after Thelonious Monk helped lay the foundation for modern jazz, he ...

A first-rate addition to understanding Monk, his music, and the broader issues of legacies in jazz is fresh from the publisher. Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) was one of jazz's greatest and most ...

For some performers, the shadow of a famous parent is a weight, as they try to make a name for themselves. But for T.S. Monk, the life and work of his father, legendary jazz pianist and composer ...

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If legendary jazz musicians were collected together in one giant jigsaw puzzle and each musician was one piece—Thelonious Monk's individual piece would be impossible to cut out. As a singular artist, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK — Thelonious Sphere Monk may have ...

Thelonious Monk (1917–1982) was a man of many hats — literally. A look at the covers for some of his most beloved albums — The Unique Thelonious Monk, Monk’s Music, Thelonious Alone in San Francisco, ...

T S MONK (Thelonious Monk III.) sat down with Black Enterprise Executive Editor-At-Large Alfred Edmond Jr. for an hour-long discussion on music, activism, and a whole lot more. T.S., the son of the ...

The cover art for Monk’s “Palo Alto” live album, recorded live at Palo Alto High School in 1968. Courtesy Impulse! Records. San Francisco and Hackensack, New Jersey, are two locations immortalized by ...

The jazz legend would have turned 100 today. Critic Kevin Whitehead says Monk's music is "universally beloved, by jazz musicians across the stylistic spectrum who might agree about little else." GROSS ...