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 ...

Thelonious Monk (piano), Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone), John Ore (bass on "Epistrophy," "Rhythm A Ning," "Bemsha Swing"), Butch Warren (bass on "Blue Monk," "Ruby ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Years ago, screenwriter-producer Peter Lord Moreland watched Straight No Chaser, the landmark 1988 documentary on bebop pianist-composer Thelonious Monk. Thus began a near-obsessive fascination with ...

LEE — As the United States entered "The War to End All Wars" in 1917, America gave birth to four jazz greats who a century later remain the foundation for the music genre. On Saturday night, the jazz ...

What can you say about pianist Thelonious Monk? By the time these tracks were recorded, between '61 and '64, he had already amassed a body of work containing many tunes that had already become ...