The summer of 1968 looked like the summer of 2020. Americans were in the streets protesting racism, among other things. And a high school student in Palo Alto, Calif., got in on the action by ...

Thelonious Monk’s best-known composition, “’Round Midnight,” was first recorded 80 years ago this month. His slow, moody ballad ranks as among his finest work and one of the most enduring in jazz.

Comebacks, heartbreaks and a tribute to a jazz legend. By Alex Barron, Tina Antolini, Dan Powell, Daniel Ramirez and Jon Pareles We asked Jon Batiste, Arooj Aftab, Mary Halvorson and others to share ...

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, ...

With his songs characterized by melodic dissonance and playful rhythmic and improvisational nature, Thelonious Monk helped define the challenging, almost rebellious, nature of jazz music during the ...

A motion picture film print with a clip of Thelonious Monk performing "Blue Monk" on "The Sound of Jazz," an episode of the anthology series The Seven Lively Arts. It consists of a single reel of ...

SAN FRANCISCO - With his songs characterized by melodic dissonance and playful rhythmic and improvisational nature, Thelonious Monk helped define the challenging, almost rebellious, nature of jazz ...

To hear T.S. Monk explain it, the jazz industry has trouble competing with other forms of music for a young audience — and for good reason. “”You’ve got $50. You going to see Wynton Marsalis or you ...

He helped turn the Library of Congress into a leading center for research on the history of jazz, and made some surprising discoveries of his own. By Clay Risen Art Kane’s “Harlem 1958” gathered ...

There’s a documentary coming to PBS’s Afro-Pop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange on May 1 that features a re-emerged 1969 French interview with Thelonius Monk produced for State TV. Titled Rewind & Play ...

You hum to a melody or tap your feet to a rhythm, then, in your mind’s eye, you take the leap of faith and cross the bridge of a pop song. The bridge is that section that connects other parts of the ...