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.

He was called "the high priest of bebop." With his goatee, dark sunglasses and exotic hats, Thelonious Monk was the quintessential hepcat. He patted his feet in mad rhythm while he was playing — and ...

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When producer Orrin Keepnews undertook this album for Riverside in 1957, Thelonious Monk had recorded relatively little as a solo pianist—nine tracks for French Vogue in 1954 and single tracks on ...

The pianist and the drummer were born two years and one day apart. Nearly a century later, we consider both of them to be jazz legends, in part... Wednesday is the birthday anniversary of pianist and ...

Hands on the floor and legs in the air, a dancer defies the downward pull of gravity by snapping his entire body to the beat. He appears in Alice Wheeler's "Break Dancing at the Chop Suey," one of her ...

Jazz anniversaries are always a bit underwhelming. They come and go, their significance trumpeted in earnest Facebook posts. At the end of the day though, the artists we honor remain underappreciated ...

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 ...

Misunderstood early in his career, the jazz pianist and composer — born Oct. 10, 1917 — came to have a massive effect on American music. After Midnight: Thelonious Monk At 100 He was called "the high ...