Thelonious Monk Movies
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Rewind & Play
Rewind & PlayMOVIE
The lack of respect with which the Black musician Thelonious Monk was treated in Autumn, 1969. At the end of his European tour, legendary jazz musicia...
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Monk & Pannonica: An American Story
Monk & Pannonica: An American StoryMOVIE
Paris, 1954. The story of the meeting, known thanks to the fortuitous discovery of a forgotten notebook, full of notes and photographs, between a whit...
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Thelonious Monk Quartet at Salle Pleyel, Paris, 1969
Thelonious Monk Quartet at Salle Pleyel, Paris, 1969MOVIE
Thelonious Monk entered a long phase of introspection and cancelled his concert schedule after 1968. He disbanded his quartet with Charlie Rouse, stop...
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolMOVIE
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).
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Public Speaking
Public SpeakingMOVIE
A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on modern life. The film weaves together extemporaneous monolo...
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Jazz Icons: Thelonious Monk Live in '66
Jazz Icons: Thelonious Monk Live in '66MOVIE
Thelonious Monk features two intimate concerts filmed three days apart in Scandanavia in the Spring of 1966 with a legendary quartet that includes dru...
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Heads
HeadsMOVIE
Includes 'portraits' of Marianne Faithfull, Thelonious Monk and 28 others, some known, some less so.
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Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No ChaserMOVIE
A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Monk. Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with frie...
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It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note StoryMOVIE
A documentary about the legendary jazz label Blue Note Records and its German founders Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. As jews they had to flee Germany...
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Bert Stern: Original Madman
Bert Stern: Original MadmanMOVIE
The untold and intimate life story of one of the greatest American photographers of all time, Bert Stern. After working alongside Stanley Kubrick at L...
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Monk
MonkMOVIE
Part one of a two-part portrait of the great Jazz composer and pianist. In 1968, we had the opportunity to spend time with Thelonious Monk and his mus...
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Monk in Europe
Monk in EuropeMOVIE
Part two of a two-part portrait of the great Jazz composer and pianist. On his European tour his quartet was joined by Ray Copeland, Clark Terry, Phil...
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Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Blue Note Records: Beyond the NotesMOVIE
Explore the vision behind the iconic American jazz record label. Since 1939, Blue Note artists have been encouraged to push creative boundaries in sea...
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Thelonious Monk: Paris 1969
Thelonious Monk: Paris 1969MOVIE
Live archive release from the Jazz legend. Thelonious Monk Paris 1969 is a fascinating and important late-career document of the legendary Jazz pianis...
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Jazz on a Summer's Day
Jazz on a Summer's DayMOVIE
Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day...
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Piano Blues
Piano BluesMOVIE
Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addi...