Thelonious Monk was one of the greatest jazz pianists and composers in history. Thelonious Monk was born in Rocky Mount and moved to New York City as a child. In the following years, Monk rose to fame ...

Thelonious Monk III, son of jazz legend Thelonious Monk, discusses the encouragement and financial support Rothschild family heiress Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter rendered to Monk and other jazz ...

Earlier today, the Los Angeles–based production company Jupiter Rising Film announced that Yasiin Bey would portray Thelonious Monk in a biopic about the late jazz legend. The co-founders of Jupiter ...

“To be clear, I was given every indication by the production company that the family was on board,” he said in a four-minute Instagram video on Thursday. “That was one of my primary questions. … I ...

Yasiin Bey has stepped back from his role portraying Thelonious Monk in an upcoming biopic after the jazz legend’s estate issued a statement to “condemn” the unauthorized film. However, just hours ...

Thelonious’ son T.S. Monk said, “There is no involvement by anyone in the Monk family with this project, and we actually condemn the effort." A planned biopic of jazz icon Thelonious Monk is in ...

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 ...

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 ...