Masters of American Music: Thelonious Monk (DVD)

Limited Edition in special packaging!

Through a more personal and conversational style of documentary, "Thelonious Monk – American Composer" was the first fully rounded portrait of this terribly misunderstood man and musician.
He was the pianistic ringleader of the bebop revolution and, after Duke Ellington, Jazz’ first major composer, a most original talent.

"Masters of American Music" is an award-winning television series – as entertaining as it is educational and memorable – that celebrate a pantheon of the greatest innovators in Jazz. Individual programmes trace the lives and works of master musicians who defined the course of America’s classical music. From its birth in New Orleans, to swing, the big bands, bebop, free Jazz and beyond – all of it is explored with sensitivity and in unique depth.
Over 80 interviews were filmed in the making of the series. Featured artists come to life through these interviews, exciting rare performances, period footage and vintage photographs meticulously reproduced. Both the video and audio content has been restored and remastered in accordance with state-of-the-art specifications.

With Thelonious Monk, Ben Riley, Billy Taylor, Orrin Keepnews, Randy Weston.

52nd Street Theme
Blue Monk 1
Blue Monk 2
Bolivar Blues
Bud Powell
Criss Cross
Epistrophy
Evidence
Flyin' Hawk
Functional
I et A Song Go Out Of My Heart
Jubilee Stomp
Just A Gigolo
Lulu's Back In Town
Monk's Mood
Moos The Mooc
Nutty
Pannonica
Rhythm Riff
Round Midnight
Stride
The Mule Walk
Thelonious
Trinkle Trinkle
Well You Needn't