Thelonious Monk Movies

  • 2012
    Thelonious Monk Quartet at Salle Pleyel, Paris, 1969

    Thelonious Monk Quartet at Salle Pleyel, Paris, 1969

    Thelonious Monk Quartet at Salle Pleyel, Paris, 1969

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    Thelonious Monk entered a long phase of introspection and cancelled his concert schedule after 1968. He disbanded his quartet with Charlie Rouse, stop...

    Thelonious Monk Quartet at Salle Pleyel, Paris, 1969
  • 2006
    Jazz Icons: Thelonious Monk Live in '66

    Jazz Icons: Thelonious Monk Live in '66

    Jazz Icons: Thelonious Monk Live in '66

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    Thelonious Monk features two intimate concerts filmed three days apart in Scandanavia in the Spring of 1966 with a legendary quartet that includes dru...

    Jazz Icons: Thelonious Monk Live in '66
  • 1969
    Heads

    Heads

    Heads

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    Includes 'portraits' of Marianne Faithfull, Thelonious Monk and 28 others, some known, some less so.

    Heads
  • 1988
    Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

    Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

    Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

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    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...

    Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
  • 2018
    It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

    It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

    It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story

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    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...

    It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
  • 2011
    Bert Stern: Original Madman

    Bert Stern: Original Madman

    Bert Stern: Original Madman

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    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...

    Bert Stern: Original Madman
  • 1968
    Monk in Europe

    Monk in Europe

    Monk in Europe

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    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...

    Monk in Europe
  • 1968
    Monk

    Monk

    Monk

    01968HD

    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...

    Monk
  • 2019
    Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

    Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

    Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

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    Explore the vision behind the iconic American jazz record label. Since 1939, Blue Note artists have been encouraged to push creative boundaries in sea...

    Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
  • 2013
    Thelonious Monk: Paris 1969

    Thelonious Monk: Paris 1969

    Thelonious Monk: Paris 1969

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    Live archive release from the Jazz legend. Thelonious Monk Paris 1969 is a fascinating and important late-career document of the legendary Jazz pianis...

    Thelonious Monk: Paris 1969
  • 1960
    Jazz on a Summer's Day

    Jazz on a Summer's Day

    Jazz on a Summer's Day

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    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...

    Jazz on a Summer's Day
  • 2003
    Piano Blues

    Piano Blues

    Piano Blues

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    Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addi...

    Piano Blues
  • 2023
    Rewind & Play

    Rewind & Play

    Rewind & Play

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    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...

    Rewind & Play
  • 2022
    Monk & Pannonica: An American Story

    Monk & Pannonica: An American Story

    Monk & Pannonica: An American Story

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    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...

    Monk & Pannonica: An American Story
  • 2010
    Public Speaking

    Public Speaking

    Public Speaking

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    A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on modern life. The film weaves together extemporaneous monolo...

    Public Speaking
  • 2019
    Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

    Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

    Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

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    An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).

    Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool