Cast

T
Thelonious Monk
as Self
N
Nica De Koenigswarter
as Self
L
Larry Gales
as Self
B
Ben Riley
as Self
C
Charlie Rouse
as Self

Crew

C
Christian Blackwood
Director
C
Christian Blackwood
Producer
C
Christian Blackwood
Cinematography
M
Michael Blackwood
Director
M
Michael Blackwood
Producer
P
Phillipe Vicente
Associate Producer

Monk Collection

Two-part portrait of the great Jazz composer and pianist. In 1968, we had the opportunity to spend time with Thelonious Monk and his musicians, following him in New York and Atlanta. In New York his quartet plays at the Village Vanguard and at recording sessions for Columbia Records; in Atlanta they appear at a Jazz Festival organized by George Wein. The members of the quartet were Charlie Rouse, Larry Gales, and Ben Riley. On his European tour his quartet was joined by Ray Copeland, Clark Terry, Phil Woods, and Johnny Griffin. They traveled as part of George Wein’s Newport Jazz Festival road company to London, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Mainz, and Rotterdam.