Professor of piano Ray Gallon's album debut is way overdue. Gallon, a jazz faculty member at the City College of New York, has been a sideman onstage and in studios for more than 30 years in support ...

New York pianist Thelonious Monk spent a month in California in 1959. In Los Angeles, he played at the Hollywood Bowl, and his wife Nellie was hospitalized with gastrointestinal problems. Monk then ...

We mark 100 years of Thelonious Monk with a new reissue of his 1954 LP on high rotation all week. When you think of a unique, original voice in jazz, it's hard to go past Thelonious Monk. His ...

Having been a source of quality reissues back when vinyl was still king, it is fitting that the Original Jazz Classics series has returned now that the vinyl renaissance continues to carry on ...

With the arrival Thelonious Sphere Monk, modern music— let alone modern culture—simply hasn’t been the same. Recognized as one of the most inventive pianists of any musical genre, Monk achieved a ...