Thelonious Monk Movies
- 2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool7.32019HD
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).
- 2003
Piano Blues
Piano Blues6.52003HD
Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical...
- 1959
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Les Liaisons Dangereuses6.51959HD
Juliette Merteuil and Valmont is a sophisticated couple, always looking for fun and excitement. Both have sexual affairs with others and share their...
- 2010
Public Speaking
Public Speaking72010HD
A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on modern life. The film weaves together extemporaneous...
- 1960
Jazz on a Summer's Day
Jazz on a Summer's Day7.21960HD
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...
- 1988
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser6.8751988HD
A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Monk. Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with...
- 2018
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story8.22018HD
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...
- 1968
Monk
Monk01968HD
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...
- 2011
Bert Stern: Original Madman
Bert Stern: Original Madman8.82011HD
The untold and intimate life story of one of the greatest American photographers of all time, Bert Stern. After working alongside Stanley Kubrick at...
- 2019
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes6.92019HD
Explore the vision behind the iconic American jazz record label. Since 1939, Blue Note artists have been encouraged to push creative boundaries in...
- 2023
Rewind & Play
Rewind & Play6.92023HD
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...
- 1969
Heads
Heads01969HD
Includes 'portraits' of Marianne Faithfull, Thelonious Monk and 28 others, some known, some less so.
- 1968
Monk in Europe
Monk in Europe01968HD
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,...
- 2013
Thelonious Monk: Paris 1969
Thelonious Monk: Paris 1969102013HD
Live archive release from the Jazz legend. Thelonious Monk Paris 1969 is a fascinating and important late-career document of the legendary Jazz...
- 2006
Jazz Icons: Thelonious Monk Live in '66
Jazz Icons: Thelonious Monk Live in '6602006HD
Thelonious Monk features two intimate concerts filmed three days apart in Scandanavia in the Spring of 1966 with a legendary quartet that includes...
- 2022
Monk & Pannonica: An American Story
Monk & Pannonica: An American Story82022HD
Paris, 1954. The story of the meeting, known thanks to the fortuitous discovery of a forgotten notebook, full of notes and photographs, between a...
- 2012
Thelonious Monk Quartet at Salle Pleyel, Paris, 1969
Thelonious Monk Quartet at Salle Pleyel, Paris, 196902012HD
Thelonious Monk entered a long phase of introspection and cancelled his concert schedule after 1968. He disbanded his quartet with Charlie Rouse,...