It's the perfect time of year to cozy up and dive into one of these 10 critically-acclaimed jazz documentaries.

On September 27th, Blue Note Records, in conjunction with Thelonious Records, will release Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall, a never-before-heard jazz classic that documents ...

A motion picture film print with a clip of Thelonious Monk performing "Blue Monk" on "The Sound of Jazz," an episode of the anthology series The Seven Lively Arts. It consists of a single reel of ...

3341 SE Belmont St., 595-0575, thebluemonk.com. 5 pm-2:30 am daily. There's something undeniably retro about grabbing a drink at the Blue Monk. Maybe it's the green vinyl booths and chairs that ...

As part of the series of recordings launching the Monterey Jazz Festival's new record label, this previously unreleased 1964 set by Thelonious Monk offers a glimpse of the maestro with an augmented ...

There’s a story, possibly apocryphal, about Thelonious Monk and his 1956 composition “Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are.” Supposedly, Monk performed the number at a club and afterward, a rather dignified ...

Husband-and-wife restaurateurs Kenny Millions and Junko Maslak say sayonara to Hollywood institution Sushi Blues Café and Blue Monk Lounge. Beginning in 1989, the popular café and lounge served ...

He helped turn the Library of Congress into a leading center for research on the history of jazz, and made some surprising discoveries of his own. By Clay Risen Art Kane’s “Harlem 1958” gathered ...

Thelonious Monk’s best-known composition, “’Round Midnight,” was first recorded 80 years ago this month. His slow, moody ballad ranks as among his finest work and one of the most enduring in jazz.

One of New York City’s most iconic jazz clubs is coming to Hollywood. Blue Note Jazz Club, which operates venues worldwide, including in Milan, Italy; Honolulu; Beijing and Shanghai, China; Tokyo, ...

In “3 Shades of Blue,” journalist James Kaplan — author, among other books, of “Frank: The Voice,” and “Sinatra: The Chairman” — takes a deep dive into these developments. His book is structured ...