Monk

Part one of a twopart 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