Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988)
Note: this print runs 84 minutes against a recorded 90 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Jimmy Cleveland, John Coltrane, Ray Copeland, Pannonica de Koenigswarter, Johnny Griffin
Directed by Charlotte Zwerin
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser is a 1988 American documentary film about the life of bebop pianist and composer Thelonious Monk. Directed by Charlotte Zwerin, it features live performances by Monk and his group, and posthumous interviews with friends and family. The film was created when a large amount of archived footage of Monk was found in the 1980s.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
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