(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about Thelonious Monk that grabs you—not with force, but with curiosity. You lean in when he plays, like someone telling a ...

There’s a documentary coming to PBS’s Afro-Pop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange on May 1 that features a re-emerged 1969 French interview with Thelonius Monk produced for State TV. Titled Rewind & Play ...

We asked Jon Batiste, Arooj Aftab, Mary Halvorson and others to share their favorites. By Marcus J. Moore For over a year, The New York Times has been asking musicians, writers and scholars to share ...