Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser (1988) [DVD5]

Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser (1988) [DVD5]

DVD-5 -> 3.82 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 4:3 | English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch)
| 01:32 | ISO Image Subs: English, Francais, Espanol, Portugues

Jazz / Hard Bop / Modal Music / Documentary



















A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious
Monk. Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews
with friends and family about the offbeat genius. This exemplary
documentary about seminal jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk
reaps the benefits of multiple blessings, including the skilled
editorial hand of director Charlotte Zwerin and the patronage of
executive producer (and erstwhile jazz pianist) Clint Eastwood. Most
vital is the use of extensive 1968 footage, shot by Michael and
Christian Blackwood, documenting the sometimes moody, sometimes puckish
Monk in the studio, on tour, and off stage, which on its own would make
this essential jazz viewing.

In post-World War II America, few cultural upheavals matched bebop for
sheer exhilaration. Spawned by jazz musicians whose paydays typically
came with larger swing ensembles, bop was as much bastard as stepchild,
refining the technical ambitions of its parent while breaking free of
swing's formalism to play fast and loose with harmony, melody, and
tempo. That mercurial spirit made heroes of high-flying, technically
flamboyant players like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell.
Monk, by contrast, was as distinctive for his silences, crafting often
skeletal melodies distinguished by unexpected, skewed harmonies. At one
point dubbed the "high priest of bebop," he was more Zen archer,
threading notes, warping chord structure, or stabbing "wrong" keys with a
seeming looseness that in hindsight sounds as precise as haiku.

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser provides an intelligent portrait of
this often reclusive, sometimes difficult artist, including telling
glimpses of his volatility. A stormy studio session with Teo Macero,
then Columbia Records' preeminent jazz producer, speaks volumes about
Monk's very private approach to his muse. Perceptive interviews and
glimpses of Monk's sunnier moments provide added depth, yet the real
triumph is the generous catalog of classic Monk songs captured on
camera.

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