Thelonious Monk : American composer / a co-production of Toby Byron/Multiprises in association with Taurus Film, Munich and VideoArts, Japan.

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A portrait of the musician and composer, Thelonious Monk, including clips of international performances and interviews with artists and producers.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Masters of American music series.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: Monk, Thelonious (Composer, Performer)
Corporate Authors: Toby Byron/Multiprises (Producer)
Taurus Film GmbH (Producer)
Video Arts, Japan (Producer)
BMG Special Products (Publisher)
Other Authors: Weston, Randy, 1926-2018 (Performer)
Harris, Barry, 1929-2021 (Performer)
Keepnews, Orrin (Performer)
Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 (Performer)
Monk, T. S. (Thelonious Sphere) (Performer)
White, Marion (Performer)
Riley, Ben (Performer)
Seig, Matthew (Director)
Troupe, Quincy (Interviewer)
Byron, Toby (Producer)
Saylor, Richard (Producer)
Olswang, Steven (Film editor)
Forsberg, Herbert (Cinematographer)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : BMG Special Products, [2002], ℗2002.
Series:Masters of American music series.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Piano music (Jazz)
Jazz.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films.
Monk, Thelonious.
Jazz musicians > United States > Biography.
Filmed performances.
Jazz musicians.
United States.
Genre:
Biography.
Jazz.
Documentary films.
Filmed performances.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white segments ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
American composer.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
A portrait of the musician and composer, Thelonious Monk, including clips of international performances and interviews with artists and producers.
Note:Videodisc release of the 1991 film, with added features.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AJ5 D0016832 VideoDVD
Credits:Director, Matthew Seig ; written by Quincy Troupe ; producers, Toby Byron, Richard Saylor ; editor, Steven Olswang ; photography, Herbert Forsberg.
System Details:DVD.
Participant or Performer:
Thelonious Monk ; Randy Weston ; Barry Harris ; Orrin Keepnews ; Billy Taylor ; Thelonious Monk, Jr. ; Marion White ; Ben Riley.
Event Details:
Filmed in New York City, Minton's Playhouse, Algonquin Hotel.