Alternate Title The Thelonious Monk Legacy

Production Language English

Country of Origin United States

Description Part of the 100 Years of Jazz & Blues Festival
The Gala Opening Event celebrates the genius of Thelonious Monk in a jam session that remembers Harlem's Minton's Playhouse, that incubator of the bebop era of the 1950s. Featuring Donald Byrd and Friends, Eddie Bert, Sharon Freeman, Barry Harris, Sheila Jordan, Ken McIntyre, Thelonious Monk, Jr., Cecil Payne, Art Taylor, Randy Weston, and a host of others.

Identifier 1992s.00004

VenueOpera House

musicianDonald Byrd, Eddie Bert, Michael Carvin, Ted Dunbar, Frank Foster, Ahnee Sharon Freeman, Barry Harris, T.S. Monk, Shunzo Ono, Cecil Payne, Rufus Reid, Art Taylor, Makanda Ken McIntyre, Bross Townsend, Paul West, Randy Weston, Willie Williams

producerMikki Shepard, Leonard Goines