By: Brian Berger

Unearthed! One of Thelonious Monk’s first performances.

By: Lucy Sante

Tearing up time signatures.

By: Brian Berger

An exceptional jazz pianist and memoirist.

By: Brian Berger

A visionary composer and improviser.

By: Brian Berger

Sacred exhortations and electric blues.

By: Brian Berger

Fresh and invigorating jazz

By: Brian Berger

Typist by day, jazzbo by night.

By: Adam McGovern

Anything could happen but nothing couldn’t be taken away.

By: Franklin Bruno

His solos elliptically paraphrase his melodies.

By: Brian Berger

He could adapt to and enliven nearly any musical situation.

By: Brian Berger

He played long, luminous tones on his trumpet.

By: Brian Berger

Charlie Parker vs. feebleminded ofays.

By: Brian Berger

She thrived in any musical context: jazz, blues, hokum, pop.

By: Anthony Miller

He asks us to do some deep thinking about music and creativity.

By: Brian Berger

Freed by burnt cork, he became a phenomenon.