Thelonious Monk at Town Hall

Evening Music | May 6, 2010
On the 50th anniversary of Thelonious Monk's seminal 1959 orchestra performance at Town Hall, bandleader Charles Tolliver celebrates with a recreation of that legendary event. WNYC carries the entire concert live, with Evening Music host Terrance McKnight and writer Sam Stephenson, director of the Jazz Loft Project at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.

This event was presented by Duke University & produced by Duke Performances & Duke's Center for Documentary Studies.

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