Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser - The Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) Joel Rose led to its reissue

led to its reissue

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Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser - The Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) Joel Rose led to its reissueThe closest a film camera ever got to enigmatic jazz visionary Thelonious Monk, this intimate portrait sheds light on the corners of a brilliant and complex life. Superbly crafted by Direct Cinema pioneer Charlotte Zwerin from a trove of precious 1960s archival footage, Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser captures the pianist, composer, and bebop innovator in rare, unguarded moments on and offstage, revealing an eccentric and complicated personality.