SPECIAL FOR BOSTON READERS: T.S. MONK AT SCULLERS
EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
T.S. Monk (a/k/a Thelonious Sphere Monk, III), internationally acclaimed jazz drummer, composer, bandleader, and vocalist, will perform at SCULLERS JAZZ CLUB (400 Soldiers Field Road, Allston, MA - 617-562-4111) on Friday, February 13th with shows at 8:00 & 10:00 pm. Lauded by critics and jazz fans alike as the true musical heir to his father, the legendary jazz composer and pianist Thelonious Monk, T.S. Monk has paved his own path to success, inspiring a new generation of jazz enthusiasts with his innovative and infectious music. As the co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, which was created to honor his father's musical legacy, Monk has supported jazz education and brought an international spotlight to the music for nearly three decades. He was the driving force behind the Institute's annual International Jazz Competition and many of its educational initiatives. Monk began playing the drums at 15. Five years later, in 1970, Monk joined his father's quartet and toured with him until the elder Monk retired in 1975. In the 1970s, Monk went into R&B, touring with the group Natural Essence before forming the R&B group, T.S. Monk. The group released three albums on Mirage Records. In 1992, he formed the T.S. Monk Sextet. The group released three successful CDs on Blue Note Records: Take One, which hit the top of the jazz charts, Changing of the Guard and the critically-acclaimed album, The Charm. In 1997, to commemorate his father's 80th birthday, Monk released Monk on Monk, an all-star tribute to his father's extraordinary contributions to jazz. The critically-acclaimed album received the Record of the Year Award at the first annual New York Jazz Awards, and Downbeat magazine's prestigious 63rd Annual Reader's Poll Award. He followed with Crosstalk (1999) and Higher Ground (2003). Monk recently released an album with Belgian jazz accordionist, Rony Verbiest. The album, Verbiest Meets Monk: Father and Son is currently available internationally. Call for cover/minimum information.copyright 2015 - See cabaret listings from all over the world at CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE
