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Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988)
Serious flaw in Straight No Chaser
10 June 2011 - 1 out of 5 users found this review helpful.
This is an iconic film about a true Jazz icon. But the film has a serious flaw. There is no mention of the 1959 Town Hall Concert, painstakingly reconstructed in 2009 by MacArthur Fellow Jason Moran.
There is no mention of W. Eugene Smith's Jazz Loft on 6th Avenue in New York City where the concert was organized. There is no mention of Hall Overton, the Juilliard professor by day and Jazz aficionado by night, who help Monk with the musical arrangements.
See http://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/features/54627/ , an article about Moran's work, with a photo taken in the Jazz Loft with both Monk and Overton.
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