Monk in Europe

Directed by Michael Blackwood and Christian Blackwood

With Thelonious Monk, Jimmy Cleveland, Ray Copeland and Larry Gales

Part two of a two-part portrait of the great Jazz composer and pianist. On his European tour his quartet was joined by Ray Copeland, Clark Terry, Phil Woods, and Johnny Griffin. They traveled as part of George Wein’s Newport Jazz Festival road company to London, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Mainz, and Rotterdam.