“Rewind and Play” offers a bold and compassionate approach to previously unseen footage of Bebop forefather Thelonious Monk. Experience a close up look of Monk on the big screen at Harlem’s own Maysles Documentary Center. The film will be followed by a panel discussion Q&A hosted by NJMH fellow Liany Mateo featuring pianist Isaiah J. Thompson and additional guests TBA!
“The brilliance of the film is the efficiency with which it exposes the racist power structures that framed much of Monk’s career, and by extension the careers of so many Black musicians.”
— Darren Hughes, Filmmaker Magazine
“Rewind & Play dazzles! A gleaming portrait of Monk at work.”
— Lisa Kennedy, The New York Times
“A minor masterwork of historical investigation and a fervent tribute to the epochally great musician…Monk’s solo performances [are] spectacular.”
— Richard Brody, The New Yorker
This performance is made possible by the New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellowship
Presented in partnership with the Maysles Documentary Center
About the Jazz Is: Now Curatorial Fellowships
Since its founding, the National Jazz Museum in Harlem has provided young artists with opportunities to perform as well as curate concerts and events. NJMH Artistic Director Christian McBride started curating performances and presentations at the Museum in 2006, and Artistic Director Jon Batiste began in 2010 while a student at Juilliard. The excitement and energy those events brought to our community inform our current programming and creative vision. As Christian and Jon became globally recognized jazz ambassadors, the Museum continued to provide emerging artists with career-enhancing opportunities to curate events at the Museum. In 2022, we formalized this initiative as the Jazz Is: Now Curatorial Fellowships, with generous funding from the New York Community Trust’s Edward and Sally Van Lier Fellowship Program. Our third cohort of Jazz Is: Now Curatorial Fellows includes bassist Liany Mateo and pianist Luther Allison.
Liany and Luther will be performing and curating a variety of events at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem throughout 2024.
Maysles Documentary Center; 343 Malcolm X Boulevard New York, NY, 10027
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