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Thelonious Monk

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    The Lost Art of Harassing Your Sidemen

    Great names in the history of sideman harassment: Sidney Bechet, Bob Wills, Robbie Fulks, and Thelonious Monk​ One day in the 1920s, Sidney Bechet took his clarinet out of his mouth and swung it like a baseball bat against the head of vocalist Billy Banks, splattering blood and brain matter ov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Top 5 Places for Sushi (that Won't Empty Your Wallet)

    ​While the creation of a sushi roll or a cut of sashimi isn't outlandishly complicated or difficult, the perfection of it certainly is -- and in this city, it's hard to go more than a few blocks without seeing a spot that offers the Japanese staple. There are the city's clear victors: Fremont' ... More >>

  • Arts

    January 27, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

    ​While the creation of a sushi roll or a cut of sashimi isn't outlandishly complicated or difficult, the perfection of it certainly is -- and in this city, it's hard to go more than a few blocks without seeing a spot that offers the Japanese staple. There are the city's clear victors: Fremont' ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 20, 2010

    Kronos Quartet

    ​While the creation of a sushi roll or a cut of sashimi isn't outlandishly complicated or difficult, the perfection of it certainly is -- and in this city, it's hard to go more than a few blocks without seeing a spot that offers the Japanese staple. There are the city's clear victors: Fremont' ... More >>

  • Music

    September 30, 2009

    REVERB Lineup: Sunset Tavern

    Coconut Coolouts, Kay Kay, the Girls, and more.

  • Music

    May 13, 2009

    The Short List: This Week's Recommended Shows

    Coconut Coolouts, Kay Kay, the Girls, and more.

  • Music

    March 18, 2009

    Branford Marsalis: King of Kings

    Life with Leno, Sting, and a decade-old quartet.

  • Music

    March 11, 2009

    Trying to Understand the Logic of The Bad Plus

    Are they just covering the same old ground?

  • Arts

    October 8, 2008

    PICK "Men in Dance": They're Not Just for Lifting Anymore

    With cameos by Edward Gorey and Thelonious Monk, this uni-gender festival satisfies.

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2008

    Live Music Tonight: Stanley Jordan

    With cameos by Edward Gorey and Thelonious Monk, this uni-gender festival satisfies.

  • Calendar

    June 11, 2008

    Stanley Jordan

    Wednesday, June 11

  • Calendar

    June 4, 2008

    Dennis Nyback Rarities

    Wednesday, June 11

  • News

    October 24, 2007
  • Blogs

    October 10, 2007

    Tonight!

    Wednesday, June 11

  • Music

    October 10, 2007
  • Music

    June 27, 2007
  • Music

    May 16, 2007

    New Music From Dinosaur Jr. and Andrew Hill

    A new series about paying the bills.

  • Arts

    February 28, 2007

    Small Apologies

    The problem with'new music' marketing:too much diffidence.

  • Music

    July 12, 2006

    Mr. Lif

    Plus CD Reviews of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Awesome Color, Miles Davis Quintet, and Thelonius Monk with John Coltrane.

  • Arts

    February 15, 2006

    August Wilson Remembered

    Seattle stands up for its favorite playwright. Plus: Opera news and the city's new groove.

  • Music

    January 25, 2006

    Out of the Past

    Seattle stands up for its favorite playwright. Plus: Opera news and the city's new groove.

  • Music

    December 28, 2005

    2005 in the Mix

    We asked Seattle Weekly's music writers to compile a CD-R of their favorite music from the year. Here's what they came up with.

  • Diversions

    November 30, 2005

    Framed for the Holidays

    A photo book roundup.

  • Music

    October 26, 2005

    Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane

    Also: The Bad Plus, OHM+, and DangerDoom.

  • Music

    April 20, 2005

    M83

    Also: Scritti Politti, Jason Moran, Petra Haden, Mogwai, Jennifer Lopez, Steve Bug, and Richard Pryor.

  • Music

    April 13, 2005

    Yakety Yak

    Talking with EMP Pop Conference presenter Robert Christgau.

  • Music

    October 6, 2004

    High-Strung

    Chicago rockers the Ponys' sense is in their sound.

  • Arts

    June 30, 2004

    Visual Arts Calendar

    Chicago rockers the Ponys' sense is in their sound.

  • Music

    January 21, 2004

    CD Reviews

    Chicago rockers the Ponys' sense is in their sound.

  • Diversions

    December 17, 2003

    Cheap Gifts!

    Last-minute items for stressed-out wallets that will make you, the giver, look shrewd.

  • Music

    December 17, 2003

    CD Reviews

    Last-minute items for stressed-out wallets that will make you, the giver, look shrewd.

  • Music

    February 5, 2003

    Dear John

    Legendary iconoclast John Sinclair walks and talks the history of the blues.

  • Music

    October 9, 2002

    CD Reviews

    Legendary iconoclast John Sinclair walks and talks the history of the blues.

  • Music

    September 11, 2002

    Rhymes with Seltzer

    Legendary iconoclast John Sinclair walks and talks the history of the blues.

  • Film

    March 20, 2002

    Fantasia

    There's more to movie music than Disney.

  • Music

    May 30, 2001

    Drinking about dissection

    With a measure of privacy and brief nod to candor, the members of Aveo obliquely address their stirring brand of rock.

  • Music

    August 30, 2000

    Dutch masters

    Amsterdam's ICP Orchestra is coming into town, swinging.

  • Arts

    March 8, 2000

    Changing keys

    A pianist shuttles between classical and jazz.

  • Music

    March 24, 1999

    Three-Part Harmony

    Earshot's lineup affords a rare look at three stages of jazz history.

  • Music

    May 27, 1998

    Cosmopolitan bluegrass

    From chamber music to jamming with Jerry Garcia, Seattle transplant Buell Neidlinger has done it all.

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