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Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser [DVD] [1988] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
 
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4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Jimmy Cleveland, Harry Colomby, Ray Copeland
  • Directors: Charlotte Zwerin
  • Producers: Charlotte Zwerin, Bruce Ricker, Clint Eastwood
  • Format: Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 30 Jan 2001
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000053VC9
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 60,893 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Seeing is believing, 3 Mar 2007
You'll come back again and again to the performances on this video, recorded in studio and on the European tour in 1968 with a hilariously under-rehearsed nonet - but, somehow, they pull it off. A few solo performances are the unforgettable highlights. But tell me, why do music documentary makers think we want to listen to a load of none-entities tell us how great someone is instead of just giving us the music? There's so little footage of Monk, I don't know why they don't just release what they have complete, without cropping it up with boring talking heads. Still, thank heaven it exists at all.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars THE Monk documentary, 1 Mar 2005
By Patrik Lemberg (Tammisaari Finland) - See all my reviews
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Whenever we see jazz-history programs on TV, we see very little of Thelonious Monk; there's always that short footage of him wearing slim sunglasses, sitting on a fold-out chair playing the piano, and stomping his foot. I had never even heard Monk talk prior to this presentation of him ...it's a good thing there are subtitles ;)
Watching this highly informative and well presented 90-minute documentary about him and his music got me so excited that I had to throw on the old "Straight No Chaser" record when it was over - I guess I actually needed a chaser.
A common mistake in presentations of musical documentaries is that there isn't enough music; people usually talk over it, but that is NOT the case here; footage from recording sessions and concerts are distinctly kept apart from interviews, which is a big plus. Something that isn't much discussed here, though, are the highlights of Monk's career, i.e. when he had success with certain compositions or recordings,--or even which recordings that were successful--he's more presented "on the whole", even though the documentary basically is chronological. There is, however, a "Monk Career Highlights" feature in text, but it's very short; the career-highlight feature of executive producer Clint Eastwood is twice as long.
"Straight No Chaser" is probably the most informative documentary made of Monk so far. There's a short theatrical trailer, and subtitles in four different languages, plus this DVD has no problems with either audio or picture, which is nice and unusual. Highly recommended! 4.5 stars!
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