It seemed to move freely on its own, as if any expansion or turn was coming directly from the notes themselves. The festival, Monk@100, was produced by Duke University, and studiously programmed by Mr. Iverson and Aaron Greenwald, the director of Duke Performances. That’s what the daytime show on Oct. 21 was about, when five pianists took turns playing solo and duo renditions of almost every work Monk wrote. View all New York Times newsletters. He grew up idolizing Monk and reworked Monk’s language of halting gestures and piquant dissonance, eventually rendering his own approach.

Source: New York Times October 30, 2017 18:56 UTC