Jacques Ponzio

Jacques Ponzio continues his tribute to Thelonious Monk by exploring the intense yet fleeting relationship between the pianist and saxophonist Steve Lacy.

Jacques Ponzio recounts in text and images Thelonious Monk's 10-day stay in Paris in the spring of 1954.

A collection of quotations from Thelonious Monk, organized as an alphabet book (new revised and augmented edition). More than a hundred entries based on the testimonies of musicians (Steve Lacy, Sahib Shihab, Henri Renaud) and journalists (Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler, Val Wilmer…).

Jacques Ponzio re-questions the life and personality of legendary American jazz pianistThelonious Monk as much as his music.