The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced its MetLiveArts programming for the 2017-18 season, including three jazz events taking place at Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.
Thelonious Monk at 100
On Friday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m., Min Xiao-Fen’s Blue Pipa Trio (Min on pipa, sanxian and voice; Dean Johnson, bass; Steve Salerno, guitar), trumpeter Arturo O’Farrill and violinist/oudist Zafer Tawil will pay tribute to Thelonious Monk through Monk-inspired originals and reworkings of classic compositions. Band details for O’Farrill and Tawil are still TBD.
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