The Monkathon: Miles Okazaki plays Thelonious Monk (World Premiere Screening) New York Performances

At Roulette, *The Monkathon: Miles Okazaki plays Thelonious Monk* receives its world-premiere screening, documenting Okazaki’s sustained engagement with Monk’s compositions. The film traces Monk’s sharp logic and off-center swing through a guitarist’s hands, treating the tunes as structures that can be tested, not merely repeated. It also situates Monk within wider currents, including jazz’s dialogue with African cultural lineages. The result suggests that fidelity to Monk often means embracing instability and risk.