Movie: Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland

Self

Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk

Self (archive footage)

John Coltrane
John Coltrane

Self (archive footage)

Nellie Monk
Nellie Monk

Self

Samuel E. Wright
Samuel E. Wright

Self - Narrator (voice)

Harry Colomby
Harry Colomby

Self

Nica De Koenigswarter
Nica De Koenigswarter

Self

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