Thelonious Monk, the iconic Jazz pianist and composer, was born October 10th, 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. In celebration of over 100 years of his music's influence on American culture, we've assembled this compilation of Chesky artists performing their favorite Monk songs.

On the occasion of the Record Store Day, Sam Smith will release the double album “BBC Proms At The Royal Albert Hall” with a recording of the impressive live concert from 2024.

50 years ago this month, Roberta Flack released her sophomore album, an LP which – despite failing to match the crazy commercial success of her debut, FIRST TAKE, with mainstream audiences – still packed a solid emotional punch and served to cement her superstar status on the R&B and jazz charts.

The New York Philharmonic is an American symphony orchestra based in New York City.

Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans; October 3, 1941) is an American singer and dancer.

John Haley "Zoot" Sims (October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985) was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto (and, later, soprano) saxophone.

"Ace Of Spades" - the title track of MOTÖRHEAD's 1980 iconic, game changing album isn’t just one of the greatest hard rock songs ever written - it has truly become a lifestyle anthem for several generations of rockers, metalheads, punks, bikers, athletes, rebels, outcasts, and freethinkers all around the world.

Here, four exceptional Grands Motets composed by Lully to the greatest glory of Louis XIV have been brought together: Plaude Laetare Gallia was performed in 1668 as a jubilant celebration of the birth of his first son, the Grand Dauphin; Benedictus is a piece of extraordinary architecture that transcends the sacred drama; Notus in Judea Deus, composed in 1685 shortly before Lully's death, is a true victory song celebrating the glory of God; finally, Domine Salvum fac Regem, an energetic "God save the King", was systematically sung in honour of the sovereign.

The Belgian vibraphonist Guy Cabay has played with Toots Thielemans, Philip Caherine or Raoul Faisant.

Surfin' Safari is the debut album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released October 1, 1962 on Capitol Records.

Recorded at the same sessions that resulted in the more commercial Big Bad Jug, this LP (whose contents have not yet been reissued on CD) is the better of the two thanks to the inclusion of four Billie Holiday-associated songs.

Wrecking Ball is a leftfield masterpiece, the most wide-ranging, innovative, and daring record in a career built on such notions.

Hailing from New York and Boston, Hugo's VOYAGE is a dynamic AOR rock band with soaring melodies and anthemic soundscapes.

Handel composed his oratorio La Resurrezione in 1707 with a libretto that provided a dramatic canvas for his new work: lamentation on Christ’s death contrasted with violent exchanges between the Angel and Lucifer.

Cindy Curlwood is a member of The Halftellers, who are an international online band, performing songs written by the songwriter, John Norgaard.