Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

Charlotte Zwerin

Jimmy Cleveland

Self (trombonist, Thelonious Monk Octet)

Harry Colomby

Self (personal manager)

John Coltrane

Self

Ray Copeland

Self (Thelonious Monk Octet: trumpet)

Nica de Koenigswarter

Self

Tommy Flanagan

Self (duo, piano performance)

Larry Gales

Self (Thelonius Monk Quartet, Thelonious Monk Octet, bass player)

Johnny Griffin

Self (Thelonious Monk Octet, tenor sax)

Barry Harris

Self (duo, piano performance)

Bob Jones

Self (road manager)

Teo Macero

Self (Columbia Records producer)

Thelonious Monk Jr.

Self

Nellie Monk

Self

Thelonious Monk

Self

Frank Paccione

Self - Vocalist

Ben Riley

Self (Thelonious Monk Quartet, Thelonious Monk Octet, drummer)

Charlie Rouse

Self (Thelonious Monk Quartet: saxophone, Thelonious Monk Octet: tenor saxophone)

Phil Woods

Self (Thelonious Monk Octet, alto sax)

Samuel E. Wright

Narrator

Bruce Ricker

Charlotte Zwerin

Dick Hyman

Christian Blackwood