Bill Berkson, poet and faculty member, San Francisco Art Institute
Fred Hersch, pianist and composer
Randall Kline, executive and artistic director, SFJazz
Hersch brings his world-class musicianship to SFMOMA for a tribute to jazz pioneer Thelonious Monk. The pianist performs a selection of Monk’s most notable works, then joins Berkson and Brown for an insightful discussion about the relationship between Monk’s music and modern American art and literature.