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How was Clint Eastwood involved in the documentary Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser?

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Clint Eastwood wearing a light suit and olive shirt with tie, standing outdoors at the Cannes Film Festival. — Clint Eastwood American actor and director Clint Eastwood, 2008.

Clint Eastwood served as the producer for the 1988 documentary Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser. A lifelong devotee of jazz and an accomplished pianist himself, Eastwood’s involvement in the film reflects his broader interest in the genre, which also led him to direct the Charlie Parker biography Bird that same year.1