Thelonious Monk Quintet

Thelonious Monk Quintet (with Frank Foster, Art Blakey) is a 10" LP by American jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, performed by the Thelonious Monk Quintet. It was originally released in 1954 as the third of five 10" LP albums by Monk for Prestige (PrLP 180). Its contents were later re-released in sequence as side 1 of the 12-inch album Monk. It has rarely been re-released in its original format, although it was included in a boxed set by Craft Records in a limited edition in 2017.[1][2][3][4]

Thelonious Monk Quintet (with Frank Foster, Art Blakey)
Studio album by
Released1954
RecordedMay 11, 1954
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
GenreJazz
LabelPrestige
Thelonious Monk 10-inch LP chronology
Thelonious Monk Quintet Blows for LP
(1953)
Thelonious Monk Quintet (with Frank Foster, Art Blakey)
(1954)
Thelonious Monk Plays
(1954)

Track listing edit

All compositions by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.

Side A:

  1. "We See" - 5:16
  2. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern ) - 4:34

Side B:

  1. "Locomotive" - 6:23
  2. "Hackensack" - 5:13
Notes
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, NJ, on May 11, 1954

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Thelonious Monk: The Complete Prestige 10-inch LP Collection". PopMatters. 2017-12-20. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  2. ^ "Craft To Release Historic Box Set of Monk on 10-Inch Vinyl". Downbeat.com. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  3. ^ AD Amorosi (2017-12-21). "FLOOD | Thelonious Monk, "The Complete Prestige 10-Inch LP Collection"". Floodmagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  4. ^ "Five Thelonious Monk albums remastered and reissued in new 10" box set". Thevinylfactory.com. 2017-10-31. Retrieved 2019-10-17.