Thelonious Monk Quintet Explained

Thelonious Monk Quintet (with Frank Foster, Art Blakey)
Artist:Thelonious Monk Quintet
Chronology:Thelonious Monk 10-inch LP
Type:studio
Cover:Prlp180.jpg
Released:1954
Recorded:May 11, 1954
Studio:Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre:Jazz
Label:Prestige
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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]

Track listing

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:

  2. "Locomotive" - 6:23
  4. "Hackensack" - 5:13
Notes

Personnel

Notes and References

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

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