title: Thelonious Monk Quintet
text: # 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.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.
  
  Side A:
  
  * "We See" - 5:16
  * "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern ) - 4:34
  
  Side B:
  
  * "Locomotive" - 6:23
  * "Hackensack" - 5:13
  
  ### Notes
  
  * Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, NJ, on May 11, 1954
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Thelonious Monk - piano
  * Ray Copeland - trumpet
  * Frank Foster - tenor saxophone
  * Curly Russell - bass
  * Art Blakey - drums
  