Thelonious Monk Quintet

Thelonious Monk Quintet (with Frank Foster, Art Blakey)
Studio album by
Released1954
RecordedMay 11, 1954
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack
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)

Thelonious Monk Quintet (with Frank Foster, Art Blakey) is a studio album 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 Recordings in a limited edition in 2017.