Biography
The Thelonious Monk Quintet
Effective period / Period of releases: 1948 - 1959
Members: Art Blakey, Sahib Shihab, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Rouse, Clark Terry, Max Roach, Gene Ramey, Sam Jones, Ray Copeland, Curly Russell, Frank Foster, Denzil Best, Paul Chambers (3), Art Taylor, Bob Paige, Idrees Sulieman, George Taitt, Thad Jones
US-jazz-quintett with (American jazz pianist and composer) Thelonious Monk as leaderMember (1954):
Thelonious Monk - piano
Ray Copeland - trumpet
Frank Foster - tenor saxophone
Curly Russell - bass
Art Blakey - drums