North Coast Brewings Brother Thelonious Belgian Style Abbey Ale has taken on a new persona with the introduction of The Brother Thelonious Quintet. The quintet is made up of Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance alumni with Helen Sung, class of 97, on piano; Alan Hampton, class of 05, on bass; James Alsanders, class of 05, on drums; Wayne Escoffery, class of 99, on tenor sax and Ambrose Akinmusire, class of 07, on trumpet. Vocalist Gretchen Parlato, class of 03, performs on the closing track.