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The Rudy Van Gelder Edition of MOANIN' includes an essay by Bob Blumenthal.
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Art Blakey (drums); Benny Golson (tenor saxophone); Lee Morgan (trumpet); Bobby Timmons (piano); Jymie Merritt (bass).
Digitally remastered using 24-bit technology by Rudy Van Gelder (Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey).
This is part of the Blue Note Rudy Van Gelder Editions series.
If you simply can only have one Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers disc (and why would you stop there?), it absolutely must be MOANIN'. This 1958 Blue Note date is the cream of the early Messengers' studio sessions. The group of this period featured the wailing Lee Morgan (trumpet), the swinging Benny Golson (sax) and the soulful Bobby Timmons (piano) with longtime bassist Jymie Merritt by Blakey's side. All of the pieces fell into place here to create one of the most hard-swinging, blues-inflected records in jazz history.
Timmons' classic title cut sets the pace as it's laid-back call-and-response chorus and swinging bridge will get in your soul and start your head bobbing. Golson's bouncing "Are You Real" and the subtle "Along Came Betty" feature that golden Messengers ensemble sound that can't be matched as Blakey drives his men mercilessly. The most dynamic tracks, of course, are the drum feature "The Drum Thunder Suite," a Blakey tour-de-force, and the powerful "Blues March" featuring Art's signature shuffle groove. A delightful reading of the standard "Come Rain Or Come Shine" caps it all off. This is the one to get first.
Recorded in 1968. Includes liner notes by Scott Yanow.
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on October 30, 1958. Originally released on Blue Note (4003). Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather and Bob Blumenthal.
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Art Blakey (drums); Billy Harper (tenor saxophone); Bill Hardman (trumpet); Julian Priester (trombone); Ronnie Matthews (piano); Larry Evans (bass).
Full performer name: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers.
Producer: Alfred Lion.
Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna. Blakey, Art & The Jazz Messengers Moanin' Songs | 1. | Warm-up and Dialogue Between Lee and Rudy - (bonus track) | |
| 2. | Moanin' | $1.99 | |
| 3. | Are You Real | |
| 4. | Along Came Betty | |
| 5. | The Drum Thunder Suite: First Theme: Drum Thunder / Second Theme: Cry A Blue Tear / Third Theme: Harlem's Disciples | |
| 6. | Blues March | $0.99 | |
| 7. | Come Rain or Come Shine  | |
| 8. | Moanin' - (alternate take, bonus track) | |
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Moanin' Music Review Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars)   Funky BOBBY TIMMONS FOREVER!!!!
BEST STUFF EVER!!!! FUNKY!!!!
Submitted by najponk (Czech)
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Facile, Free-Flowing, Masterpiece 5/5...
5/5. Nothing less. Easy rythms and gorgeous. As the titles suggests the inner of the linear isn't shy or far from fact, far from it, these guys are feversihly dab-handed. As for the conclusion, another Ruddy Van Gelder Masterpiece. Re-issue and Remasters are the way for us all to enjoy. I can recommend this title given it wouldn't dissapoint.
Submitted by agw5 (Midlands United Kingdom)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  A sweet suite, no sweat
A classic,
Moanin is to Bluenote what Picasso is to art. Love or hate, but don't ignore..
The title track is a controlled explosion of desire and surprise not bettered across the Bluenote catalogue of music in this style. A superb line up help make this album unmissable and the Drum Thunder (miniature) Suite is literally ground breaking.
When you play is album please consider your neighbours... and think how much they would thank you for a free sample of bliss and crank your volume up up up!
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Digitally remastered using 24-bit technology by Rudy Van Gelder.
This is part of the Blue Note Rudy Van Gelder Editions series.
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