Moanin'
Art Blakey
Awards:
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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The New Yorker, Top 100 Jazz Albums
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Jazz Recommendation
This Blakey band, and this Blakey album, defined soul jazz.
Moanin'
Art Blakey
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Awards:
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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The New Yorker, Top 100 Jazz Albums
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Jazz Recommendation
This Blakey band, and this Blakey album, defined soul jazz.
About
Contents and tracklist
Bobby Timmons:
Moanin'
Work length9:35
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Lee Morgan (trumpet), Benny Golson (tenor saxophone), Bobby Timmons (piano), Art Blakey (drums), Jymie Merritt (bass (vocal))
- Recorded: 1958
- Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Benny Golson:
Are You Real
Work length4:50
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
- Recorded: 1958
- Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, NJ
Benny Golson:
Along Came Betty
Work length6:11
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Bobby Timmons (piano), Jymie Merritt (bass (vocal)), Benny Goldson (tenor saxophone), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Art Blakey (drums)
- Recorded: 1958
- Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey
Benny Golson:
The Drum Thunder Suite
Work length7:34
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Benny Golson (tenor saxophone), Jymie Merritt (bass (vocal)), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Art Blakey (drums), Bobby Timmons (piano)
- Recorded: 1958
- Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey
Benny Golson:
Blues March
Work length6:16
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Lee Morgan (trumpet), Benny Golson (tenor saxophone), Art Blakey (drums), Jymie Merritt (bass (vocal)), Bobby Timmons (piano)
- Recorded: 1958
- Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey
Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen:
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Work length5:49
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
- Recorded: 1958
- Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey
Bobby Timmons:
Moanin'
Work length9:22
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
- Recorded: 1958
- Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey
Benny Golson:
Blues March
Work length6:03
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Lee Morgan (trumpet), Benny Golson (tenor saxophone), Art Blakey (drums), Jymie Merritt (bass (vocal)), Bobby Timmons (piano)
- Recorded: 2013
- Recording Venue: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Spotlight on this release
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Art Blakey - Moanin'
3rd Oct 2024
The passing of saxophonist Benny Golson, who was the last surviving musician to play on Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers’ iconic recording Moanin’ in 1958, invites us to reflect on his masterful role in shaping the group’s timeless sound.
Awards and reviews
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Jazzwise100 Albums That Shook the World
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The New YorkerTop 100 Jazz Albums
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Jazz 100Top 100 Jazz AlbumsTop 100 (Pre-1980)
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You DieJazz Recommendation
100 Albums That Shook the World
This Blakey band, and this Blakey album, defined soul jazz.
