If you wanted to explain hard bop with one record, Moanin’ would make a convincing case.
Art Blakey drives the band from behind the kit, but this incarnation of the Jazz Messengers is stacked with personality: Lee Morgan on trumpet, Benny Golson on tenor and Bobby Timmons at the piano.
The opening call-and-response of “Moanin’” is instantly recognisable, “Along Came Betty” shows Golson’s gift for melody, and “Blues March” brings together gospel, blues and that unmistakable Blakey momentum.
Essential Blue Note-era jazz, and enormous fun to play loudly.
Recorded in 1958, Moanin’ catches one of the definitive Jazz Messengers line-ups.
Blakey's drumming is powerful but never simply about volume. He pushes, comments and provokes the soloists, while Morgan and Golson give the front line very different voices: Morgan bright and fiery, Golson warmer and more architectural.
It is a textbook example of a band sounding bigger than five musicians.
New and sealed limited-edition transparent red 180g vinyl LP from WaxTime In Color.
Direct Metal Mastering.
Catalogue: 950623
Barcode: 8436559464161
Carefully packed for dispatch using protective vinyl mailers.
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s Hackensack studio on 30 October 1958 and originally released by Blue Note, Moanin’ became one of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers’ defining albums.
The session features Blakey, Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt.
This WaxTime In Color edition presents the six-track album on transparent red 180g vinyl.
If you wanted to explain hard bop with one record, Moanin’ would make a convincing case.
Art Blakey drives the band from behind the kit, but this incarnation of the Jazz Messengers is stacked with personality: Lee Morgan on trumpet, Benny Golson on tenor and Bobby Timmons at the piano.
The opening call-and-response of “Moanin’” is instantly recognisable, “Along Came Betty” shows Golson’s gift for melody, and “Blues March” brings together gospel, blues and that unmistakable Blakey momentum.
Essential Blue Note-era jazz, and enormous fun to play loudly.
Recorded in 1958, Moanin’ catches one of the definitive Jazz Messengers line-ups.
Blakey's drumming is powerful but never simply about volume. He pushes, comments and provokes the soloists, while Morgan and Golson give the front line very different voices: Morgan bright and fiery, Golson warmer and more architectural.
It is a textbook example of a band sounding bigger than five musicians.
New and sealed limited-edition transparent red 180g vinyl LP from WaxTime In Color.
Direct Metal Mastering.
Catalogue: 950623
Barcode: 8436559464161
Carefully packed for dispatch using protective vinyl mailers.
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s Hackensack studio on 30 October 1958 and originally released by Blue Note, Moanin’ became one of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers’ defining albums.
The session features Blakey, Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt.
This WaxTime In Color edition presents the six-track album on transparent red 180g vinyl.
