Moanin' (song)
Moanin ' is a jazz - title, Bobby Timmons composed in 1958; In 1959, the song in the publishing Estella Music Corporation and by Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers was on their eponymous album released. That same year, Jon Hendricks wrote a text. The piece quickly became the Jazz Standard.
Genesis
The first eight bars of the song played Bobby Timmons during the breaks between songs with the Jazz Messengers; Benny Golson (then musical director ) asked him also to design a B- part of what made Timmons. For a ( then not actualized ) Columbia album by Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams John Hammond Jon Hendricks commissioned to write a text that Oliver Shearer should sing; after the piece has not been realized, Hendricks took in August 1959 title with his own group.
Features of the song
Moanin ' is a song in the song form AABA and includes 32 bars; the topic is written in a blues scale, " limited to the sounds f, as, b, h, c, it. " This piece is designed as a call and response: " Four single phrases that always two chords ( Bb and F ) Reply ( Jon Hendricks betextete with them, Yes Lord ' ) form in the A- part " the antiphonal singing of preacher and congregation in a church after. The plagal cadence Bb -F is also typical for the Gospel Truth Gospel Church. " The B- part swing against it," funky ", as did the congregation practice the ecstasy which then breaks out in the solos. "
Initial reception and early success
On October 30, 1958 played Blakey Moanin ' a. It was released in January 1959 on the Blue Note album Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, which was renamed after a short time and was marketed by its popular title as Moanin '. The song was played on a European tour in the arrangement Benny Golson of the Jazz Messengers at the end of 1958; only a few days later interpreted and European musicians the title. The piece was " a perennial favorite in the repertoire of the Messengers. "
More versions
Already in the spring of 1959 took Bob Flanigan and Art Farmer on the title. Also arranged Quincy Jones Moanin ' for his big band. In August, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross followed with the first vocal version of the title. Shirley Scott, Dorothy Donegan and Johnny Dankworth took 1960 Moanin ' to continue the vocal group Les Double Six " with a French vocalese version to Quincy Jones ' original. ' Radio -oriented pianists and guitarists such as Wes Montgomery and Ray Bryant saw in Moanin' so something like a set piece, they had to have in their repertoire. Also, " for countless imitators and amateurs means the number still the ticket to the world of grooving soul jazz. "
Other pieces of the same name
1931 Moanin ' ( Harry White, Irving Mills ), which was created, among other things was recorded by the Mills Blue Rhythm Band. 1959 Charles Mingus also published a homonymous title.