Moanin'

Occupation

Moanin ' is a jazz album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, which was recorded on 30 October 1958.

Background

It was Art Blakey's first album for a long time, which he recorded for Blue Note. The album was initially a named after the band title, but the immediate popularity of the funky first piece Moanin ', which the pianist Bobby Timmons had written, meant that the album was known by this title. The other pieces were written by saxophonist Benny Golson, who was not long in the Jazz Messengers and only this one album recorded with them.

Are You Real? is a floating, 32 - taktiges piece with a two-part solo for Golson and trumpeter Lee Morgan.

Along Came Betty is a lyrical piece, the ballad of the album.

The Drum Thunder Suite a created as Blakey for work in three designs: Drum Thunder; Cry a Blue Tear with a Latin American rhythm and Harlem's Disciples.

Blues March is held in the style of marching bands of New Orleans, which was also a classic. The album ends with, unusually fast played, only jazz standard Come Rain or Come Shine.

All pieces up on the Drum Thunder Suite were distinctive mark of the jazz messengers, even after Timmons and Golson had left the band. The album is more than being a typical representative of the albums of the hard-bop era, it is with the intense drumming of Blakey and the playful class of Morgan, Golson, and the connection between gospel and blues influences by Timmons an album with a sophisticated, modern jazz.

Reception

The music magazine Jazzwise recorded the album in the list The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook the World; Keith Shadwick wrote:

" Blakey what in on the ground floor When it came to the evolution of hard bop into soul jazz, having co -led the first Jazz Messengers with Horace Silver back in 1956. He'd gone By 1958 through a number of versions of the band, with this becoming the blueprint version for the next half a decade. With Benny Golson and Bobby Timmons Supplying hard bop anthems: such as the title tune, ' Along Came Betty ' and ' Blues March ', and the front line soloists refining Their long, elaborate post- bop lines into the shorter and more pithy soul -based hard bop lines of the late 1950s, this Blakey band, and this album Blakey, defined soul jazz ". "

" Blakey was there from the beginning when it came to the development of hard bop to soul-jazz, after the first Jazz Messengers passed, together with Horace Silver, back in 1956. By 1958, he had a number of versions of the band tried, and this was the blueprint version for the next half decade. With Benny Golson and Bobby Timmons, who provided the hard bop anthems like the title track, " Along Came Betty " and " Blues March ", and front line soloists, her long, elaborate post-bop lines into shorter and concise Soul -based hard-bop lines in the late 1950s refined, these Blakey band, and this album Blakey, defined the soul-jazz. "

Mike Oppenheim wrote of the album at AllAboutJazz:

" Moanin 'is one of hard bop 's seminal albums due to the extremely high quality of the personnel and Compositions featured. The mastery with Which Lee Morgan and Benny Golson Provide the frontline is Further elevated by the solidarity of Timmons, Merritt, and Blakey. It is a testament to the great quality of the performers, Compositions, and the hard bop genre. The accessibility of the album is surely a result of Art Blakey 's desire to promote jazz as an art at a time When public interest in the music what waning, and the genre as a whole which threatened by the popularity of emerging musical styles: such as doo - wop and rock and roll. "

" Moanin ' is due to the extremely high quality of the staff and one of the compositions of one of the seminal albums of hard bop. The Championship with Lee Morgan and Benny Golson will be the front line further enhanced by joining the forces of Timmons, Merritt and Blakey. It is a testament to the high quality of the performers, the compositions and the hard bop genre. The accessibility of the album is certainly the result of Art Blakey 's desire to promote jazz as an art at a time when the public interest in music waned and the genre as a whole by the popularity of new musical styles such as doo - wop and rock and roll was threatened. "

Album pieces

The tracks 1 and 8 are not on the original LP.

Record label Blue Note Records Alfred Lion Rudy Van Gelder All About Jazz
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