Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers - Moanin [New Vinyl]

Artist: Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers

Title: Moanin

Format: Vinyl

Genre: Jazz

UPC: 602547347589

Condition: New

Release Date: 2015

Record Label: Blue Note Records

Album Tracks

DISC 1:
1. Moanin'
2. Are You Real
3. Along Came Betty

DISC 2:
1. The Drum Thunder Suite
2. Blues March
3. Come Rain or Come Shine

Limited vinyl LP repressing. Moanin' was originally recorded in 1958. This was Blakey's first album for Blue Note in several years, after a period of recording for a miscellany of labels, and marked both a homecoming and a fresh start. Originally the LP was self-titled, but the instant popularity of the bluesy opening track "Moanin'" (by pianist Bobby Timmons) led to it's becoming known by that title. The album stands as one of the archetypal hard bop albums of the era, for the intensity of Blakey's drumming and the work of Morgan, Golson and Timmons, and for it's combination of old-fashioned gospel and blues influences with a sophisticated modern jazz sensibility. A Blue Note essential, this excellent vinyl repressing is part of the Blue Note 75 anniversary vinyl reissue campaign. Key to the initiative is high quality audio at affordable prices.