Moanin’ (Blue Note Essentials): Vinyl LP SOVRSAPRIL24SALE grew up to be that

grew up to be that rarest of birds: a singer-pianist as comfortable and distinctive in one role as the other

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B2: Track 9

its 46 minutes of improvisation and sophistication remain peerless

Stockholm / 1965

Moanin’ (Blue Note Essentials): Vinyl LP SOVRSAPRIL24SALE grew up to be thatMore than any other album in the canon of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, 1958s Moanin featuring the great drummer with trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt was the perfect crystallization of the bands bluesy, soulful sound, and it still stands today as perhaps the most quintessential hard bop recording of all time. Originally self titled, the album was later renamed Moanin due to the