Album: Moanin'
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Moanin' is a studio album by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers that was released on the Blue Note label in 1958. It is bepop album, influenced by gospel and blues.
The title track Moanin’ has become a jazz standard and is a fun listen. A vocalese version of "Moanin'" was later written by Jon Hendricks and recorded by his group Lambert, Hendricks & Ross.
The musicians on the album are Lee Morgan (trumpet), Benny Golson (tenor saxophone), Bobby Timmons (piano), Jymie Merritt (bass) and Art Blakey (drums).
The Track List is Moanin’, Are You Real, Along Came Betty, The Drum Thunder (Miniature) Suite, First Theme: Drum Thunder, Second Theme: Cry a Blue Tear, Third Theme: Harlem's Disciples, Blues March, Come Rain or Come Shine"
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