Moanin' (Expanded Edition)

About Moanin' (Expanded Edition)

Moanin' is a studio album by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers recorded on October 30, 1958, and released on Blue Note later that year. This was Blakey's first album for Blue Note in several years, after a period of recording for a number of different 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'," composed by pianist Bobby Timmons, led to its becoming known by that title. The rest of the originals are by saxophonist Benny Golson (who was not with the Jazz .

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