Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, "Moanin'"

KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week it's back to 1958 and over to Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, for 
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers' "Moanin'"...

""Moanin'" was written by pianist Bobby Timmons, who is on this record along with Art Blakey (drums), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Benny Golson (tenor sax), and Jymie Merritt (bass). Although the Blue Note Records LP was self-titled, it soon became known as "Moanin', as the tune fast became a hard bop classic. Thus far, any record with engineer Rudy Van Gelder's name on it has, for me, been worth hearing." - KV
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