Moanin'

Featuring the legendary benny golson and 20 year old lee morgan, this is a classic. Superb album and its like this guys are just jamming. A must for jazz lovers.

Great CD.

This is an essential session for any jazz fan. It is our great fortune that this is also one of the best Alfred Lion/RVG recording efforts, with a fine remastering to CD. Any jazzaudiophile will be pleased to put this on their system, making this CD an absolute Must-Have.

I just got it. I just played it. I just love it. This is a great Album and a great pressing! 180 gram vinyl and its a great price! Album jacket is Awesome! I love it. This album is in my top 5 of all my records! Get this one. Jazz Images did a great job on this. Buy it. Update! 10/22. Unfortunately what was to be wonderful was reviewed without playing 😕 side 2! It pops and cracks and sounds terrible. I will have to return it and hope the next one plays great on both sides. Really a bummer 😕 because everything else is wonderful but side 2 which features some wonderful drum playing is un playable. Update! 10/24. Received a new copy! I went and played side 2 after cleaning it up to get all the manufacturing crud off and this new copy plays perfect 👌. Of course I then played side 1 and it is just as clean and sounds great. I am happy 😊. It's Awesome that they sent me out a new one so fast and I didn't even drop off the bad one yet , Wow. I'll be dropping off the bad one later today at Kohls. Hopefully you get a good copy of this wonderful album. Happy playing.

Excelente vinilo.

I have a good many Jazz Messenger albums, including virtually all of the live ones. This, though, stands out as the one I always associate with Blakey. Moanin' is the first song that comes to mind when he is mentioned, and the line-up on this 1958 album is among the best. I personally believe that the only trumpeter Blakey had that tops Lee Morgan on this album was Clifford Brown (and technically that group was not the Jazz Messengers.) In addition to Lee Morgan, having Benny Golson on this album is practically icing on the cake. As a drummer I love Golson's "Blues March", which Blakey makes come alive as only Blakey can. Another favorite is "Are You Real". Every song, in fact, is classic Jazz Messengers and this is (in my opinion) the strongest line-up ever. While that is my personal opinion, I think that listeners will agree that the personnel in this session worked magic that would not be repeated in subsequent performances and renditions of the songs in the album. For folks who want to explore hard bop or the Jazz Messengers, this is a perfect starting point. Beware, though, because they can be an obsession.

Essential album.

I heard the title song Moanin' in an anime called Kids on the Slope, but I probably heard that piece on the radio or on TV a long time ago and I decided to buy the whole album, plus I like Art Blakey. I might learn that tune on the piano as well.