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EAN: 0077774651615 Label: Blue Note Records Manufacturer: Blue Note Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Blue Note Records Release Date: April 01, 1997 Studio: Blue Note Records Editorial Review: Amazon.com: This is truly one of the great classics of hard bop, with drummer Art Blakey leading arguably his greatest Jazz Messengers lineup through a driving program that never lets up. Tenor saxophonist Benny Golson (whose composition "Along Came Betty" is heard here, subsequently becoming a jazz classic), brilliant trumpeter Lee Morgan, and funky pianist Bobby Timmons (who wrote the hit title cut) each take some of the best solos of their great careers, and Blakey was never greater. No jazz record collection should be without this disc. It remains one of the premier items in Blue Note's catalog, and rightfully so. --Skip Heller Album Details: 24bit digitally remastered Japanese release. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Pure funk with a capital "F"(Lee Morgan, trumpet, Benny Golson, tenor sax, Bobby Timmons, piano, Jymie Merrit, bass, Art Blakey, Drums Blue Note 40030 This session introduces the great Lee Morgan to the recording world and is digitized from Blue Note recording session 40030 It has the wide open tenor of Benny Golson. Both he and Morgan seem especially suited for the religiosity of this session especially the title cut "Moaning," which is pure funk with a capital "F". The rest of the session is rather ... Read More Rating:  - A BeginningThis was my introduction to Bu in my college days, and in retrospect it barely scratches the surface. For a follow-up, pick up the eponymous collection on Columbia with Hank Mobley and Donald Byrd. Also, be certain your Blakey collection generously represents, among trumpet players, Clifford Brown, Kenny Dorham, Freddie Hubbard, and Bill Hardman (not to mention Valery Ponomarev, Wynton Marsalis, and Terrence Blanchard). As for saxophonists, Golson, despite his compositional talents, is one of the lesser ... Read More Rating: - A Classic - Belongs In Every CollectionStraight Ahead Jazz! If you enjoy 1950s and early 60s jazz, just buy it. My favorite tracks are: Moanin' - both versions are good Come Rain or Come Shine - an old standby, well executed Drum Thunder Suite - in case you'd forgotten this was an Art Blakey disc; Drum Thunder is the best IMHO. The others are all good, but these are especially good. I didn't think that the Warm-Up and Dialogue added too much, but some may enjoy the versimilitude. Since this is a ... Read More Rating: - pure pleasureYou know how when you buy speakers, the number one rule is "how does it sound?" I don't know anything about Jazz, really. I surf the Amazon recommendations & reviews, get friends' top tens. And then the bottom line is simply "how does it sound?" This record is certainly one the absolute best. I just smile and groove on it from start to finish. Great tunes. Pure pleasure. Hope to find more like this. Rating: - Jazz Messenger was a name appropos for Art BlakeyHe truly was a "Messenger" for the music. He loved, taught and "sold" jazz music. Many a young mind has been turned onto jazz after listening to Art Blakey's great ensembles...and this grouping was his best (in my opinion). If you are a person who loves jazz and you don't own this album, shame on you. Bobby Timmons classic "Moanin'" starts the set, and timeless other great numbers like Benny Golson's great triage "Along Came Betty", "Blues March" & the incredible "Drum Thunder Suite" ... Read More |
