Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers "Moanin'" (2021 Reissue) comedy continued their exploration of themes

continued their exploration of themes like love and friendship

Percussion

released in June 12

to make their strongest and freshest album to date

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers "Moanin'" (2021 Reissue) comedy continued their exploration of themes1958's Moanin' featuring the great drummer w trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, pianist Bobby Timmons, & bassist Jymie Merritt was the perfect crystallization of the band's bluesy, soulful sound, & it still stands today as perhaps the most quintessential hard bop recording of all time. The album also introduced several indelible Golson compositions that would become standards of the jazz songbook including "Along Came Betty" &