Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Moanin’ (Blue Note Essentials Vinyl Series) 1LP ETJS-117 Supported by a quality cast

Supported by a quality cast including Benny Golson (Tenor Saxophone)

Recorded on June 28

Lullaby Of The Leaves

By that time all the pieces of his great ‘80s quintet had fallen into place with the drummer joined by trumpeter Wallace Roney

Having grown up singing in church

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Moanin’ (Blue Note Essentials Vinyl Series) 1LP ETJS-117 Supported by a quality castBlue Note, 1958 More than any other album in the canon of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, 1958's Moanin' featuring the great drummer with trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt was the perfect crystallization of the bands bluesy, soulful sound, and it still stands today as perhaps the most quintessential hard bop recording of all time. Originally self titled, the album was later renamed