ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS "MOANIN'" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, LE, SO, NE, RVG, NEW
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ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS "MOANIN'"
2008 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "THE BLUE NOTE REISSUES", 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, #558 OF A SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER AT VAN GELDER STUDIO, HACKENSACK, NJ ON OCTOBER 30, 1958, REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG BLUE NOTE TAPE AND PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"...ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS (LATER KNOWN AS MAONIN') IS AMONG SEVERAL TERRIFIC ALBUMS BLAKEY AND COMPANY LAID DOWN FOR BLUE NOTE...THE RECORDING IS UPFRONT AND MORE DISTINCTLY LEFT/RIGHT THAN USUAL. STEREOPHONIC SUBTLETY ASIDE, THIS SET HAS OUTSTANDING CLARITY, A FINE FEELING OF BREATH, RICH TONALITY, AND A VISCERAL SENSE OF LIFE." WAYNE GARCIA, THE ABSOLUTE SOUND, JUNE/JULY 2009
"MOANIN' IS THE BEST SOUNDING TITLE I'VE YET HEARD IN ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS SERIES OF BLUE NOTE 45'S. THE HORNS ARE 3D, THE TRAPSET IS CRISP, THE BASS SOUNDS LIKE WOOD, THERE'S AIR EVERYWHERE, YOU'RE IN THE ROOM. AND IT ALSO HAPPENS TO FEATURE THE BEST JAZZ MESSENGERS THAT BLAKEY EVER ASSEMBLED, INCLUDING LEE MORGAN ON TRUMPET, BENNY GOLSON ON TENOR SAX, AND BOBBY TIMMONS ON PIANO. IF YOU WANT TO HEAR WHAT "THE BLUE NOTE SOUND" SOUNDED LIKE, GET THIS "MOANIN'". THAT GOES FOR THE CORPORATE GUYS AT MODERN-DAY BLUE NOTE, TOO." FRED KAPLAN, STEREOPHILE MAGAZINE
"...AS MUCH AS I'D LOVE TO RELAY ALL KINDS OF ANECDOTES ABOUT THE CHALLENGES STEVE HOFFMAN AND KEVIN GRAY ENCOUNTER DURING THE MASTERING SESSIONS, I WITNESS NONE. THESE BOYS KNOW THE SOUND OF THE FACILITY AND THE VAN GELDER MASTERS LIKE THE BACKS OF THEIR HANDS...BACK HOME A MONTH LATER, I UNPACK SOME TEST PRESSINGS CHAD KASSEM (OWNER ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS) HAS SENT ME...I HEAR THE MOST REALISTIC-SOUNDING DRUMS EVER REPRODUCED BY MY SYSTEM. IT'S AS THOUGH I'M SITTING AT THE POINT OF CREATION, EXPERIENCING THE SAME HIGH THAT BROUGHT SUCH GIFTED MUSICIANS TOGETHER AS ONE. STEVE HOFFMAN, KEVIN GRAY, CHAD KASSEM, AND DON MACINNIS HAVE DONE RUDY VAN GELDER AND HIS BLUE NOTE ARTISTS PROUD." JASON VICTOR SERINUS, STEREOPHILE, APRIL 2008
"ART BLAKEY'S MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM GAVE US BOBBY TIMMONS' "MOANIN" AND BENNY GOLSON'S "ALONG CAME BETTY" AND "BLUES MARCH", TUNES SO POWERFUL THAT BLAKEY PLAYED THEM ALMOST EVERY NIGHT FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS. THIS BEAUTIFULLY PERFORMED AND RECORDED SESSION MADE THE JAZZ MESSENGERS A JAZZ INSTITUTION AND PUT GOLSON, TIMMONS AND MORGAN TO THE FOREFRONT OF JAZZ."
1) MOANIN' 2) ARE YOU REAL 3) ALONG CAME BETTY 4) THE DRUM THUNDER (MINIATURE) SERIES FIRST THEME: DRUM THUNDER SECOND THEME: CRY A BLUE TEAR THIRD THEME: HARLEM'S DISCIPLES 5) BLUES MARCH 6) COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
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