"Moanin'" by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

Dust off your head charts and brush up your best licks, cause
it's time to wade into the warm, welcoming waters of jazz. This
episode's Strong Song is Bobby Timmons' gospel-tinged "Moanin',"
from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers' 1959 album of the same
name. Kirk zooms out a bit more than usual to talk about jazz
small-group arranging, how a great solo is constructed, how jazz
song-form works, and how (hopefully) to have a better
appreciation for what's going on on a given jazz recording, even
if you don't play. He also talks about anime.


Band/Artist: Art Blakey and the Jazz
Messengers


Album: Moanin', 1959 (recorded in 1958)


Composed by: Bobby Timmons


Personnel: Lee Morgan, trumpet; Benny
Golson, tenor sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jymie Merritt, bass; Art
Blakey, drums


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ALSO REFERENCED/DISCUSSED:


"Freddie Freeloader" by Miles Davis from Kind of Blue,
1959

"Giant Steps" by John Coltrane from Giant Steps, 1960

"I Wish" by Stevie Wonder from Songs in the Key of
Life, 1976

("I Wish" was also featured on a 2018 episode of Strong
Songs)

"Jordu" by Duke Jordan from Clifford Brown and Max
Roach, 1954

"Cherokee" by Ray Noble as performed by Clifford Brown
on Study in Brown, 1955

"Tank!" by Yoko Kanno from the Cowboy Bebop
soundtrack

The wonderful anime Kids on the Slope, streamable
on Hulu and Crunchyroll.



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