# Summary of "Moanin'" Production Moanin' was recorded on March 9, 1958, at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, with legendary engineer Rudy Van Gelder handling the technical aspects of the session. The album was produced by Alfred Lion for the Blue Note Records label, who championed the hard bop sound that defined this recording. The session captured Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in peak form, featuring the classic lineup with Lee Morgan on trumpet, Benny Golson on tenor saxophone, Bobby Timmons on piano, and Jymie Merritt on bass. The recording utilized Blue Note's characteristic approach of capturing live ensemble playing with minimal overdubbing, allowing the musicians' interaction to remain spontaneous and genuine. Released in 1958, Moanin' became one of the most influential hard bop albums of the era and helped establish the quintet's reputation as one of jazz's premier groups.
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EMI Music Special Markets — 509996-97212-2-9 · Blue Note — BLP-4003 · Analogue Productions — CBNJ 84003 SA · Blue Note — CDP 595324
The Analogue Productions hybrid SACD mastered by Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman is highly regarded as a reference digital version.
Blue Note — BLP-4003 · Analogue Productions — CBNJ-84003-SA
Blue Note — BLP 4003
Analogue Productions — AP 84003
4 releases share this master.
Blue Note — 7243 4 95324 2 7
Blue Note — 495 3242 · Blue Note — 7243 4 95324 2 7
Blue Note — 3 49458 9
Blue Note Records — 0724349532458
2 releases share this master.
Blue Note — BST-84003
Blue Note — BST 84003
Universal Music Special Markets — B0020563-01 · Music Matters Ltd. — MMBST-84003 · Blue Note — ST-84003
Blue Note — TOJJ-6503
High Definition Tape Transfers — HDTT14115
Blue Note — CP35-3090
東芝EMI 株式会社 — TOCJ-6403
Blue Note — TYCJ-81005 · Universal Classics & Jazz — TYCJ-81005
Blue Note — UCCU-99020
Blue Note — UCCQ-9691
BNF Collection — 3610157763603
Blue Note — CP32-5233
Blue Note — 0777 7 46516 2 2 · Blue Note — DIDX 1127
Blue Note — CDP 7 46516 2 · BMG Direct — D 116213
Blue Note Records — 0602537545148
Jazz Images — 37001
DOL — DOL880HG
Polityka — TMMPL009-12 · The Music Marketeers — TMMPL009-12
Phoenix Records — 131532
20th Century Masterworks — 170020
Top Tracks — 0888608357128
Good Time Records — 0741869417492
SINETONE AMR — 8718053749211