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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | March 22nd 25 |
This is lower lip biting, hip moving, pout making levels of hard bop goodness. With the exception perhaps of Blues March, which I find a bit less convincing than the rest, and of The Drum Thunder Suite, which is au contraire excellent but a bit too all over the place to be played in the background to people who aren't necessarily jazzheads, this is all round solid, and pretty much every track is a jazzy banger. The spice level is very mild, but not all jazz has to be spicy, and this is an undeniably strong offering in this milder incarnation of the genre. The final alternate take of Moanin' I could do without, as it really doesn't add all that much I think. [M3] 4.1
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| 4.0 excellent | platttt | March 28th 24 |
This is everything I came into the jazz genre wanting: vibrant, bouncy, catchy compositions that are simply great fun to listen to. A lot of jazz seems to err on the side of repetitive grooves and (forgive me) excessive improvisation, but this stays interesting. The Drum Thunder Suite is fantastic.
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| 2.0 poor | Kusuriuri | March 11th 16 |
The title track is bomb as fuck. The rest of the album never quite reaches that and has some
pretty boring moments but for the most part stays very enjoyable if not completely outstanding. As
a whole though, the album is worth it for its title track alone - Immediately infectious,
invigorating, and endlessly listenable, it might not be breaking new grounds, but it is everything
a jazz tune should be.
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| 0.0 | JoeMcSatanBalls | August 28th 15 |
This album is held up as a jazz classic by many, and for good reason. The record screams confidence, oozes with charisma, and is the essence of cool.
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| 4.5 superb | jefflebowski | January 8th 12 |
one of the best and most accessible post-bop records around. the title track is a classic
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| 4.5 superb | Douglas | June 18th 09 |
Art Blakey is one of the big names in Jazz. While Moanin'
isn't one of his better releases, it was certainly a landmark in Bop Jazz and no Jazz collection should be with out this album.
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| 4.0 excellent | HalapenYo CONTRIBUTOR | October 29th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | April 4th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | mttgry | August 5th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Above | January 24th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | doofy | January 9th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | phylyps | October 19th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | heuhe | October 1st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Araz | February 20th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | kevbogz | September 25th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Merlijn | September 8th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Bren80 | June 22nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | jtswope | April 20th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | ZIG | February 19th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | gilly | October 12th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | nilsson | September 28th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | sevhar | July 7th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Denis | June 16th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Kantala | February 21st 21 |
| 5.0 classic | rajtako | February 17th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | DANcore | December 10th 20 |
| 3.5 great | GamamJ | June 15th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Acme | February 21st 20 |
| 4.5 superb | FakeOne | September 17th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tb1114 | June 25th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Josh | June 25th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Onater | April 26th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | bbgames | December 14th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | bmelt | June 29th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | SinNanna | November 24th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Piglet | August 1st 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Daturam | December 21st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | October 15th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | tyler | August 11th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | zoso33 | April 29th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | p4p | April 21st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | didacon | February 29th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Henry | January 14th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Rodrigo | January 13th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | lxxwj | May 17th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | SaneTBP | April 27th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Runeii | February 4th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | guy | January 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | manosg EMERITUS | September 26th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Behexen | September 12th 14 |
| 3.5 great | ethos | May 2nd 14 |
| 3.5 great | porch | March 22nd 14 |
| 5.0 classic | crake | March 17th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | qiblas | September 12th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Dr7 | August 15th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | johnnyr | March 26th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | seldead | November 25th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | WJM73 | November 4th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Waits | April 8th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Mendigo | September 12th 11 |
| 3.5 great | JJwins | September 9th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Fellow | August 22nd 11 |
| 4.5 superb | ONI65 | May 12th 11 |
| 3.5 great | doqtor | January 8th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | iemona | January 7th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | scheim | January 4th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Skyler | December 12th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | crank | November 15th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | cvrcmrc | September 1st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jimmy | March 12th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Takkeh | October 21st 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kage | August 7th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Iai EMERITUS | February 20th 08 |
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