Moanin'
by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
🎷 Jazz
Difficulty
★★★☆☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
Bobby Timmons's 1958 call-and-response gospel blues masterpiece in Fm. The churchy, soulful melody alternates between a plaintive cry and a shouting response, becoming the definitive hard bop anthem and Blakey's signature tune.
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