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- 8.4
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Tracklist
- A1Moanin'9:35
- A2Are You Real?4:50
- A3Along Came Betty6:11
- B1The Drum Thunder Suite7:35
- B2Blues March6:17
- B3Come Rain or Come Shine5:47
Reviews
Rated 10/10
Is there an album out there faster out of the blocks than this one? What a banger to open with! Morgan's front-and-center trumpet, Timmons' classy piano work, but oh my... Blakey's percussion... side B opens with the "Drum Thunder Suite", and it's a joy to listen to, to follow its three-part structure, hearing Blakey show off just what he can do, not only with the physical instruments but with his own sense of how to handle three disparate themes. Blakey carouses here, his drums like cannons, firing to the heavens only to have the sky echo back his own music... in thunder.
Rated 8/10
I actually really enjoyed this quite a bit. Surprising for me to say that about a jazz album
Rated 8/10
Favourite songs: Moanin', Come Rain or Come Shine, Are You Real?, Blues March, The Drum Thunder Suite
Least favourite songs: Along Came Betty
4/5
Rated 6/10
Solid jazz, but not that different than any other jazz of its type that I've listened to in the past. 3/5
Rated 8/10
Very cool, with great drumming. Perfect soundtrack to a sunny day in Scotland - not that we get many!
Rated 10/10
Yes one of my top 3 all time jazz albums, absolutely love this one.
Rated 8/10
More jazz. More Blue Note.