TS Moanin' vs. Moanin'

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Now that I know that these are two separate songs I'd like to know which one is better. Here is the Bobby Timmons composition as done by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKXsnDvILmI&feature=related
and here is the Mingus composition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__OSyznVDOY&feature=related

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Moanin' - Bobby Timmons	13
Moanin' - Charles Mingus	2

― tipsi power (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 04:10 (sixteen years ago)

I have a feeling most people are going to go with the Mingus cop show bari and vote against the corny jazz D-bag standard. But we'll see.

― tipsi power (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 04:13 (sixteen years ago)

Benny Golson is burning it up.

― tipsi power (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 04:18 (sixteen years ago)

"the corny jazz D-bag standard"

i might wanna say mingus (kinda torn tbh), but this, this is just so so so just so just ghyeagh! THIS MUST NOT STAND. going with blakey in the name of justice and decency. which is to say timmons, even if mingus does have the composer/performer edge here.

― a dimension that can only be accessed through self-immolation (contenderizer), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 04:31 (sixteen years ago)

art blakeys is way more iconic ... lee morgan kills it also

― ice cr?m hand job (deej), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 05:48 (sixteen years ago)

"the corny jazz D-bag standard"
lol, that is ridic. Dunno how anyone could not like that song -- it's everything good about late 50s hard bop condensed into one tune.

― tylerw, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 18:21 (sixteen years ago)

^^^This

Plus it's one of Blakey's signature tunes against not one of my favorite Mingus tunes.

― Bay-L.A. Bar Talk (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 18:24 (sixteen years ago)

timmons version - original recording is a stone classic, better than the mingus one, but yeah it's a pretty worn-out jam session standard.

mingus version - don't really like the version in the first post, the one on "blues & roots" has a lot more simmer instead of jass sass. i like it lots but not as much as the art blakey recording.

― hey trader joe's! i've got the new steely dan. (Jordan), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 18:33 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, I agree that the Timmons trio version is even better than the Blakey ( I assume you meant Blakey) one. I love the sound of that trio in general - so crisp.

― Bay-L.A. Bar Talk (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 24 November 2009 18:42 (sixteen years ago)

Dunno, I love that Blakey version -- as noted upthread, Lee Morgan sounds so good on his solo. What was he at that point, 18 years old?

― tylerw, Tuesday, 24 November 2009 18:44 (sixteen years ago)

"the corny jazz D-bag standard"

Ha. I just put that there to rouse to Timmons voters to be more vocal and offset any potential Mingus silent majority of lurkers. (Also because I knew Jordan would say something like "man, I played that Timmons song a million times in Jazz 101 band practice.") I decided I am going to vote for the Timmons composition, especially after recently relistening to the Lambert, Hendricks and Ross version.

― Ethel Slaughter Zachary (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 November 2009 20:15 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 3 December 2009 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 4 December 2009 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

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