... guitar, tuba, banjo, etc.) rules out any era prior to the 1940s and the set chord progressions, inclusion of piano, and lack of rock influence rules out any era post 1950s. This leaves bop, cool jazz and hard bop from which to choose. Cool jazz is not a logical choice for the constant pushing rhythm is too fiery, the tone quality too rough and the range of the improvisations too great. It could be confused with bop, however, this song really swings and accentuates blues notes, something that is unique to hard bop. "Moanin'" is therefore the quintessential hard bop piece. Like a leaf riding the flow of a stream, the song really rides the drumming of Art Blakey, who uses the ride symbol for a swing pattern (accentuating beats 1, the & of 2, and 3) and stresses beats 2 and 4 on the snare. Jymie Merritt also helps push ...

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