Sign In
 
 
 
Close Window

Bobby Timmons

About

Pianist Bobby Timmons developed a unique hard bop-influenced style of piano playing, known at the time as "soul jazz," which departed from the delicate, sophisticated tickling of bop in favor of a percussive, high-spirited and pounding attack. This funky style developed when he held the piano seat in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers from 1958 to 1961. He penned the classic gospel-jazz tune "Moanin'," which became the title track for one of the group's most popular releases. At the same time, Timmons enjoyed a prolific solo career, recording primarily in trios and quartets. Albums such as In Person and Soul Time feature a mix of soulful originals and classic jazz standards. Timmons plays in a rollicking, gospel and blues inflected idiom, which features simple, shout-like melodies, hard-hitting riffs using all 10 fingers, and chunky, full-bodied chord voicings. For a jazz musician, Timmons rocks hard.

- Noah Enelow

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Filed Under

 
 
 
 
 

Tracks

97 Available

 
 
 
 
maintain a column
 

Albums

38 Available

 
 
 
 
 

Electronics

Listen to any song in the catalog through home audio systems, MP3 players, mobile apps and more.

Get Unlimited Music

Listen to anything and everything with a Rhapsody Subscription.
AMG - Portions of Album Content Provided by All Music Guide © 2009 All Media Guide, LLC.
© 2001-2009 Listen.com, a subsidiary of RealNetworks