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mobley, hank – mobley's message (33rpm lp)
[APRJ 7061]

30,12EUR

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MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 200gr 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
CONDITION RECORD M mint
COVER Standard
CONDITION COVER M mint
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
SERIALNUMBER only the 1'st 1000 copies of 2500 are numbered
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Mono
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE --

MUSICIANS

Hank Mobley - tenor sax
Donald Byrd - trumpet
Barry Harris - piano
Doug Watkins - bass
Art Taylor - drums
Jackie McLean - alto sax (track 4)

TRACKS

bouncing with bud - 7:00
52nd street theme - 5:43
minor disturbance - 6:16
au privave - 7:34
little girl blue - 8:44
alternating current - 6:34

REVIEW

Critic Leonard Feather asserted that Hank Mobley was »the middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone«

Meaning that his tone wasn’t as aggressive and thick as John Coltrane or Sonny Rollins, but neither was it as soft and cool as Stan Getz or Lester Young

Mobley helped inaugurate the hard bop movement

Jazz that balanced sophistication and soulfulness, complexity and earthy swing, and whose loose structure allowed for extended improvisations

Born in Eastman, Georgia, in 1930, but raised in New Jersey

Hank’s long-lined tenor offerings became a staple for pianist Horace Silver’s group, which evolved into the ‘50s super quintet co-led by Art Blakley, dubbed the Jazz Messengers

Their groundbreaking first album for Blue Note, 1955’s Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers, was a hard bop landmark

Featuring sophisticated solos and bright, almost funky rhythms

Mobley hit his peak in the first half of the 1960s with hard bop cornerstones like "Soul Station", "No Room For Squares", and "A Caddy For Daddy"

On this Prestige offering, Mobley delivers his signature swinging style in three different variations

Four numbers are by the quintet in which Hank is helped by telegrapher Donald Byrd and his 'sending' trumpet

They disseminate the information of two pronouncements from bop’s palmy days, Bud Powell’s “Bouncin’ With Bud” and Thelonious Monk’s “52nd Street Theme”

Plus two more numbers, Hank’s “Minor Disturbance” and the group’s “Alternating Current”

For Charlie Parker’s blues, “Au Privave”, the group becomes a sextet with the addition of a young turk of the alto sax, Jackie McLean

Hank is the sole horn on “Little Girl Blue”

RECORDING July 20 1956 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio
ENGINEER Rudy van Gelder
MASTERING Kevin Gray
RE RELEASED May 2012
AVERAGE RATING 4 Stars out of 5
PRESSING Excellent by Quality Record Pressings USA
SOUND Excellent
MADE IN USA
STYLE Jazz / Hard Bop
AVAILABLE as long as inventory

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This product was added to our catalog on Friday 11 May, 2012.

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