Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley made his first appearance on Blue Note Records in 1954 as a member of The Jazz Messengers under the leadership of Horace Silver and began leading his own dates the following year marking the start of a fruitful 15-year run on the label.Mobley was still establishing his unique identity as an […]
Johnny Griffin called upon his fellow master practitioners of the tenor saxophone John Coltrane and Hank Mobley for his second Blue Note album A Blowing Session in 1957.The fiery set features trumpeter Lee Morgan balancing out the three-tenor frontline while a rhythm section with pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Art Blakey stokes […]
Jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley’s 1957 album ‘Jazz Message #2’ was originally released on Savoy in 1957.Featuring five cuts, including three Mobley compositions, the album features an ensemble of players, including Lee Morgan (trumpet), Hank Jones (piano), and Doug Watkins (bass).This new edition of the album is released as part of the Original Jazz Classics Series […]
A Blowin’ Session is one of the greatest hard bop jam sessions ever recorded; it is filled with infectious passion and camaraderie.It’s also the only time tenor saxophonists Johnny Griffin and John Coltrane would play together on record.Initially Coltrane wasn’t scheduled to be on this date, but Griffin saw him on his way to Rudy […]
Recorded in 1955 for Tom Wilson’s Transition label, Byrd’s Eye View was Donald Byrd’s first issued album as a leader. Featuring the trumpeter at the helm of the Jazz Messengers line-up with Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins and Art Blakey, plus trumpeter Joe Gordon on several tracks. This mono Blue Note Tone Poet Series […]
Roll Call is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley. It features trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Art Blakey. This quintet recorded this album on November 13, 1960 at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs and released it the following year.
One of the finest pianists and composers of the hard bop era, Sonny Clark arrived fully formed on his supremely swinging 1957 Blue Note debut Dial “S” for Sonny. Clark assembled a top-flight sextet for the occasion with Art Farmer on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Hank Mobley on tenor saxophone, Wilbur Ware on bass, […]
Besides being one of the best tenor saxophonists of his time, Henry (Hank) Mobley (1930-1986) is widely recognized as one of the great composers of the hard-bop era, with interesting chord changes and room for soloists to stretch out (this LP includes four of his compositions). Soul Station, which features him as the only horn […]
A never-before-released studio album byArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengersthat was recorded on March 8, 1959 inRudy Van Gelders living room studio in Hackensack, New Jersey. The session featureda short-lived line-up of The Jazz Messengers with drummer Art Blakey, trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt.The album features […]
After John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderly left the quintet, Miles Davis was forced to search for new qualified musicians. He found them in Hank Mobley, Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Cobb and Paul Chambers.In 1961, just two years after recording Kind Of Blue, Miles and his new line up started recording energetically and finished Someday My Prince […]
