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Henry (Hank) Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 hard bop
Hard bop

Hard bop is a style of jazz that is an extension of bebop music. Hard bop incorporates influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in the saxophone and piano playing....
 and soul jazz
Soul jazz

Soul jazz was a development of hard bop which incorporated strong influences from blues, gospel and rhythm and blues in music for small groups, often the organ trio which featured the Hammond organ....
 tenor saxophonist and composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather
Leonard Feather

Leonard Geoffrey Feather was a United Kingdom-born jazz Piano, composer, and Record producer who was best known for his music journalism and other writing....
 as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to describe his tone that was neither as aggressive as John Coltrane
John Coltrane

John William Coltrane was an United States jazz saxophonist and composer.Starting in bebop and hard bop, Coltrane later pioneered free jazz. He influenced generations of other musicians, and remains one of the most significant tenor saxophonists in jazz history....
 nor as mellow as Stan Getz
Stan Getz

Stanley Gayetzky or Stanley Gayetsky , usually known by his stage name Stan Getz, was an American jazz saxophone player. Known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, Getz's prime influence was the wispy, mellow tone of his idol, Lester Young....
. This description suggested to some that Mobley was mediocre. In addition, as his style was laid-back, subtle and melodic, especially in contrast with players like Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins

Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins is an United States jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins' long, prolific career began at the age of 11, and he was playing with piano legend Thelonious Monk before reaching the age of 20....
 and John Coltrane
John Coltrane

John William Coltrane was an United States jazz saxophonist and composer.Starting in bebop and hard bop, Coltrane later pioneered free jazz. He influenced generations of other musicians, and remains one of the most significant tenor saxophonists in jazz history....
, it took connoisseurs until after his demise to fully appreciate his talent.

ey was born in Eastman, Georgia
Eastman, Georgia

Eastman is a city in Dodge County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 5,440 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Dodge County, Georgia....
, but was raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey
Elizabeth, New Jersey

Elizabeth is a City in Union County, New Jersey, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city had a total population of 120,568, making it New Jersey's List of municipalities in New Jersey ....
, near Newark.






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Henry (Hank) Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 hard bop
Hard bop

Hard bop is a style of jazz that is an extension of bebop music. Hard bop incorporates influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in the saxophone and piano playing....
 and soul jazz
Soul jazz

Soul jazz was a development of hard bop which incorporated strong influences from blues, gospel and rhythm and blues in music for small groups, often the organ trio which featured the Hammond organ....
 tenor saxophonist and composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather
Leonard Feather

Leonard Geoffrey Feather was a United Kingdom-born jazz Piano, composer, and Record producer who was best known for his music journalism and other writing....
 as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to describe his tone that was neither as aggressive as John Coltrane
John Coltrane

John William Coltrane was an United States jazz saxophonist and composer.Starting in bebop and hard bop, Coltrane later pioneered free jazz. He influenced generations of other musicians, and remains one of the most significant tenor saxophonists in jazz history....
 nor as mellow as Stan Getz
Stan Getz

Stanley Gayetzky or Stanley Gayetsky , usually known by his stage name Stan Getz, was an American jazz saxophone player. Known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, Getz's prime influence was the wispy, mellow tone of his idol, Lester Young....
. This description suggested to some that Mobley was mediocre. In addition, as his style was laid-back, subtle and melodic, especially in contrast with players like Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins

Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins is an United States jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins' long, prolific career began at the age of 11, and he was playing with piano legend Thelonious Monk before reaching the age of 20....
 and John Coltrane
John Coltrane

John William Coltrane was an United States jazz saxophonist and composer.Starting in bebop and hard bop, Coltrane later pioneered free jazz. He influenced generations of other musicians, and remains one of the most significant tenor saxophonists in jazz history....
, it took connoisseurs until after his demise to fully appreciate his talent.

Biography

Mobley was born in Eastman, Georgia
Eastman, Georgia

Eastman is a city in Dodge County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 5,440 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Dodge County, Georgia....
, but was raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey
Elizabeth, New Jersey

Elizabeth is a City in Union County, New Jersey, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city had a total population of 120,568, making it New Jersey's List of municipalities in New Jersey ....
, near Newark. Early in his career, he worked with Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie [/g?'l?spi/] was an United States jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in Cheraw, South Carolina, the youngest of nine children....
 and Max Roach
Max Roach

Maxwell Lemuel Roach was an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.A pioneer of bebop, Roach went on to work in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history....
. He took part in one of the landmark hard bop
Hard bop

Hard bop is a style of jazz that is an extension of bebop music. Hard bop incorporates influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in the saxophone and piano playing....
 sessions, alongside Art Blakey
Art Blakey

Arthur Blakey , born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, he was an United States jazz drummer and bandleader....
, Horace Silver
Horace Silver

Horace Silver , born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer. His father, who was known as John Tavares Silva, was from the island of Maio, Cape Verde in Cape Verde....
, Doug Watkins
Doug Watkins

Douglas Watkins was an United States hard bop jazz double bassist from Detroit.An original member of the Art Blakey, he later played in Horace Silver's quintet and freelanced with Gene Ammons, Kenny Burrell, Donald Byrd, Art Farmer, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Sonny Rollins, and Phil Woods among countless others....
 and trumpeter Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham

McKinley Howard Dorham was an United States jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer born in Fairfield, Texas....
. The results of these sessions were released as Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers

Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers is a 1955 album by jazz pianist Horace Silver and drummer Art Blakey. It was an important album in the establishment of the hard bop style, and was the first album released under the band name Jazz Messengers, which Blakey would use for the rest of his career....
. They contrasted with the classical pretensions of cool jazz
Cool jazz

During the Second World War, there was an influx of Californian jazz musicians to New York. Once there, these musicians mixed with the mostly black bebop musicians, but were also strongly influenced by the "smooth" sound of saxophonist Lester Young....
, with Mobley's rich lyricism being bluesier, alongside the funky approach of Horace Silver. When The Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey

Arthur Blakey , born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, he was an United States jazz drummer and bandleader....
 split in 1956, Mobley continued on with pianist Horace Silver
Horace Silver

Horace Silver , born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer. His father, who was known as John Tavares Silva, was from the island of Maio, Cape Verde in Cape Verde....
 for a short time, although he did work again with Blakey some years later, when the drummer appeared on Mobley's albums in the early 60s.

During the 1960s, he worked chiefly as a leader, recording over 20 albums for Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards....
, including Soul Station
Soul Station

Soul Station is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley. Along with Roll Call , the LP which followed this release, this is one of Mobley's best-known albums....
 (1960) and Roll Call
Roll Call (Hank Mobley album)

Roll Call is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley. Considered one of his best alongside Soul Station , Roll Call features some of the most prominent musicians of the hard bop era, specifically Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Art Blakey, and Freddie Hubbard....
 (1960), between 1955 and 1970. He performed with many of the most important hard bop
Hard bop

Hard bop is a style of jazz that is an extension of bebop music. Hard bop incorporates influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in the saxophone and piano playing....
 players, such as Grant Green
Grant Green

Grant Green was a jazz guitarist and composer.Recording prolifically and almost exclusively for Blue Note Records Green performed well in hard bop, soul jazz, bebop and latin jazz-tinged settings throughout his career....
, Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard

Frederick Dewayne Hubbard was an United States jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles from the early 60s and on....
, Sonny Clark
Sonny Clark

Conrad Yeatis "Sonny" Clark was an United States hard bop pianist. An underappreciated jazz artist during his time, Clark's work has become much more widely known after his death....
, Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly

Wynton Kelly was a jazz pianist who spent his career in the United States. He is perhaps best known for working with trumpeter Miles Davis in the '50s....
 and Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones

Joseph Rudolph Jones was a Philadelphia-born United States of America Jazz drumming, known as the drummer for the Miles Davis Quintet....
, and formed a particularly productive partnership with trumpeter Lee Morgan
Lee Morgan

Lee Morgan was an American hard bop trumpeter....
. Mobley is widely recognized as one of the great composers of originals in the hard-bop era, with interesting chord changes and room for soloists to spread out.

His 1961 album, Another Workout
Another Workout

Another Workout is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on December 5, 1961 and first released on the Blue Note Records label in 1985....
, while considered an instant classic, was inexplicably not released until 1985.

Mobley also spent a brief time in 1961 with Miles Davis
Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III was an United States jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz from World War II to the 1990s: he played on various early bebop records and recorded one of the first cool jaz...
, during the trumpeter's search for a replacement for John Coltrane
John Coltrane

John William Coltrane was an United States jazz saxophonist and composer.Starting in bebop and hard bop, Coltrane later pioneered free jazz. He influenced generations of other musicians, and remains one of the most significant tenor saxophonists in jazz history....
. He is heard on the album Someday My Prince Will Come
Someday My Prince Will Come (album)

Someday My Prince Will Come is a studio album by Miles Davis, recorded in March of 1961 in New York City. It garnered significant critical acclaim, with reviewers praising Davis' precision playing and expansive lyricism....
 (alongside Coltrane, who returned for the recording of some tracks), and some live recordings (In Person: Live at the Blackhawk
In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete

In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete, also called The Complete Blackhawk, is a 2003 four disc collection of the 1961 live performances of Miles Davis Quintet at Black Hawk in San Francisco....
 and At Carnegie Hall). Though considered by some as not having the improvisational fire of Coltrane, Mobley was still a major voice on tenor saxophone, known for his melodic playing.

Mobley was forced to retire in the mid-1970s due to lung problems. He worked briefly with Duke Jordan
Duke Jordan

Irving Sidney Jordan was an United States jazz pianist.An imaginative and gifted pianist, he was also a regular member of Charlie Parker's so-called "classic quintet" , featuring Miles Davis....
 before his death from pneumonia
Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an Inflammation illness of the lung. Frequently, it is described as lung parenchyma/alveolus inflammation and abnormal alveolar filling with fluid ....
 in 1986.

Discography


As leader

Title Year Label
Hank Mobley Quartet
Hank Mobley Quartet

Hank Mobley Quartet is the debut album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note Records label in 1955. It was recorded on March 27, 1955 and features performances by Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins and Art Blakey....
  1955  Blue Note
The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley
The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley

The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Savoy Records label in 1956. It was recorded on February 8, 1956 and features performances by Mobley, Donald Byrd, Ronnie Ball, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins, Wendell Marshall, John LaPorta and Kenny Clarke....
  1956  Savoy
Mobley's Message
Mobley's Message

Mobley's Message is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Prestige Records label in 1956. It was recorded on July 20, 1956 and features performances by Mobley, Donald Byrd, Barry Harris, Doug Watkins and Art Taylor with Jackie McLean guesting on one track....
  1956  Prestige
Mobley's 2nd Message
Mobley's 2nd Message

Mobley's 2nd Message is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Prestige Records label in 1956. It was recorded on July 27, 1956, one week after Mobley's Message , and features performances by Mobley, Kenny Dorham, Walter Bishop, Doug Watkins and Art Taylor....
  1956  Prestige
Jazz Message #2
Jazz Message

Jazz Message #2 is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Savoy Records label in 1957. It was recorded on July 23 & November 7, 1956 and features performances by Mobley, Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, Hank Jones, Doug Watkins Barry Harris, Kenny Clarke and Art Taylor....
  1957  Savoy
Hank Mobley Sextet
Hank Mobley Sextet

Hank Mobley Sextet is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note Records label in 1957. It was recorded on November 25, 1956 and features performances by Mobley, Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, Horace Silver, Paul Chambers and Charlie Persip....
 		  1957  Blue Note
Hank Mobley and his All Stars
Hank Mobley and his All Stars

Hank Mobley and his All Stars is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note Records label in 1957. It was recorded on January 13, 1957 and features performances by Mobley, Milt Jackson, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins and Art Blakey....
  1957  Blue Note
Hank Mobley Quintet
Hank Mobley Quintet

Hank Mobley Quintet is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note Records label in 1957. It was recorded on March 9, 1957 and features performances by Mobley, Art Farmer, Doug Watkins, Horace Silver, and Art Blakey....
  1957  Blue Note
Hank
Hank (album)

Hank is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note Records label in 1957. It was recorded on January 13, 1957 and features performances by Mobley, Donald Byrd, John Jenkins, Bobby Timmons, Wilbur Ware and Philly Joe Jones....
  1957  Blue Note
Hank Mobley
Hank Mobley (album)

Hank Mobley is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note Records label in 1957. It was recorded on June 23, 1957 and features performances by Mobley, Bill Hardman, Curtis Porter, Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers and Art Taylor....
  1957  Blue Note
Curtain Call
Curtain Call (Hank Mobley album)

Curtain Call is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley first released on the Blue Note Records label in Japan in 1984. It was recorded on August 18, 1957 and features performances by Mobley, Kenny Dorham, Jimmy Rowser, Sonny Clark and Art Taylor....
  1957  Blue Note
Poppin'
Poppin' (album)

Poppin' is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley first released on the Blue Note Records label in the 1970's. It was recorded on October 20, 1957 and features performances by Mobley, Art Farmer, Pepper Adams, Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones....
  1957  Blue Note
Peckin' Time
Peckin' Time

Peckin' Time is an album by saxophonist Hank Mobley and trumpeter Lee Morgan first released on the Blue Note Records label in 1959. It was recorded on February 9, 1958 and features performances by Mobley, Morgan, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Charlie Persip....
  1958  Blue Note
Soul Station
Soul Station

Soul Station is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley. Along with Roll Call , the LP which followed this release, this is one of Mobley's best-known albums....
  1960  Blue Note
Roll Call
Roll Call (Hank Mobley album)

Roll Call is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley. Considered one of his best alongside Soul Station , Roll Call features some of the most prominent musicians of the hard bop era, specifically Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Art Blakey, and Freddie Hubbard....
  1960  Blue Note
Workout
Workout (album)

Workout is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note Records label in 1961. It features performances by Mobley, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Grant Green and Philly Joe Jones....
  1961  Blue Note
Another Workout
Another Workout

Another Workout is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on December 5, 1961 and first released on the Blue Note Records label in 1985....
  1961  Blue Note
No Room for Squares
No Room for Squares

No Room for Squares is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on March 7 & October 2, 1963 and released on the Blue Note Records label....
  1963  Blue Note
Straight No Filter
Straight No Filter

Straight No Filter is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note Records label. It features performances recorded at four different sessions from 1963 to 1966....
  1963  Blue Note
The Turnaround
The Turnaround

The Turnaround is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on March 7 1963 & February 5, 1965 and released on the Blue Note Records label....
  1965  Blue Note
Dippin'
Dippin'

Dippin' is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note Records label in 1965....
  1965  Blue Note
A Caddy for Daddy
A Caddy for Daddy

A Caddy for Daddy is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on December 18, 1965 and released on the Blue Note Records label. It features performances by Mobley with Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw and Billy Higgins....
  1965  Blue Note
A Slice of the Top
A Slice of the Top

A Slice of the Top is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on March 18, 1966 but not released on the Blue Note Records label until 1979....
  1966  Blue Note
Hi Voltage
Hi Voltage

Hi Voltage is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on October 9, 1967 and released on the Blue Note Records label. It features performances by Mobley with Jackie McLean, Blue Mitchell, John Hicks Billy Higgins and Bob Cranshaw....
  1967  Blue Note
Third Season
Third Season (album)

Third Season is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on February 24, 1967 but not released on the Blue Note Records label until 1988....
  1967  Blue Note
Far Away Lands
Far Away Lands

Far Away Lands is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on May 26, 1967 and released on the Blue Note Records label. It features performances by Mobley with Donald Byrd, Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, and Billy Higgins....
  1967  Blue Note
Reach Out
Reach Out (Hank Mobley album)

Reach Out is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on January 19, 1968 and released on the Blue Note Records label. It features performances by Mobley with Woody Shaw, George Benson, Lamont Johnson, Bob Cranshaw, and Billy Higgins....
  1968  Blue Note
The Flip
The Flip (album)

The Flip is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on July 12, 1969 in Paris, France and released on the Blue Note Records label....
  1969  Blue Note
Thinking of Home
Thinking of Home

Thinking of Home is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on July 31, 1970 and released on the Blue Note Records label. It features performances by Mobley with Woody Shaw, Cedar Walton, Eddie Diehl, Mickey Bass, and Leroy Williams....
  1970  Blue Note
Breakthrough!
Breakthrough! (album)

Breakthrough! is an album by the Cedar Walton/Hank Mobley Quintet recorded on February 22, 1972 and released on the Muse Records label. It features performances by Mobley and Walton with Charles Davis, Sam Jones and Billy Higgins....
  1972  Muse


As sideman

with Max Roach
Max Roach

Maxwell Lemuel Roach was an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.A pioneer of bebop, Roach went on to work in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history....
  • The Max Roach Quartet Featuring Hank Mobley (1953) Debut Records
    Debut Records

    Debut Records was a United States jazz record label, which was founded in 1952 in music by bassist Charles Mingus, his then-wife Celia and drummer Max Roach....
  • Max Roach + 4 (1957) Emarcy
  • Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957) Emarcy
with Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie [/g?'l?spi/] was an United States jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in Cheraw, South Carolina, the youngest of nine children....
  • Afro (1954) Verve
    Verve Records

    Verve Records is an United States Jazz record label now owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels: Norgran Records and Clef Records and material which had been licensed to Mercury Records previously....
  • Jazz Recital (1954) Verve
with Horace Silver
Horace Silver

Horace Silver , born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer. His father, who was known as John Tavares Silva, was from the island of Maio, Cape Verde in Cape Verde....
  • Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
    Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers

    Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers is a 1955 album by jazz pianist Horace Silver and drummer Art Blakey. It was an important album in the establishment of the hard bop style, and was the first album released under the band name Jazz Messengers, which Blakey would use for the rest of his career....
     (1955) Blue Note
    Blue Note Records

    Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards....
  • Silvers Blue (1956)
  • Six Pieces of Silver (1956) Blue Note
  • The Stylings of Silver (1957) Blue Note
with Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham

McKinley Howard Dorham was an United States jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer born in Fairfield, Texas....
  • Afro-Cuban (1955) Blue Note
  • Whistle Stop (1961) Blue Note
with Jay Jay Johnson
  • The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Vol. 2 (1955) Blue Note
with Art Blakey
Art Blakey

Arthur Blakey , born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, he was an United States jazz drummer and bandleader....
's Jazz Messengers
  • The Jazz Messengers At The Cafe Bohemia Vol. 1 (1955) Blue Note
  • The Jazz Messengers At The Cafe Bohemia Vol. 2 (1955) Blue Note
  • The Jazz Messengers
    Art Blakey with the Original Jazz Messengers

    Art Blakey with the Original Jazz Messengers is a 1956 album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, released by Columbia Records. It was the last recording by the inaugural Jazz Messengers lineup featuring pianist Horace Silver....
     (1956) Columbia
    Columbia Records

    Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders....
  • At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959) Blue Note
with Lee Morgan
Lee Morgan

Lee Morgan was an American hard bop trumpeter....
  • Introducing Lee Morgan
    Introducing Lee Morgan

    Introducing Lee Morgan is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan with Hank Mobley's quintet released on the Savoy Records label. It was recorded on November 5 & November 7, 1960 and features performances by Morgan with Hank Mobley, Hank Jones, Doug Watkins and Art Taylor....
     (1956) Savoy
    Savoy Records

    Savoy Records is the name of a United States jazz music record label. Starting in the mid 1940s, Savoy played an important part in popularizing bebop....
  • Lee Morgan Vol. 2 (1957) Blue Note
  • Cornbread
    Cornbread (album)

    Cornbread is an album by Jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan and released on the Blue Note Records label. It features performances by Morgan, *Herbie Hancock, Billy Higgins, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley and Larry Ridley....
     (1965) Blue Note
  • Charisma
    Charisma (album)

    Charima is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan released on the Blue Note Records label. It was recorded on September 29, 1966 and features performances by Morgan, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Cedar Walton, Paul Chambers and Billy Higgins....
     (1966) Blue Note
  • The Rajah
    The Rajah

    The Rajah is a 1919 in film short subject comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd....
     (1966) Blue Note
with John Coltrane
John Coltrane

John William Coltrane was an United States jazz saxophonist and composer.Starting in bebop and hard bop, Coltrane later pioneered free jazz. He influenced generations of other musicians, and remains one of the most significant tenor saxophonists in jazz history....
, Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims

John Haley "Zoot" Sims was an United States jazz tenor saxophonist and soprano saxophonist.He was born in Inglewood, California, California. Growing up in a vaudeville family, Sims learned to play both Drum kit and clarinet at an early age....
 & Al Cohn
Al Cohn

Al Cohn was an United States jazz saxophonist and arranger/composer....
  • Tenor Conclave
    Tenor Conclave

    Tenor Conclave is a 1956 jazz album, originally credited to the "Prestige All Stars". Subsequent issues have generally been under John Coltrane's or Hank Mobley's names....
     (1956) Prestige
with Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell

Kenneth Earl "Kenny" Burrell is an United States jazz guitarist. His playing is grounded in bebop and blues; he has performed and recorded with a wide range of jazz musicians....
  • K.B.'s Blues (1957) Blue Note
with Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith may refer to:* Jimmy Smith , former NFL player with the Jacksonville Jaguars* Jimmy Smith , Australian rules footballer and coach of St Kilda...
  • A Date with Jimmy Smith (1957) Blue Note
with Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin

John Arnold Griffin III was an United States bebop and hard bop tenor saxophonist....
  • A Blowin' Session (1957) Blue Note
with Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd

Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II is an United States jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter.BiographyEarly life and education...
  • Byrd's Eye View (1955) Transition
  • Byrd in Flight
    Byrd in Flight

    Byrd in Flight is an album by Donald Byrd, released in 1960....
     (1960) Blue Note
  • A New Perspective
    A New Perspective

    A New Perspective is a 1963 album by Donald Byrd...
     (1963) Blue Note Records
  • Mustang!
    Mustang!

    Mustang! is the first full-length album by the Japanese group Dragon Ash; released in 1997. Although not their debut release, it is considered their debut full-length album and first major commercial release into the Japanese music industry....
     (1966) Blue Note Records
  • Blackjack (1967) Blue Note
with Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller

Curtis DuBois Fuller is a United States of America hard bop trombone, known as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers....
  • The Opener (1957) Blue Note
  • Sliding Easy (1959) United Artists
with Sonny Clark
Sonny Clark

Conrad Yeatis "Sonny" Clark was an United States hard bop pianist. An underappreciated jazz artist during his time, Clark's work has become much more widely known after his death....
  • Dial "S" for Sonny (1957) Blue Note
  • My Conception (1959) Blue Note
with Dizzy Reece
Dizzy Reece

Alphonso Son "Dizzy" Reece is a hard bop jazz trumpeter with a distinctive sound and compositional style.Reece was born January 5, 1931 in Kingston, Jamaica, the son of a silent film pianist....
  • Star Bright (1959) Blue Note
with Art Farmer
Art Farmer

Arthur Stewart Farmer , was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet/flugelhorn combination designed for him by David Monette....
  • Farmers Market (1957) Prestige
with Freddy Hubbard
  • Goin' Up
    Goin' Up

    Goin' Up is the second album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard released on the Blue Note Records label in 1960. It features performances by Hubbard, Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones....
     (1960) Blue Note
  • Blue Spirits
    Blue Spirits

    Blue Spirits is an album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard released on the Blue Note Records label. It features performances by Hubbard, James Spaulding, Joe Henderson, Harold Mabern, Larry Ridley, Clifford Jarvis, Big Black, Kiane Zawadi, Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw, Pete LaRoca....
     (1965) Blue Note
with Kenny Drew
Kenny Drew

Kenneth Sidney Drew was an United States jazz pianist.Born in New York City, New York, he first recorded with Howard McGhee in 1949, and over the next two years recorded with Buddy DeFranco, Coleman Hawkins, Milt Jackson, Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich, and Dinah Washington....
  • Undercurrent (1960) Blue Note
with Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones

Elvin Ray Jones was one of the most influential Jazz drumming of the post-bop era. He showed interest in drums at a young age, watching the circus bands march by his family's home in Pontiac, Michigan....
  • Together (1961) Atlantic
  • Midnight Walk (1966) Atlantic
with Miles Davis
Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III was an United States jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz from World War II to the 1990s: he played on various early bebop records and recorded one of the first cool jaz...
  • Someday My Prince Will Come
    Someday My Prince Will Come (album)

    Someday My Prince Will Come is a studio album by Miles Davis, recorded in March of 1961 in New York City. It garnered significant critical acclaim, with reviewers praising Davis' precision playing and expansive lyricism....
     (1961) Columbia
  • In Person Friday Night at the Blackhawk (1961) Columbia
  • In Person Saturday Night at the Blackhawk
    In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete

    In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete, also called The Complete Blackhawk, is a 2003 four disc collection of the 1961 live performances of Miles Davis Quintet at Black Hawk in San Francisco....
     (1961) Columbia
  • Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall (1961) Columbia
with Grant Green
Grant Green

Grant Green was a jazz guitarist and composer.Recording prolifically and almost exclusively for Blue Note Records Green performed well in hard bop, soul jazz, bebop and latin jazz-tinged settings throughout his career....
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand (1965) Blue Note


Bibliography

  • Derek Ansell, Workout: The Music of Hank Mobley. London: Northway Publications, 2008. ISBN 978 09550908 8 2


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