No Room for Squares is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist
Hank MobleyHenry Mobley was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to describe his tone that was neither as aggressive as John Coltrane nor as mellow as Stan Getz. This...
recorded on March 7 & October 2, 1963 and released on the
Blue NoteBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
label. It features performances by Mobley,
Lee MorganLee Morgan was an American hard bop trumpeter.-Biography:Lee Morgan, a leading trumpeter and composer, recorded prolifically from 1956 until a day before his death in February 1972...
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Andrew HillAndrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.Hill is recognized as one of the most important progenitors of Free jazz piano, though he is considered more mainstream jazz than Cecil Taylor, two years his senior.The body of work he is most lauded for was recorded for Blue Note Records,...
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John OreJohn Ore is an American jazz bassist.Ore attended the New School of Music in Philadelphia from 1943-46, studying cello, and followed this with studies on bass at Juilliard....
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Philly Joe JonesJoseph Rudolph Jones was a Philadelphia-born United States jazz drummer, known as the drummer for the Miles Davis Quintet.-Biography:...
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No Room for Squares is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist
Hank MobleyHenry Mobley was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to describe his tone that was neither as aggressive as John Coltrane nor as mellow as Stan Getz. This...
recorded on March 7 & October 2, 1963 and released on the
Blue NoteBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues...
label. It features performances by Mobley,
Lee MorganLee Morgan was an American hard bop trumpeter.-Biography:Lee Morgan, a leading trumpeter and composer, recorded prolifically from 1956 until a day before his death in February 1972...
,
Andrew HillAndrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.Hill is recognized as one of the most important progenitors of Free jazz piano, though he is considered more mainstream jazz than Cecil Taylor, two years his senior.The body of work he is most lauded for was recorded for Blue Note Records,...
,
John OreJohn Ore is an American jazz bassist.Ore attended the New School of Music in Philadelphia from 1943-46, studying cello, and followed this with studies on bass at Juilliard....
and
Philly Joe JonesJoseph Rudolph Jones was a Philadelphia-born United States jazz drummer, known as the drummer for the Miles Davis Quintet.-Biography:...
.
Track listing
- "Three Way Split" – 7:49
- "Carolyn" (Morgan) – 5:30
- "Up a Step" – 8:31
- "No Room for Squares" – 6:57
- "Me 'N You" (Morgan) – 7:17
- "Old World Imports" – 6:08
- "Carolyn" [alternate take] (Morgan) – 5:35 Bonus track on CD
- "No Room for Squares" [alternate take] (Mobley) – 6:45 Bonus track on CD
- All compositions by Hank Mobley except as indicated
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio
The Van Gelder Studio is a recording studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. It was set up in 1959 by Rudy Van Gelder and has been used to record many albums released by major jazz labels such as Verve Records, Blue Note, Prestige and CTI Records....
, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 7 & October 2, 1963
Personnel
- Hank Mobley
Henry Mobley was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to describe his tone that was neither as aggressive as John Coltrane nor as mellow as Stan Getz. This...
– tenor saxophoneThe tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, is the most common type of saxophone. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef,...
(all tracks)
- Lee Morgan
Lee Morgan was an American hard bop trumpeter.-Biography:Lee Morgan, a leading trumpeter and composer, recorded prolifically from 1956 until a day before his death in February 1972...
– trumpetThe trumpet is a musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BC...
(tracks 1,2,4,5,8,9)
- Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter.-Early life and education:...
– trumpetThe trumpet is a musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BC...
(tracks 3,6)
- Andrew Hill
Andrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.Hill is recognized as one of the most important progenitors of Free jazz piano, though he is considered more mainstream jazz than Cecil Taylor, two years his senior.The body of work he is most lauded for was recorded for Blue Note Records,...
– pianoThe piano is a musical instrument which is played by means of a keyboard. Widely used in Western music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
(tracks 1,2,4,5,8,9)
- Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American jazz pianist and composer. He is regarded as one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century. His music embraces elements of funk and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz...
– pianoThe piano is a musical instrument which is played by means of a keyboard. Widely used in Western music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
(tracks 3,6)
- John Ore
John Ore is an American jazz bassist.Ore attended the New School of Music in Philadelphia from 1943-46, studying cello, and followed this with studies on bass at Juilliard....
– bassThe double bass, also called the upright bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. The name, "double bass," derives from the early use of the instrument to double—an octave lower where possible—the bass part written...
(tracks 1,2,4,5,8,9)
- Butch Warren
Butch Warren is an American jazz double bassist who plays in the hard bop genre. He was especially active in the late-50s and the 1960s.-Biography:...
– bassThe double bass, also called the upright bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. The name, "double bass," derives from the early use of the instrument to double—an octave lower where possible—the bass part written...
(tracks 3,6)
- Philly Joe Jones
Joseph Rudolph Jones was a Philadelphia-born United States jazz drummer, known as the drummer for the Miles Davis Quintet.-Biography:...
– drumsA drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...
(all tracks)