Hank Mobley
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Hank Mobley – Tenor Conclave
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Eastman, Georgia (1930 – 1986)
Mobley was born in Eastman, Georgia, but was raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey, near Newark. Early in his career, he worked with Dizzy Gillespie and Max Roach. He took part in one of the landmark hard bop sessions, alongside Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins and trumpeter Kenny Dorham. The results of these sessions were released as Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers. They contrasted with the classical pretensions of Cool Jazz, with Mobley’s rich lyricism being bluesier, alongside the funky approach of Horace Silver. When The Jazz Messengers split in 1956, Mobley continued on with pianist Horace Silver 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 25 albums for Blue Note Records, including Soul Station and Roll Call, between 1955 and 1970. He performed with many of the most important hard bop players, such as Grant Green, Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Clark, Wynton Kelly and Philly Joe Jones, and formed a particularly productive partnership with trumpeter Lee Morgan.
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Workout
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Soul Station
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Roll Call
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Peckin' Time / Workout
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jazzthieve
Spotify playlist Jazz: Bebop, Cool, Swing, Vocal, Fusion, Modal, Stride, Dixieland, Third Stream, Big Band, Hard Bop
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naturalway
he's actually defining bebop, no need to say that it's 'hard'
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Cat_007
Great!
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I_LOVE_DONUTS
Was kind of disappointed with Soul Station, but then i saw the line-up for Roll Call and thought "damn, this can't be bad"... Yup, you redeemed yourself Mr. Mobley. Roll Call is incredible.
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ColonelTheSlav
That was kinda the point of hard bop.
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acid_porno
i tap my foot and dance listening to this guy. am i a pleb?
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Barcida
Genial!!!!
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Cielofunk
So much soul
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javiikiller
I love the way Hank Mobley doesn't need to be very fast for putting magic in his solos..
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bainer
Love and respect to the greatest unsung hero on the tenor sax.
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SunMan24
хорош
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ColonelTheSlav
Licks mean a stock of patterns or phrases during solos or melodies.
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thenearestdoor
i get a lot of my licks from soul station. i love hank!
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sna033
Soul Station is probably among the 5 best jazz albums of all time
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Druid66
I never even heard of "hard bop" until I heard this guy, and I liked it.
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BraveSirRobben
Straight No Filter :D
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kuro526616
I have you visit it and thank you and still began it and a function is good and does not understand it, but thanks in advance for your help; from far-off Japan.
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lesleymuijres
Jules Deelder's favourite saxophone player. Just heard that on radio 6's black list
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darmik89
Very good saxophonist from the period Hard Bop.
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