Hank Mobley Quintet
1957 studio album by the Hank Mobley Quintet
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| Studio album by the Hank Mobley Quintet | ||||
| Released | Early August 1957[1] | |||
| Recorded | March 8, 1957 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 57:22 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BLP 1550 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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Hank Mobley Quintet, also known as Hank Mobley with Farmer, Silver, Watkins, Blakey, is an album by American jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on March 8, 1957 and released on Blue Note later that year. The quintet features trumpeter Art Farmer and rhythm section Horace Silver, Doug Watkins and Art Blakey.
Background
These musicians were the first lineup of The Jazz Messengers, with Farmer instead of Kenny Dorham.[citation needed]
Release history
The album was remastered in 2008 by Rudy Van Gelder and issued on CD.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
The AllMusic review by Steve Leggett states, "Mobley might not have been out there pushing the envelope with his instrument, but here he plays with confidence and lyrical economy, making this easily one of his best outings."[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Hank Mobley
Side 1
- "Funk in Deep Freeze" – 6:50
- "Wham and They're Off" – 7:42
- "Fin de l'affaire" – 6:39
Side 2
- "Startin' from Scratch" – 6:43
- "Stella-Wise" – 7:18
- "Base on Balls" – 7:33
CD reissue bonus tracks
- "Funk in Deep Freeze" (Alternate Take) – 6:57
- "Wham and They're Off" (Alternate Take) – 7:37
Personnel
Hank Mobley Quintet
- Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
- Art Farmer – trumpet
- Horace Silver – piano
- Doug Watkins – bass
- Art Blakey – drums
Technical personnel
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
- Ralph Eck – mastering
- Harold Feinstein – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Robert Levin – liner notes
References
- ^ Billboard Aug 26, 1957
- ^ a b Leggett, S. Allmusic Review, accessed September 24, 2011.
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Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except for the compilation section
or co-leader
- Newark 1953 (1953 [2012])
- Hank Mobley Quartet (1955)
- The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley (1956)
- Mobley's Message (Prestige, 1956)
- Mobley's 2nd Message (Prestige, 1956)
- Jazz Message No. 2 (Savoy, 1956)
- Hank Mobley Sextet (1956)
- Hank Mobley and His All Stars (1957)
- Hank Mobley Quintet (1957)
- Hank (1957)
- Hank Mobley (1957)
- Curtain Call (1957)
- Poppin' (1957)
- Peckin' Time (1958)
- Monday Night at Birdland (1958)
- Another Monday Night at Birdland (1959)
- Soul Station (1960)
- Roll Call (1960)
- Workout (1961)
- Another Workout (1961)
- No Room for Squares (1963)
- Straight No Filter (1963–65)
- The Turnaround! (1964)
- Dippin' (1965)
- A Caddy for Daddy (1965)
- A Slice of the Top (1966)
- Far Away Lands (1967)
- Third Season (1967)
- Hi Voltage (1967)
- Reach Out! (1968)
- The Flip (1969)
- Thinking of Home (1970)
- Breakthrough! (1972)
others
- At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1955)
- At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1955)
- The Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey, 1956)
- Originally (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956 [1982])
- At the Jazz Corner of the World (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1959)
- All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956)
- K.B. Blues (1957 [1979])
- Byrd's Eye View (Donald Byrd, 1955)
- Byrd in Flight (Donald Byrd, 1960)
- A New Perspective (1963)
- Mustang! (Donald Byrd, 1966)
- Blackjack (Donald Byrd, 1967)
- Dial "S" for Sonny (Sonny Clark, 1957)
- My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1957)
- Someday My Prince Will Come (Miles Davis, 1961)
- In Person Friday and Saturday Nights
at the Blackhawk, Complete (Miles Davis, 1961) - Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall (1961)
- Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955)
- Whistle Stop (Kenny Dorham, 1961)
- This Is New (Kenny Drew, 1957)
- Undercurrent (Kenny Drew, 1960)
- Farmer's Market (Art Farmer, 1956)
- The Opener (Curtis Fuller, 1957)
- Sliding Easy (Curtis Fuller, 1959)
- Afro (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
- Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
- Jazz Recital (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954–55)
- I Want to Hold Your Hand (Grant Green, 1965)
- A Blowin' Session (Johnny Griffin, 1957)
- My Point of View (Herbie Hancock, 1963)
- Informal Jazz (Elmo Hope, 1956)
- Goin' Up (Freddie Hubbard, 1960)
- Blue Spirits (Freddie Hubbard, 1965)
- The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (1955)
- Together! (Elvin Jones and Philly Joe Jones, 1961)
- Midnight Walk (Elvin Jones, 1966)
- I Wanna Talk About You (Tete Montoliu, 1980)
- Introducing Lee Morgan (1956)
- Lee Morgan Sextet (1956)
- Cornbread (Lee Morgan, 1965)
- Charisma (1966)
- The Rajah (1966)
- Tenor Conclave (Prestige All Stars, 1957)
- Star Bright (Dizzy Reece, 1959)
- The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956)
- Good Move! (Freddie Roach 1963)
- The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953)
- Max Roach + 4 (1956)
- The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957)
- MAX (Max Roach, 1958)
- Yasmina, a Black Woman (Archie Shepp, 1969)
- Poem for Malcolm (Archie Shepp, 1969)
- Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1954–55)
- Silver's Blue (Horace Silver, 1956)
- 6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58)
- The Stylings of Silver (Horace Silver, 1957)
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957)
- Julius Watkins Sextet (1955)
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