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Notable albums include \"Soul Station,\" \"Roll Call,\" and \"No Room for Squares.\" Mobley's distinctive sound can be heard in each recording as he effortlessly blends elements of bebop and hard bop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInfluenced by the likes of *Kenny Dorham*, *Jackie McLean*, and *Sonny Rollins*, Hank Mobley developed a distinct musical voice that resonated with audiences worldwide. His collaborations with talented musicians such as *Freddie Hubbard* and *Wynton Kelly* further elevated his status in the jazz community. With an extensive catalog of timeless recordings, Hank Mobley remains an influential\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"no-room-for-squares-classic-vinyl","title":"No Room for Squares","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn addition to boasting one of Reid Miles' greatest album cover designs, \u003cstrong\u003eHank Mobley's\u003c\/strong\u003e 1963 album \u003cem\u003eNo Room for Squares\u003c\/em\u003e is a marvel for the music alone. 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Here he is joined by Donald Byrd (trumpet), Barry Harris (piano), Doug Watkins (bass) and Art Taylor (drum) with a guest appearance from Jackie McLean (alto saxophone) on one track. As one might expected, the program is quite \"be boppy\", with the band running through bop standards like Bud Powell \"Bouncing with Bud\", Monk’s \"52nd Street\" and Parker’s \"Au Privave\". Mobley’s supremely confident solos are highlights of these tracks and he swings through the rather plain arrangements of  \"Bouncing with Bud\" and \"Au Privave\", with exceptional phrasing and melodic finesse, through Byrd’s and Harris’s solos as satisfying as well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50447044772171,"sku":"2188486","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screenshot_2024-03-06_at_11.13.05_d2aeb895_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1727069538"},{"product_id":"curtain-call","title":"Curtain Call","description":"\u003cp\u003eHank Mobley recorded the session for his album \u003ci\u003eCurtain Call\u003c\/i\u003e in 1957 with Sonny Clark, Kenny Dorham, Jimmy Rowser and Art Taylor, though it wasn't first released until 1984. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighlights include the ballad \"Deep in a Dream,\" which was to be re-recorded four years later with Ike Quebec for inclusion on Sonny Clark's great \u003ci\u003eLeapin' and Lopin'\u003c\/i\u003e LP. 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Other members of the ensemble were pianist Andrew Hill, drummer Philly Joe Jones, and bassist John Ore. The title track, which opens the set, is a stand-in metaphor for the rest: Mobley's strong and knotty off-minor front-line trading fours with Hill that moves into brief but aggressive soloing for he and Morgan and brings the melody back, altered with the changes from Hill. On Morgan's \"Me 'n' You,\" an aggressive but short bluesed-out vamp backed by a mutated samba beat, comes right out of the Art Blakey book of the blues and is articulated wonderfully by Mobley's solo, which alternates between short, clipped phrases along the line of the changes and longer trill and ostinatos where the end of a musical line is dictated by his breath rather than a chord change. Morgan is in the pocket of the blue shades, coloring the ends of his lines with trills and short staccato bursts, warping them in Hill's open, chromatic voicings. All eight cuts here move with similar fluidity and offer a very gritty and realist approach to the roots of hard bop. Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Note","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50465878704459,"sku":"1011476","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/6abb810f-1198-45a5-afcd-628942c03e19_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727298112"},{"product_id":"soul-station","title":"Soul Station","description":"\u003cp\u003eOften overlooked, perhaps because he wasn't a great innovator in jazz but merely a stellar performer, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley was at the peak of his powers on \u003ci\u003eSoul Station\u003c\/i\u003e. Recorded with a superstar quartet including Art Blakey on drums, Paul Chambers on bass, and Wynton Kelly on piano, it was the first album since Mobley's 1955 debut to feature him as a leader without any other accompanying horns. 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