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Biography

Infobox musical artist|name = Hank Mobley|image = Hank Mobley.jpg|caption = Mobley circa 1956|image_size =|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist|birth_name = Henry Mobley|alias =|birth_date = Birth date|1930|7|7|birth_place = Eastman, Georgia |death_date = death date and age|1986|5|30|1930|7|7|instrument = saxophone |genre = jazz |occupation = composer, saxophonist |years_active =|label = Blue Note |associated_acts =|website =|current_members =|past_members = Henry (Hank) Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) 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 . In addition, as his style was laid-back, subtle and melodic, especially in contrast with players like Sonny Rollins and Coltrane. The critic Stacia Proefrock claimed he is "one of the more underrated musicians of the bop era."Allmusic|class=album|id=r144067|pure_url=yes

Biography


Mobley was born in Eastman, Georgia , but was raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey , near Newark. When he was 16, an illness kept him in the house for several months. His uncle thought of buying a saxophone to help him occupy his time. It was then that Mobley began to play sax. He tried to enter a music school in Newark, but couldn't, since he was not a resident, so he kept studying through books at home. At 19, he started to play with local bands and, months later, worked for the first time with musicians like Dizzy Gillespie and Max Roach .Original 1955 liner notes to Hank Mobley Quartet He took part in one of the earliest hard bop sessions, alongside Art Blakey , Horace Silver , Doug Watkins and trumpeter Kenny Dorham . The results of these sessions were released as Horace Silver and 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 Art Blakey|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 1960s.

During the 1960s, he worked chiefly as a leader, recording over 20 albums for Blue Note Records between 1955 and 1970, including Soul Station (1960), generally considered to be his finest recording,cite album-notes
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 and Roll Call (Hank Mobley album)|Roll Call (1960). He performed with many of the other 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 . 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 stretch out.

Mobley spent a brief time in 1961 with Miles Davis , during the trumpeter's search for a replacement for John Coltrane . He is heard on the album Someday My Prince Will Come (Miles Davis album)|Someday My Prince Will Come (alongside Coltrane, who returned for the recording of two tracks), and some live recordings ( In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete|In Person: Live at the Blackhawk and At Carnegie Hall ). Though considered by some as not having the improvisational fire of Coltrane, Mobley was known for his melodic playing.

Mobley was forced to retire in the mid-1970s due to lung problems. He worked two engagements at the Angry Squire in New York City November 22 and 23, 1985 and January 11, 1986 in a quartet with Duke Jordan and guest singer Lodi Carr a few months before his death from pneumonia in 1986.

Discography


As leader


Title Year Label
Hank Mobley Quartet style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1955 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1956 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Savoy
'' Mobley's Message style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1956 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Prestige
'' Mobley's 2nd Message style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1956 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Prestige
Jazz Message No. 2 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1957 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Savoy
Hank Mobley Sextet style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1957 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
Hank Mobley and his All Stars style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1957 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
Hank Mobley Quintet style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1957 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
Hank (album) style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1957 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
Hank Mobley (album) style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1957 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
Curtain Call (Hank Mobley album) style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1957 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
'' Poppin' (album) style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1957 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
'' Peckin' Time style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1958 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1955-58 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Mosaic
Soul Station style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1960 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
Roll Call (Hank Mobley album) style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1960 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
Workout (album) style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1961 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
Another Workout style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1961 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
No Room for Squares style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1963 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
Straight No Filter style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1963 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
The Turnaround style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1965 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
'' Dippin' style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1965 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
A Caddy for Daddy style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1965 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
A Slice of the Top style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1966 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
Hi Voltage style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1967 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
Third Season (album) style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1967 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
Far Away Lands style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1967 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
Reach Out (Hank Mobley album) style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1968 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
The Flip (album) style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1969 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
Thinking of Home style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1970 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Blue Note
Breakthrough& #33; (album) style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" 1972 style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" Muse


As sideman


'''with Art Blakey 's Jazz Messengers
  • At The Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (1955) Blue Note

  • At The Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (1955) Blue Note

  • Art Blakey with the Original Jazz Messengers|The Jazz Messengers (1956) Columbia Records|Columbia

  • The Cool Voice Of Rita Reys (1956) Colombia

  • At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959) Blue Note

    • with Kenny Burrell
  • All Night Long (1956) Prestige

  • ''K.B.'s Blues (1957) Blue Note

    • with Donald Byrd
  • '' Byrd's Eye View (1955) Transition

  • Byrd in Flight (1960) Blue Note

  • A New Perspective (1963) Blue Note

  • Mustang& #33; (Donald Byrd album)|Mustang! (1966) Blue Note

  • Blackjack (Donald Byrd album)|Blackjack (1967) Blue Note

    • with Sonny Clark
  • Dial "S" for Sonny (1957) Blue Note

  • My Conception (1959) Blue Note

    • with John Coltrane , Zoot Sims & Al Cohn
  • Tenor Conclave (1956) Prestige

    • with Miles Davis
  • Someday My Prince Will Come (Miles Davis album)|Someday My Prince Will Come (1961) Columbia

  • In Person Friday Night at the Blackhawk (1961) Columbia

  • In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete|In Person Saturday Night at the Blackhawk (1961) Columbia

  • Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall (1961) Columbia

    • with Kenny Dorham
  • Afro-Cuban (album)|Afro-Cuban (1955) Blue Note

  • Whistle Stop (Kenny Dorham album)|Whistle Stop (1961) Blue Note

    • with Kenny Drew
  • Undercurrent (Kenny Drew album)|Undercurrent (1960) Blue Note

    • with Art Farmer
  • Farmers Market (1957) Prestige

    • with Curtis Fuller
  • The Opener (1957) Blue Note

  • Sliding Easy (1959) United Artists

    • With Dizzy Gillespie
  • Afro (album)|Afro (Norgran, 1954)

  • Dizzy and Strings (Norgran, 1954)

  • Jazz Recital (Norgran, 1955)

    • with Grant Green
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand (album)|I Want to Hold Your Hand (1965) Blue Note

    • with Johnny Griffin
  • '' A Blowin' Session (1957) Blue Note

    • with Freddie Hubbard
  • '' Goin' Up (1960) Blue Note

  • Blue Spirits (1965) Blue Note

    • with Jay Jay Johnson
  • The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (1955) Blue Note

    • with Elvin Jones
  • Together& #33; (Elvin Jones and Philly Joe Jones album)|Together! (Atlantic, 1961) with Philly Joe Jones

  • Midnight Walk (Atlantic, 1966)

    • with Lee Morgan
  • Introducing Lee Morgan (1956) Savoy Records|Savoy

  • Lee Morgan Sextet (1957) Blue Note

  • Cornbread (album)|Cornbread (1965) Blue Note

  • Charisma (album)|Charisma (1966) Blue Note

  • The Rajah (1966) Blue Note

    • with Dizzy Reece
  • Star Bright (Dizzy Reece album)|Star Bright (1959) Blue Note

    • with Freddie Roach (organist)|Freddie Roach
  • Good Move! (1963) Blue Note

    • with Max Roach
  • The Max Roach Quartet Featuring Hank Mobley (1953) Debut Records

  • Max Roach + 4 (1957) Emarcy

  • Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957) Emarcy

    • with Archie Shepp
  • Yasmina, a Black Woman (1969) BYG

  • Poem for Malcolm (1969) BYG

    • with Horace Silver
  • Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1955) Blue Note Records|Blue Note

  • '' Silver's Blue (1956)

  • 6 Pieces of Silver (1956) Blue Note

  • The Stylings of Silver (1957) Blue Note

    • with Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith
  • A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957) Blue Note

  • A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957) Blue Note


    • Bibliography


  • Derek Ansell, Workout: The Music of Hank Mobley . London: Northway Publications , 2008. ISBN 978-0-9550908-8-2


    • References


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    External links


  • http://medien.zeit.de/medialinks/mobley_dip.mov Sample: The Dip


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