{"title":"Hank Mobley","description":"\u003cp\u003eHank Mobley's tenor saxophone had a round, warm, relaxed sound, neither as heavy as John Coltrane's nor as light as Lester Young's, which is why critic Leonard Feather famously called him 'the middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe played in the first Jazz Messengers with Art Blakey and Horace Silver and briefly in Miles Davis's quintet, but his best work came on Blue Note as a leader. \u003cem\u003eSoul Station\u003c\/em\u003e, with Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Blakey, is hard bop at its most melodic, and \u003cem\u003eRoll Call\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWorkout\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNo Room for Squares\u003c\/em\u003e keep the standard high, his lines always swinging and beautifully constructed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fungilator-recommended-artists\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#C4293D;font-weight:bold;\"\u003eIf you like Hank Mobley you should check out:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/lee-morgan-vinyl\"\u003eLee Morgan\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/art-blakey-vinyl\"\u003eArt Blakey\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/horace-silver-vinyl\"\u003eHorace Silver\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/sonny-rollins-vinyl\"\u003eSonny Rollins\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/john-coltrane-vinyl\"\u003eJohn Coltrane\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/miles-davis-vinyl\"\u003eMiles Davis\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/donald-byrd-vinyl\"\u003eDonald Byrd\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/freddie-hubbard-vinyl\"\u003eFreddie Hubbard\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/grant-green-vinyl\"\u003eGrant Green\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cannonball-adderley-vinyl\"\u003eCannonball Adderley\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hank-mobley-a-caddy-for-daddy-blue-note-tone-poet-180g-vinyl-lp","title":"HANK MOBLEY 'A Caddy For Daddy' BLUE NOTE TONE POET 180g Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp class=\"goldmine-year\"\u003eYear of release: 1967\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"goldmine-blurb\"\u003eThe title track is a loose boogaloo in the style of Lee Morgan's 'The Sidewinder', and Morgan himself is in the band, alongside Curtis Fuller, McCoy Tyner and Billy Higgins. The rest is warm, swinging hard bop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: New\/Sealed\/Mint\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Goldmine Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44039495876829,"sku":"GM03314","price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9434\/3070\/files\/hankmobleycaddyBNTP1.jpg?v=1693360572"},{"product_id":"hank-mobley-no-room-for-squares-blue-note-classic-180g-vinyl-lp","title":"HANK MOBLEY 'No Room For Squares' BLUE NOTE CLASSIC 180g Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp class=\"goldmine-year\"\u003eYear of release: 1964\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"goldmine-blurb\"\u003eDrawn from two 1963 sessions, one with Donald Byrd and one with Lee Morgan, this has a sly, swaggering title track aimed at anyone too square to keep up. Mobley's tenor is loose and easy throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eCondition: New\/Sealed\/Mint\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldmine Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45293455802589,"sku":"GM03318","price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9434\/3070\/files\/hankmobleynoroomBNCLASSIC1.jpg?v=1717128999"},{"product_id":"hank-mobley-mobleys-message-vinyl-lp","title":"HANK MOBLEY 'Mobley's Message' Mono 180g Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp class=\"goldmine-year\"\u003eYear of release: 1957\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"goldmine-blurb\"\u003eCut at Rudy Van Gelder's Hackensack studio for Prestige, this pairs Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd, Barry Harris, Doug Watkins and Art Taylor. His round, mellow tenor already sounds fully formed, never in a rush even at speed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eCondition: New\/Sealed\/Mint\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldmine Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46025846653149,"sku":"GM03317","price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9434\/3070\/files\/IMG_9121.jpg?v=1736472280"},{"product_id":"hank-mobley-workout-yellow-vinyl-lp","title":"HANK MOBLEY 'Workout' YELLOW Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp class=\"goldmine-year\"\u003eYear of release: 1962\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"goldmine-blurb\"\u003eMobley comes out fighting on the title track, his tenor racing over Philly Joe Jones' drums, with Grant Green's guitar adding an extra voice to the line-up. Wynton Kelly and Paul Chambers, then in Miles Davis's band, keep everything crisp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eCondition: New\/Sealed\/Mint\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldmine Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46455356424413,"sku":"GM03324","price":47.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9434\/3070\/files\/IMG_0577.jpg?v=1748321613"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.goldminerecords.com.au\/collections\/hank-mobley-vinyl.oembed","provider":"Goldmine Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}