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Artist:Hank Mobley
Title:Quintet
Label:  Blue Note
Country:Japan
Catalogue:BLP 1550 / BN 1550
Date:1984
Format:LP
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Community: 1 Owns
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TrackArtistTitleComposerRating
A1Hank MobleyFunk In Deep FreezeMobleyRate
A2Hank MobleyWham And They're OffMobleyRate
A3Hank MobleyFin De L'AffaireMobleyRate
B1Hank MobleyStartin' From ScratchMobleyRate
B2Hank MobleyStella-WiseMobleyRate
B3Hank MobleyBase On BallsMobleyRate


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Original album released 1957
Recorded on March 8, 1957
Producer Alfred Lion

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sladesounds
19th Jul 2014
 

All Music Review by Steve Leggett
Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley has been called underrated so many times that the word may as well have been his middle name, and when combined with the numerous financial, personal, and health issues the saxophonist endured during his career, it all added up to a middle of the pack position in the jazz canon. He truly deserves a reevaluation.

This delightfully warm set was cut on March 8, 1957 with Mobley on tenor sax, Art Farmer on trumpet, Horace Silver on piano, Doug Watkins on bass, and the energetic and busy Art Blakey on drums, which makes for a pretty nice session band when all is said and done.

"Wham and They're Off" is an aptly named piece, bouncing breezily out of the box in both versions, while "Base on Balls" is wonderfully lazy and laconic, unwinding into a perfectly loose and soulful jam for a long summer's day. "Funk in Deep Freeze," by the way, seems more frozen than it is funk, but it's still fun.

The bottom line is that this is a superior quintet working effortlessly together, and Mobley's concisely measured, round sax tone binds everything into a beautifully nuanced set. 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.
 


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