Blue Note – BLP 1567Rec. Date : June 16, 1957 Stream this Album Trombone : Curtis FullerBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Hank Mobley Billboard : 10/07/1957Score of 67 Fuller, another Blue Note “discovery,” essays a soft-spoken, Miles Davis approach to the trombone. Style is individual, but hardly dynamic…
Blue Note – BLP 1562Rec. Date : May 8, 1957 Stream this Album Piano : Horace SilverBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Louis HayesTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Art Farmer Billboard : 10/07/1957Score of 78 Hard modern swinging is the prescription here. The straightforward yet emotionally penetrating Silver compositions, plus top drawer performances from Art…
Blue Note – BLP 1560Rec. Date : April 21, 1957 Tenor Sax : Hank MobleyAlto Sax : John JenkinsBass : Wilbur WareDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Bobby TimmonsTrumpet : Donald Byrd Strictlyheadies : 03/17/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 01/11/1958 Here are five readings from some of jazzdom’s foremost personalities. The sextet features prominent musicians Mobley (tenor sax), Donald Byrd (trumpet), and “Philly” Joe Jones (drums). The items…
Blue Note – BLP 1559Rec. Date : April 6, 1957 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Johnny Griffin, John Coltrane, Hank MobleyBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Wynton KellyTrumpet : Lee Morgan Audio : February, 1958Charles A. Robertson Subtitled as a blowing session, the second album bearing the name of the Chicago tenor…
Blue Note – BLP 1550Rec. Date : March 8, 1957 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Hank MobleyBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverTrumpet : Art Farmer Billboard : 08/26/1957Score of 73 Mobley’s unit, in tradition of Jazz Messengers, generates a good deal of excitement. Material is in staccato, boppish vein, has…
Blue Note – BLP 1548Rec. Dates : February 11, 1957, February 12, 1957 Stream this Album Organ : Jimmy SmithAlto Sax : Lou DonaldsonDrums : Art BlakeyGuitar : Eddie McFaddenTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Donald Byrd Billboard : 12/02/1957Score of 77 A relaxed blowing session with plenty of room for participants H. Mobley, L.…
Blue Note – BLP 1547Rec. Dates : February 11, 1957, February 13, 1957 Stream this Album Organ : Jimmy SmithAlto Sax : Lou DonaldsonDrums : Art Blakey, Donald BaileyGuitar : Eddie McFaddenTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Donald Byrd Billboard : 07/15/1957 First of a series of LPs built around organist Jimmy Smith and featuring…
Blue Note – BLP 1544Rec. Date : January 13, 1957 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Hank MobleyBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverVibes : Milt Jackson Billboard : 04/29/1957Score of 76 An oft-times compelling, rhythmic program that derives its distinction from solos by the facile Milt Jackson, H. Silver and Mobley,…
Blue Note – BLP 1541Rec. Date : December 2, 1956 Stream this Album Trumpet : Lee MorganAlto Sax : Kenny RodgersBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Charlie PersipPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Hank Mobley Billboard : 05/20/1957Score of 76 Morgan, one of the most promising of trumpet moderns, in another fine set of performances. Aided…
Blue Note – BLP 1540Rec. Date : November 25, 1956 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Hank MobleyBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Charlie PersipPiano : Horace SilverTrumpet : Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan Billboard 03/30/1957Score of 77 Still another of the Silver-Mobley-Byrd collections, but this time with the lesser-accepted Mobley name on top. However, there are…
