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No Room for Squares

Hank Mobley

Born: July 7, 1930

As one of the founding members of the original Jazz Messengers, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley was part of a brilliant innovation. Bebop's second generation of players had pulled the music into a tailspin of virtuosity. But there was a new inspirational sound taking hold, with roots in gospel and blues. By combining the best of bebop with the soulful new thing springing up, Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley and Doug Watkins fashioned a sound with a percussive, street feel inspired by the hot steam grates and pavement they walked, the propulsive drive of the lives they were leading. Mobley was born in Eastman, Georgia, but was raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey, near Newark

No Room For Squares

By Hank Mobley

Label: Blue Note
Released: 1964
Track listing: Three Way Split; Carolyn; Up A Step; No Room For Squares; Me 'N You; Old World, New Imports;