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Hank Mobley: Thinking of Home
by Richton Guy Thomas
The great jazz critic Leonard Feather once described Hank Mobley as the middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone. Not a name that the novice jazz fan may recognize, Hank Mobley recorded over twenty LPs for Blue Note. Thinking of Home is his last title for Blue Note; released in 1970, this is a fitting farewell session. It features the powerful trumpet playing of Woody Shaw and the exciting pianist Cedar Walton. Hank Mobley's playing has a fire that ...
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by Robert Gilbert
Hank Mobley’s conclusion to his long and storied association with Blue Note Records has finally made it to CD through the label’s Connoisseur series. Thinking of Home, which was recorded on the last day of July in 1970 but not made available until ten years later, shows that the tenor saxophonist was still building on his trademark hard-bop style. A three-part suite that opens the album features Mobley dabbling with long-form composition and “Justine” has him providing a stimulating framework ...
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by C. Andrew Hovan
Much has been written lately regarding the unfortunate obscurity of tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley. Now mind you, he left behind a substantial catalog, unlike a Herbie Nichols or Tina Brooks. However, he always seemed to be overshadowed by more overt players, such as Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane. Time, of course, has a way of rectifying these situations and Mobley has been well represented over the past few years by a string of Blue Note reissues. These discs though have ...
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