YouTubers Dig Hank Mobley

Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley had a fluid laid-back style that was both earthy and cosmopolitan. He recorded extensively for Blue Note as both a leader and sideman. He also played with the Jazz Messengers in the beginning when they formed under Horace Silver in the early 1950s and toured with Miles Davis in 1961. Despite two periods in the late 1950s and early 1960s when he was incarcerated briefly for narcotics possession, Mobley was able to record a wealth of great material from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Here are clips of fans and students playing his solos in my continuing “YouTubers Dig" series:   

Here's This I Dig of You...



Here's The More I See You...



Here's another This I Dig of You...



Here's Remember on bassoon...



Here's If I Should Lose You...



And here's Take Your Pick...