{"product_id":"hank-mobley-mobleys-message-analogue-productions-lp-mono","title":"Hank Mobley - Mobley's Message - Analogue Productions LP  (Mono) { Vinyl LP }","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCut from the analogue masters by renowned mastering engineer Kevin Gray\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 180-gram pressing by Quality Record Pressings\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeluxe high-gloss tip-on album jacket\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"...hard-bop devotees shouldn't overlook \u003cem\u003eMobley's Message\u003c\/em\u003e, especially when they can savor this superb vinyl reissue.\" Sonics = 5\/5; Music = 3.5\/5 — Duck Baker, \u003cem\u003eThe Absolute Sound\u003c\/em\u003e, October 2013\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCritic Leonard Feather asserted that Hank Mobley was “the middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone,” meaning that his tone wasn’t as aggressive and thick as John Coltrane or Sonny Rollins, but neither was it as soft and cool as Stan Getz or Lester Young. Mobley helped inaugurate the hard bop movement: Jazz that balanced sophistication and soulfulness, complexity and earthy swing, and whose loose structure allowed for extended improvisations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Eastman, Georgia, in 1930, but raised in New Jersey, Hank’s long-lined tenor offerings became a staple for pianist Horace Silver’s group, which evolved into the ‘50s super quintet co-led by Art Blakley, dubbed the Jazz Messengers. Their groundbreaking first album for Blue Note, 1955’s \u003cem\u003eHorace Silver and the Jazz Messengers\u003c\/em\u003e, was a hard bop landmark, featuring sophisticated solos and bright, almost funky rhythms. Mobley hit his peak in the first half of the 1960s with hard bop cornerstones like \u003cem\u003eSoul Station\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNo Room for Squares\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eA Caddy for Daddy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn this Prestige offering, Mobley delivers his signature swinging style in three different variations. Four numbers are by the quintet in which Hank is helped by telegrapher Donald Byrd and his “sending” trumpet. They disseminate the information of two pronouncements from bop’s palmy days, Bud Powell’s “Bouncin’ With Bud” and Thelonious Monk’s “52nd Street Theme,” plus two more numbers, Hank’s “Minor Disturbance” and the group’s “Alternating Current.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e For Charlie Parker’s blues, “Au Privave,” the group becomes a sextet with the addition of a young turk of the alto sax, Jackie McLean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHank is the sole horn on “Little Girl Blue.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally released in 1956\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonald Byrd, trumpet\u003cbr\u003eBarry Harris, piano\u003cbr\u003eJackie McLean, alto Sax\u003cbr\u003eHank Mobley, composer, tenor sax\u003cbr\u003eArt Taylor, drums\u003cbr\u003eDoug Watkins, bass\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Acoustic Sounds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56666348192076,"sku":"753088706110","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/2913\/4412\/files\/APRJ_7061__77100__08192011123935-3640.jpg?v=1770371236","url":"https:\/\/vinylpulses.com\/products\/hank-mobley-mobleys-message-analogue-productions-lp-mono","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}