Continuing a run of Hank Mobley appreciation with a look at some of his finer sideman dates…
Doug Watkins leads a rare session here for Transition Records:
Hank Mobley (tenor sax); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Kenny Burrell (guitar); Duke Jordan (piano); Doug Watkins (bass); Art Taylor (drums) / Transition Records, 1956
In another unusual session, Elvin Jones and Philly Joe Jones co-headline:
Hank Mobley (tenor sax); Blue Mitchell (trumpet); Curtis Fuller (trombone); Wynton Kelly (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Elvin Jones (drums, left channel); Philly Joe Jones (drums, right channel) / Atlantic Records, 1961
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Thank you, thank you, thank you. Even though I foolishly had to live with the disappointment that there wasn’t some live Mobley footage. Pure genius that I never get tired of.
You might dig this animation of the Modern Jazz Life.
Carry on.