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| Hank Mobley Quintet | 
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| Artist: Hank Mobley
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 59785
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5099921538827
ASIN: B001CARDA2
Release Date: September 2, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Funk in Deep Freeze | | • | Wham and They're Off | | • | Fin de l'Affaire | | • | Startin' from Scratch | | • | Stella-Wise | | • | Base on Balls | | • | Funk in Deep Freeze | | • | Wham and They're Off |
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| Customer Reviews:
Deeply Frozen Funk September 5, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Blue Note Records made my day and re-released this gem from Hank Mobley in a Rudy Van Gelder edition. Mobley remains my favorite tenor saxophone player and I jump at any chance to acquire his material, especially from this time period. This session is particularly desirable, considering the group of musicians assembled for this date from March of 1957. Mobley enlisted several of his cronies from the Jazz Messengers, namely top drummer Art Blakey, pianist Horace Silver, and bassist Doug Watkins. This Messengers heavy lineup is joined by the soulful trumpet of Art Farmer. The group plays like a well-oiled machine, a single-minded unit dedicated to the groove.
This session is pretty much a slam dunk if you're an fan of any of the musicians involved. Mobley penned all six of these infectious numbers, so you can be assured that they feature riffs and melodies that'll be swimming around in your brain for days. The album kicks off with the wonderfully titled "Funk in Deep Freeze". Farmer's tone is really warm on his solo and like Mobs, he's an expert at conveying emotion with a minimum number of notes. Silver and Watkins get a chance to show their stuff before Hank takes it out. I love this piece and it's easy to see why the liner notes call it a favorite of Mobley fans. "Wham and They're Off" begins as advertised, with Blakey leading the charge out of the gate before the horns take over this spirited piece. Blakey in particular leaves his stamp all over this one. "Fin De L'Affaire" is yet another entry in the list of beautiful Mobley ballads. Mobley's melancholy tenor serves to bring an element of joy to sadness and Farmer turns in some nice muted work. "Startin' from Scratch" is one of those quick paced pieces that gives the musicians plenty of chances to blow it out. "Stellawise" is another tight number with that Mobley mid-tempo groove. The album closes with the blusey "Base on Balls" (Gotta love those Mobley titles!). Doug Watkins gets a bit more of the spotlight here with some cool basslines. The Van Gelder edition also features alternate takes of the stirring "Funk in Deep Freeze" and "Wham and They're Off" originally released on The History of Blue Note, Box 2.
The session sounds magnificent, thanks to an excellent mono mix by Rudy Van Gelder. This album may just have become my favorite of Mobley's, as both the music and performers really deliver. Get frozen, baby.
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