Hank Mobley: Mobley's Message. (sacd)

Hank Mobley

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Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley helped inaugurate the hard bop movement: jazz that balanced sophistication and soulfulness, complexity and earthy swing, and a loose structure that allowed for extended improvisations. On his 1956 Prestige release Mobley's Message, Mobley delivers his signature swinging style in three different variations. Four numbers are by a quintet that includes Donald Byrd on trumpet. For Charlie Parker's blues, "Au Privave," the group becomes a sextet with the addition of alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, while Mobley is the sole horn on "Little Girl Blue." This superb audiophile SACD reissue from Analogue Productions is packaged in a "mini LP" jacket, producing an authentic old-school look and feel.