Dippin'
Encyclopedia
Dippin' is an album
by jazz
saxophonist Hank Mobley
released on the Blue Note
label in 1965.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
saxophonist Hank Mobley
Hank Mobley
Henry Mobley was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to describe his tone that was neither as aggressive as John Coltrane nor as mellow as Stan Getz...
released on the Blue Note
Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...
label in 1965.
Track listing
- "The Dip" - 7:54
- "Recado Bossa Nova" (Antonio, Ferreira) - 8:09
- "The Break Through" - 5:49
- "The Vamp" - 8:19
- "I See Your Face Before Me" (SchwartzArthur SchwartzArthur Schwartz was an American composer and film producer.Schwartz supported his legal studies at New York University and postgraduate studies at Columbia University by playing piano before concentrating his talents on vaudeville, Broadway theatre and Hollywood.Among his Broadway musicals are The...
, DietzHoward DietzHoward Dietz was an American publicist, lyricist, and librettist.-Biography:Dietz was born in New York City and studied journalism at Columbia University...
) - 5:27 - "Ballin'" - 6:51
- All compositions by Hank Mobley except as indicated
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder StudioVan Gelder StudioThe Van Gelder Studio is a recording studio located at 445 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. It was set up in 1959 by Rudy Van Gelder and has been used to record many albums released by major jazz labels such as Verve Records, Blue Note, Prestige and CTI Records.-Background:After having...
, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 18, 1965
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio
Personnel
- Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone
- Lee MorganLee MorganEdward Lee Morgan was an American hard bop trumpeter.-Biography:...
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