Hank Mobley
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Henry Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) 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
. In addition, as his style was laid-back, subtle and melodic, especially in contrast with players like Sonny Rollins
and Coltrane. The critic Stacia Proefrock claimed he is "one of the more underrated musicians of the bop era."
, but was raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey
, near Newark. When he was 16, an illness kept him in the house for several months. His uncle thought of buying a saxophone to help him occupy his time. It was then that Mobley began to play sax. He tried to enter a music school in Newark, but couldn't, since he was not a resident, so he kept studying through books at home. At 19, he started to play with local bands and, months later, worked for the first time with musicians like Dizzy Gillespie
and Max Roach
. He took part in one of the earliest hard bop
sessions, alongside Art Blakey
, Horace Silver
, Doug Watkins
and trumpeter Kenny Dorham
. The results of these sessions were released as Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
. They contrasted with the classical pretensions of cool jazz
, with Mobley's rich lyricism being bluesier, alongside the funky approach of Horace Silver. When The Jazz Messengers
split in 1956, Mobley continued on with pianist Horace Silver
for a short time, although he did work again with Blakey some years later, when the drummer appeared on Mobley's albums in the early 1960s.
During the 1960s, he worked chiefly as a leader, recording over 20 albums for Blue Note Records
between 1955 and 1970, including Soul Station
(1960), generally considered to be his finest recording, and Roll Call
(1960). He performed with many of the other important hard bop
players, such as Grant Green
, Freddie Hubbard
, Sonny Clark
, Wynton Kelly
and Philly Joe Jones
, and formed a particularly productive partnership with trumpeter Lee Morgan
. Mobley is widely recognized as one of the great composers of originals in the hard-bop era, with interesting chord changes and room for soloists to stretch out.
Mobley spent a brief time in 1961 with Miles Davis
, during the trumpeter's search for a replacement for John Coltrane
. He is heard on the album Someday My Prince Will Come (alongside Coltrane, who returned for the recording of two tracks), and some live recordings (In Person: Live at the Blackhawk
and At Carnegie Hall). Though considered by some as not having the improvisational fire of Coltrane, Mobley was known for his melodic playing.
Mobley was forced to retire in the mid-1970s due to lung problems. He worked two engagements at the Angry Squire in New York City November 22 and 23, 1985 and January 11, 1986 in a quartet with Duke Jordan
and guest singer Lodi Carr http://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/11/arts/hank-mobley-quartet.html a few months before his death from pneumonia
in 1986.
's Jazz Messengers
with Kenny Burrell
with Donald Byrd
with Sonny Clark
with John Coltrane
, Zoot Sims
& Al Cohn
with Miles Davis
with Kenny Dorham
with Kenny Drew
with Art Farmer
with Curtis Fuller
with Dizzy Gillespie
with Grant Green
with Johnny Griffin
with Freddie Hubbard
with Jay Jay Johnson
with Elvin Jones
with Lee Morgan
with Dizzy Reece
with Freddie Roach
with Max Roach
with Archie Shepp
with Horace Silver
with Jimmy Smith
Hard bop
Hard bop is a style of jazz that is an extension of bebop music. Journalists and record companies began using the term in the mid-1950s to describe a new current within jazz which incorporated influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in the saxophone and piano...
and soul jazz
Soul jazz
Soul jazz is a development of jazz incorporating strong influences from blues, soul, gospel and rhythm and blues in music for small groups, often an organ trio featuring a Hammond organ.- Overview :Soul jazz is often associated with hard bop. Mark C...
tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather
Leonard Feather
Leonard Geoffrey Feather was a British-born jazz pianist, composer, and producer who was best known for his music journalism and other writing.-Biography:...
as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to describe his tone that was neither as aggressive as John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
nor as mellow as Stan Getz
Stan Getz
Stanley Getz was an American jazz saxophone player. Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott...
. In addition, as his style was laid-back, subtle and melodic, especially in contrast with players like Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins is a Grammy-winning American jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. A number of his compositions, including "St...
and Coltrane. The critic Stacia Proefrock claimed he is "one of the more underrated musicians of the bop era."
Biography
Mobley was born in Eastman, GeorgiaEastman, Georgia
Eastman is a city in Dodge County, Georgia, United States. The population was 13,541 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Dodge County...
, but was raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Elizabeth is a city in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 124,969, retaining its ranking as New Jersey's fourth largest city with an increase of 4,401 residents from its 2000 Census population of 120,568...
, near Newark. When he was 16, an illness kept him in the house for several months. His uncle thought of buying a saxophone to help him occupy his time. It was then that Mobley began to play sax. He tried to enter a music school in Newark, but couldn't, since he was not a resident, so he kept studying through books at home. At 19, he started to play with local bands and, months later, worked for the first time with musicians like Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise".Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz...
and Max Roach
Max Roach
Maxwell Lemuel "Max" Roach was an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.A pioneer of bebop, Roach went on to work in many other styles of music, and is generally considered alongside the most important drummers in history...
. He took part in one of the earliest hard bop
Hard bop
Hard bop is a style of jazz that is an extension of bebop music. Journalists and record companies began using the term in the mid-1950s to describe a new current within jazz which incorporated influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in the saxophone and piano...
sessions, alongside Art Blakey
Art Blakey
Arthur "Art" Blakey , known later as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and bandleader. He was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community....
, Horace Silver
Horace Silver
Horace Silver , born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer....
, Doug Watkins
Doug Watkins
Douglas Watkins was an American hard bop jazz double bassist from Detroit.-Biography:An original member of the Jazz Messengers, he later played in Horace Silver's quintet and freelanced with Gene Ammons, Kenny Burrell, Donald Byrd, Art Farmer, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Sonny Rollins,...
and trumpeter Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
McKinley Howard Dorham was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer born in Fairfield, Texas. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention from the jazz establishment that many of his peers did...
. The results of these sessions were released as Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers is a 1955 album by jazz pianist Horace Silver and drummer Art Blakey. It was an important album in the establishment of the hard bop style, and was the first album released under the band name Jazz Messengers, which Blakey would use for the rest of his career...
. They contrasted with the classical pretensions of cool jazz
Cool jazz
Cool is a style of modern jazz music that arose following the Second World War. It is characterized by its relaxed tempos and lighter tone, in contrast to the bebop style that preceded it...
, with Mobley's rich lyricism being bluesier, alongside the funky approach of Horace Silver. When The Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey
Arthur "Art" Blakey , known later as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and bandleader. He was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community....
split in 1956, Mobley continued on with pianist Horace Silver
Horace Silver
Horace Silver , born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer....
for a short time, although he did work again with Blakey some years later, when the drummer appeared on Mobley's albums in the early 1960s.
During the 1960s, he worked chiefly as a leader, recording over 20 albums for Blue Note Records
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...
between 1955 and 1970, including Soul Station
Soul Station
Soul Station is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley, released in 1960 on Blue Note Records, catalogue BLP 4031. Along with Roll Call, the LP which followed this release, this is one of Mobley's best-known albums...
(1960), generally considered to be his finest recording, and Roll Call
Roll Call (Hank Mobley album)
Roll Call is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley. Considered one of his best alongside Soul Station , Roll Call features some of the most prominent musicians of the hard bop era, specifically Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Art Blakey, and Freddie Hubbard.- Track listing :All compositions...
(1960). He performed with many of the other important hard bop
Hard bop
Hard bop is a style of jazz that is an extension of bebop music. Journalists and record companies began using the term in the mid-1950s to describe a new current within jazz which incorporated influences from rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues, especially in the saxophone and piano...
players, such as Grant Green
Grant Green
Grant Green was a jazz guitarist and composer....
, Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne "Freddie" Hubbard was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles from the early 1960s and on...
, Sonny Clark
Sonny Clark
Conrad Yeatis "Sonny" Clark was an American jazz pianist who mainly worked in the hard bop idiom.-Biography:...
, Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly was a Jamaican-born jazz pianist, who spent his career in the United States. He is perhaps best known for working with trumpeter Miles Davis from 1959-1962.-Biography:...
and Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones
Joseph Rudolph Jones was a Philadelphia-born United States jazz drummer, known as the drummer for the Miles Davis Quintet.Philly Joe Jones was often confused with another influential jazz drummer, Jo Jones...
, and formed a particularly productive partnership with trumpeter Lee Morgan
Lee Morgan
Edward Lee Morgan was an American hard bop trumpeter.-Biography:...
. Mobley is widely recognized as one of the great composers of originals in the hard-bop era, with interesting chord changes and room for soloists to stretch out.
Mobley spent a brief time in 1961 with Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
, during the trumpeter's search for a replacement for John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
. He is heard on the album Someday My Prince Will Come (alongside Coltrane, who returned for the recording of two tracks), and some live recordings (In Person: Live at the Blackhawk
In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete
In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete, also called The Complete Blackhawk, is a 2003 four-disc collection of the 1961 live performances of the Miles Davis Quintet at the Black Hawk nightclub in San Francisco...
and At Carnegie Hall). Though considered by some as not having the improvisational fire of Coltrane, Mobley was known for his melodic playing.
Mobley was forced to retire in the mid-1970s due to lung problems. He worked two engagements at the Angry Squire in New York City November 22 and 23, 1985 and January 11, 1986 in a quartet with Duke Jordan
Duke Jordan
Irving Sidney "Duke" Jordan was an American jazz pianist.-Biography:An imaginative and gifted pianist, Jordan was a regular member of Charlie Parker's so-called "classic quintet" , featuring Miles Davis...
and guest singer Lodi Carr http://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/11/arts/hank-mobley-quartet.html a few months before his death from pneumonia
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
in 1986.
As leader
| Title | Year | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Mobley Quartet Hank Mobley Quartet Hank Mobley Quartet is the debut album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note label in 1955 as BLP 5066, a 10" LP. It was recorded on March 27, 1955 and features Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins and Art Blakey... |
1955 | Blue Note | ||
| The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Savoy label in 1956. It was recorded on February 8, 1956 and features performances by Mobley, Donald Byrd, Ronnie Ball, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins, Wendell Marshall, John LaPorta and Kenny Clarke.- Track... |
1956 | Savoy | ||
| Mobley's Message Mobley's Message Mobley's Message is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley, released on the Prestige label in 1956. It was recorded on July 20, 1956 and features performances by Mobley, Donald Byrd, Barry Harris, Doug Watkins and Art Taylor, with Jackie McLean guesting on one track.- Track listing :All... |
1956 | Prestige | ||
| Mobley's 2nd Message Mobley's 2nd Message Mobley's 2nd Message is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley, released on the Prestige label in 1957. It was recorded on July 27, 1956, one week after Mobley's Message , and features performances by Mobley, Kenny Dorham, Walter Bishop, Doug Watkins and Art Taylor.- Track listing :# "These Are... |
1956 | Prestige | ||
| Jazz Message #2 | 1957 | Savoy | ||
| Hank Mobley Sextet Hank Mobley Sextet Hank Mobley Sextet is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note label in 1957 as BLP 1540... |
1957 | Blue Note | ||
| Hank Mobley and his All Stars Hank Mobley and his All Stars Hank Mobley and His All Stars is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley, released on the Blue Note label in 1957 as BLP 1544. It was recorded on January 13, 1957 and features Mobley, Milt Jackson, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins and Art Blakey.-Reception:... |
1957 | Blue Note | ||
| Hank Mobley Quintet Hank Mobley Quintet Hank Mobley Quintet is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note label in 1957 as BLP 1550. It was recorded on March 8, 1957 and features Mobley, Art Farmer, Doug Watkins, Horace Silver, and Art Blakey... |
1957 | Blue Note | ||
| Hank Hank (album) Hank is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note label in 1957 as BLP 1560. It was recorded on January 13, 1957 and features Mobley, Donald Byrd, John Jenkins, Bobby Timmons, Wilbur Ware and Philly Joe Jones.-Reception:... |
1957 | Blue Note | ||
| Hank Mobley Hank Mobley (album) Hank Mobley is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note label in 1957 as BLP 1568. It was recorded on June 23, 1957 and features Mobley, Bill Hardman, Curtis Porter, Sonny Clark, Paul Chambers and Art Taylor.-Reception:... |
1957 | Blue Note | ||
| Curtain Call Curtain Call (Hank Mobley album) Curtain Call is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley first released on the Blue Note label in Japan in 1984. It was recorded on August 18, 1957 and features Mobley, Kenny Dorham, Jimmy Rowser, Sonny Clark and Art Taylor.-Reception:... |
1957 | Blue Note | ||
| Poppin' Poppin' (album) Poppin' is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley first released on Blue Note Japan in 1980 as GXF 3066... |
1957 | Blue Note | ||
| Peckin' Time Peckin' Time Peckin' Time is an album by saxophonist Hank Mobley and trumpeter Lee Morgan first released on the Blue Note label in 1959 as BLP 1574. It was recorded on February 9, 1958 and features Mobley, Morgan, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Charlie Persip.... |
1958 | Blue Note | ||
| The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions is six-CD or 10 LP box set released by Mosaic Records in 1998 compiled of previously issued albums, some of which were previously only issued in Japan.- Description :... |
1955-58 | Mosaic | ||
| Soul Station Soul Station Soul Station is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley, released in 1960 on Blue Note Records, catalogue BLP 4031. Along with Roll Call, the LP which followed this release, this is one of Mobley's best-known albums... |
1960 | Blue Note | ||
| Roll Call Roll Call (Hank Mobley album) Roll Call is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley. Considered one of his best alongside Soul Station , Roll Call features some of the most prominent musicians of the hard bop era, specifically Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Art Blakey, and Freddie Hubbard.- Track listing :All compositions... |
1960 | Blue Note | ||
| Workout Workout (album) Workout is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note label in 1961. It features performances by Mobley, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Grant Green and Philly Joe Jones... |
1961 | Blue Note | ||
| Another Workout Another Workout Another Workout is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on December 5, 1961 and first released on the Blue Note label in 1986... |
1961 | Blue Note | ||
| No Room for Squares No Room for Squares - Track listing :# "Three Way Split" – 7:49# "Carolyn" – 5:30# "Up a Step" – 8:31# "No Room for Squares" – 6:57# "Me 'N You" – 7:17# "Old World Imports" – 6:08# "Carolyn" [alternate take] – 5:35 Bonus track on CD... |
1963 | Blue Note | ||
| Straight No Filter Straight No Filter Straight No Filter is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note label. It features performances recorded at four different sessions from 1963 to 1966.-Reception:... |
1963 | Blue Note | ||
| The Turnaround! The Turnaround - Track listing :# "The Turnaround" - 8:15# "East of the Village" - 6:44# "The Good Life" - 5:08# "Straight Ahead" - 7:02# "My Sin" - 6:53... |
1965 | Blue Note | ||
| Dippin' Dippin' Dippin' is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note label in 1965.-Track listing:# "The Dip" - 7:54# "Recado Bossa Nova" - 8:09# "The Break Through" - 5:49# "The Vamp" - 8:19... |
1965 | Blue Note | ||
| A Caddy for Daddy A Caddy for Daddy - Track listing :*Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 18, 1965- Personnel :* Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone* Curtis Fuller — trombone* Lee Morgan — trumpet* McCoy Tyner — piano* Bob Cranshaw — bass* Billy Higgins — drums... |
1965 | Blue Note | ||
| A Slice of the Top A Slice of the Top - Track listing :# "Hank's Other Bag" – 7:12# "There's a Lull in My Life" – 5:25# "Cute 'N Pretty" – 7:36# "Touch of Blue" – 8:46... |
1966 | Blue Note | ||
| Hi Voltage Hi Voltage - Track listing :# "High Voltage" - 8:09# "Two and One" - 6:09# "No More Goodbyes" - 5:41# "Advance Notion" - 5:57# "Bossa De Luxe" - 7:31# "Flirty Gerty" - 7:00*Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 9, 1967- Personnel :... |
1967 | Blue Note | ||
| Third Season Third Season (album) - Track listing :# "An Aperitif" - 6:52# "Don't Cry, Just Sigh" - 6:51# "The Steppin' Stone" - 5:36# "Third Season" - 6:44# "Boss Bossa" - 5:11# "Give Me That Feelin'" - 6:33*Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 24, 1967... |
1967 | Blue Note | ||
| Far Away Lands Far Away Lands - Track listing :# "A Dab of This and That" - 5:14# "Far Away Lands" - 5:34# "No Argument" - 6:33# "The Hippity Hop" - 5:42# "Bossa for Baby" - 6:08# "Soul Time" - 6:47*Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 26, 1967... |
1967 | Blue Note | ||
| Reach Out Reach Out (Hank Mobley album) Reach Out is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on January 19, 1968 and released on the Blue Note label. It features performances by Mobley with Woody Shaw, George Benson, Lamont Johnson, Bob Cranshaw, and Billy Higgins.- Track listing :... |
1968 | Blue Note | ||
| The Flip The Flip (album) The Flip is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on July 12, 1969 in Paris, France and released on the Blue Note label. It features performances by Mobley with Dizzy Reece, Slide Hampton, Vince Benedetti, Alby Cullaz and Philly Joe Jones.... |
1969 | Blue Note | ||
| Thinking of Home Thinking of Home Thinking of Home is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on July 31, 1970 and released on the Blue Note label. It features performances by Mobley with Woody Shaw, Cedar Walton, Eddie Diehl, Mickey Bass, and Leroy Williams.- Track listing :... |
1970 | Blue Note | ||
| Breakthrough! Breakthrough! (album) Breakthrough! is an album by the Cedar Walton/Hank Mobley Quintet recorded on February 22, 1972, and released on the Muse label. It features performances by Hank Mobley and Cedar Walton with Charles Davis, Sam Jones and Billy Higgins. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "As strong as pianist... |
1972 | Muse |
As sideman
with Art BlakeyArt Blakey
Arthur "Art" Blakey , known later as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and bandleader. He was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community....
's Jazz Messengers
- At The Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 is a 1955 live album release by jazz drummer Art Blakey for Blue Note Records. It featured the third incarnation of the Jazz Messengers, Blakey's career-spanning band, and is the first of two volumes recorded on November 23, 1955 at Café Bohemia, a famous night club in...
(1955) Blue Note - At The Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 is a 1955 live album release by jazz drummer Art Blakey. It was first released by Blue Note Records. This record featured the third incarnation of The Jazz Messengers, one of Blakey's most endearing bands, and was the second of two volumes recorded at Café Bohemia, a...
(1955) Blue Note - The Jazz MessengersArt Blakey with the Original Jazz MessengersArt Blakey with the Original Jazz Messengers is a 1956 album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, released by Columbia Records. It was the last recording by the inaugural Jazz Messengers lineup featuring pianist Horace Silver.The LP is out-of-print...
(1956) ColumbiaColumbia RecordsColumbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... - At the Jazz Corner of the WorldAt the Jazz Corner of the WorldAt the Jazz Corner of the World is a two volume live album by American jazz drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers featuring performances recorded in 1959 at Birdland and released on the Blue Note label. The album was originally issued as 12 inch LP's in two volumes and later rereleased as...
(1959) Blue Note
with Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
Kenneth Earl "Kenny" Burrell is an American jazz guitarist. His playing is grounded in bebop and blues; he has performed and recorded with a wide range of jazz musicians.-Biography:...
- All Night Long (1956) Prestige
- K.B.'s Blues (1957) Blue Note
with Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II, is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd is best known as one of the only bebop jazz musicians who successfully pioneered the funk and soul genres while simultaneously remaining a...
- Byrd's Eye View (1955) Transition
- Byrd in FlightByrd in FlightByrd in Flight is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded in 1960 and released on the Blue Note label as BLP 4048 featuring Byrd with Jackie McLean or Hank Mobley, Duke Pearson, Doug Watkins or Reggie Workman, and Lex Humphries.-Reception:...
(1960) Blue Note - A New PerspectiveA New PerspectiveA New Perspective is a 1963 album by jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd released on the Blue Note label as BLP 4124 and BST 84124. The performances are mainly in a hard bop style, but the recording also features a gospel choir....
(1963) Blue Note - Mustang!Mustang! (Donald Byrd album)Mustang! is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring performances by Byrd with Sonny Red, Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, Walter Booker, and Freddie Waits recorded in 1966 and released on the Blue Note label in 1965 as BLP 4238...
(1966) Blue Note - Blackjack (1967) Blue Note
with Sonny Clark
Sonny Clark
Conrad Yeatis "Sonny" Clark was an American jazz pianist who mainly worked in the hard bop idiom.-Biography:...
- Dial "S" for SonnyDial "S" for SonnyDial "S" for Sonny is the debut album by jazz pianist Sonny Clark recorded for the Blue Note label and performed by Clark with Art Farmer, Curtis Fuller, Hank Mobley, Wilbur Ware, and Louis Hayes...
(1957) Blue Note - My ConceptionMy ConceptionMy Conception is an album by jazz pianist Sonny Clark recorded for the Blue Note label and performed by Clark with Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Paul Chambers, and Art Blakey, combined with bonus tracks from a session previously released on Sonny Clark Quintets featuring Clifford Jordan, Kenny Burrell...
(1959) Blue Note
with John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
, Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
John Haley "Zoot" Sims was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor and soprano.-Biography:He was born in Inglewood, California, the son of vaudeville performers Kate Haley and John Sims. Growing up in a performing family, Sims learned to play both drums and clarinet at an early age...
& Al Cohn
Al Cohn
Al Cohn was an American jazz saxophonist and arranger and composer.-Biography:Alvin Gilbert Cohn was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was initially known in the 1940s for playing in Woody Herman's Second Herd as one of the Four Brothers, along with Zoot Sims, Stan Getz, and Serge Chaloff...
- Tenor ConclaveTenor ConclaveTenor Conclave is an album credited to jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1963 on Prestige Records, catalogue 7249. It is a reissue of Prestige 7074 Tenor Conclave by the Prestige All-Stars, recorded at the studio of Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, New Jersey, and released in 1957...
(1956) Prestige
with Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
- Someday My Prince Will Come (1961) Columbia
- In Person Friday Night at the Blackhawk (1961) Columbia
- In Person Saturday Night at the BlackhawkIn Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, CompleteIn Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete, also called The Complete Blackhawk, is a 2003 four-disc collection of the 1961 live performances of the Miles Davis Quintet at the Black Hawk nightclub in San Francisco...
(1961) Columbia - Miles Davis at Carnegie HallMiles Davis at Carnegie HallMiles Davis at Carnegie Hall is a live album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, recorded on May 19, 1961, at Carnegie Hall and released by Columbia Records on the same day.- Track listing :*"So What" – 12:04...
(1961) Columbia
with Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
McKinley Howard Dorham was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer born in Fairfield, Texas. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention from the jazz establishment that many of his peers did...
- Afro-CubanAfro-Cuban (album)Afro-Cuban is an album by American jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham. The first release of the album dates back to 1955 on 10" Vinyl, featuring only four tracks and having a different cover artwork. Two years later, Blue Note decided to add three tracks and issue an LP...
(1955) Blue Note - Whistle StopWhistle Stop (Kenny Dorham album)Whistle Stop is a jazz studio album by Kenny Dorham. It features very famous musicians such as Hank Mobley on tenor sax and Paul Chambers on bass. It was recorded in January 1961 at Van Gelder Studio, in Englewood Cliffs. It was originally released as BST 84063 and BLP 4063 and was remastered in...
(1961) Blue Note
with Kenny Drew
Kenny Drew
Kenneth Sidney "Kenny" Drew was an American jazz pianist.-Biography:Born in New York City, New York, he first recorded with Howard McGhee in 1949, and over the next two years recorded with Buddy DeFranco, Coleman Hawkins, Milt Jackson, Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich, and Dinah Washington...
- UndercurrentUndercurrent (Kenny Drew album)Undercurrent is an album by American pianist Kenny Drew recorded in 1960 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G...
(1960) Blue Note
with Art Farmer
Art Farmer
Arthur Stewart "Art" Farmer was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet/flugelhorn combination designed for him by David Monette. His identical twin brother, Addison Farmer Arthur Stewart "Art" Farmer (August 21, 1928, Council Bluffs, Iowa –...
- Farmers Market (1957) Prestige
- Midnight Walk (1966) Atlantic
with Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
Curtis DuBois Fuller is an American jazz trombonist, known as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributor to many classic jazz recordings.-Biography:...
- The OpenerThe OpenerThe Opener is an album by American trombonist Curtis Fuller recorded in 1957 and released on the Blue Note label as BLP 1567.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4⅓ stars and stated "The Opener is trombonist Curtis Fuller's first album for Blue Note and it is...
(1957) Blue Note - Sliding Easy (1959) United Artists
with Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise".Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz...
- Afro (1954) VerveVerve RecordsVerve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve...
- Jazz Recital (1954) Verve
with Grant Green
Grant Green
Grant Green was a jazz guitarist and composer....
- I Want to Hold Your HandI Want to Hold Your Hand (album)I Want to Hold Your Hand is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1965 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:...
(1965) Blue Note
with Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
John Arnold Griffin III was an American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist.- Early life and career :Griffin studied music at DuSable High School in Chicago under Walter Dyett, starting out on clarinet before moving on to oboe and then alto sax...
- A Blowin' Session (1957) Blue Note
with Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne "Freddie" Hubbard was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles from the early 1960s and on...
- Goin' UpGoin' UpGoin' Up is the second album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard released on the Blue Note label in 1960. It features performances by Hubbard, Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones.-Track listing:# "Asiatic Raes" - 6:43...
(1960) Blue Note - Blue SpiritsBlue SpiritsBlue Spirits is an album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard released on the Blue Note label. It features performances by Hubbard, James Spaulding, Joe Henderson, Harold Mabern, Jr., Larry Ridley, Clifford Jarvis, Big Black, Kiane Zawadi, Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw, Pete LaRoca...
(1965) Blue Note
with Jay Jay Johnson
- The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 is an album by American jazz trombonist J. J. Johnson featuring performances recorded in 1954 and 1955 originally released on the Blue Note label as 10 inch LP records.-Reception:...
(1955) Blue Note
with Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones
Elvin Ray Jones was a jazz drummer of the post-bop era. He showed interest in drums at a young age, watching the circus bands march by his family's home in Pontiac, Michigan....
- Together (1961) Atlantic
with Lee Morgan
Lee Morgan
Edward Lee Morgan was an American hard bop trumpeter.-Biography:...
- Introducing Lee MorganIntroducing Lee MorganIntroducing Lee Morgan is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan with Hank Mobley's quintet released on the Savoy label. It was recorded on November 5 & 7 1956 and features performances by Morgan with Hank Mobley, Hank Jones, Doug Watkins and Art Taylor....
(1956) SavoySavoy RecordsSavoy Records is an American record label specializing in jazz, R&B and gospel. Starting in the mid 1940s, Savoy played an important part in popularizing bebop.Savoy Records is an American record label specializing in jazz, R&B and gospel. Starting in the mid 1940s, Savoy played an important part... - Lee Morgan SextetLee Morgan SextetLee Morgan Sextet is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan released on the Blue Note label in 1957. It was recorded on December 2, 1956 and features performances by Morgan, Hank Mobley, Kenny Rogers, Horace Silver, Paul Chambers and Charlie Persip...
(1957) Blue Note - CornbreadCornbread (album)Cornbread is an jazz album by trumpeter Lee Morgan, released on the Blue Note label in 1966. It features performances by Morgan, Herbie Hancock, Billy Higgins, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley and Larry Ridley.-Track listing:...
(1965) Blue Note - CharismaCharisma (album)Charisma is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded on September 29, 1966 and features performances by Morgan, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Cedar Walton, Paul Chambers and Billy Higgins.-Reception:...
(1966) Blue Note - The RajahThe RajahThe Rajah is a 1919 short comedy film directed by Hal Roach and starring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Sammy Brooks* Lige Conley* Dee Lampton* Marie Mosquini* Fred C. Newmeyer* Catherine Proudfit* E.J. Ritter...
(1966) Blue Note
with Dizzy Reece
Dizzy Reece
Alphonso Son "Dizzy" Reece is a hard bop jazz trumpeter with a distinctive sound and compositional style.Reece was born 5 January 1931 in Kingston, Jamaica, the son of a silent film pianist. He attended the Alpha Boys School , switching from baritone to trumpet at 14...
- Star BrightStar Bright (Dizzy Reece album)Star Bright is an album by Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece featuring performances recorded in 1959 shortly after his move to the New York City and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars....
(1959) Blue Note
with Freddie Roach
Freddie Roach (organist)
See Freddie Roach for the boxer.Freddie Roach is a soul jazz Hammond B3 organist born in the Bronx, New York. He was one of a handful of legendary jazz organists that made history in the 1960s, the golden era of the Hammond organ...
- Good Move!Good Move!Good Move! is the third album by American organist Freddie Roach recorded in 1963 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Laid-back and loosely swinging, Good Move captures organist Freddie Roach near the...
(1963) Blue Note
with Max Roach
Max Roach
Maxwell Lemuel "Max" Roach was an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.A pioneer of bebop, Roach went on to work in many other styles of music, and is generally considered alongside the most important drummers in history...
- The Max Roach Quartet Featuring Hank Mobley (1953) Debut RecordsDebut RecordsDebut Records was a United States jazz record label, which was founded in 1952 by bassist Charles Mingus, his then-wife Celia and drummer Max Roach.This short-lived label was an attempt to avoid the compromises of working for major companies...
- Max Roach + 4 (1957) Emarcy
- Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957) Emarcy
with Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp is a prominent African-American jazz saxophonist. Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late 1960s, which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African-Americans, as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five, Horace Parlan, and...
- Yasmina, a Black WomanYasmina, a Black WomanYasmina, a Black Woman is a jazz album by Archie Shepp, recorded in 1969 in Paris for BYG Actuel records. It features musicians from the Art Ensemble of Chicago...
(1969) BYG - Poem for MalcolmPoem for MalcolmPoem for Malcolm is a jazz album by Archie Shepp. Recorded only two days after Yasmina, a Black Woman, it again features musicians from the Art Ensemble of Chicago. This time, the tone is resolutely set to avant garde and free jazz, with a political edge in the all but explicit tribute to Malcolm X...
(1969) BYG
with Horace Silver
Horace Silver
Horace Silver , born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer....
- Horace Silver and the Jazz MessengersHorace Silver and the Jazz MessengersHorace Silver and the Jazz Messengers is a 1955 album by jazz pianist Horace Silver and drummer Art Blakey. It was an important album in the establishment of the hard bop style, and was the first album released under the band name Jazz Messengers, which Blakey would use for the rest of his career...
(1955) Blue NoteBlue Note RecordsBlue 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... - Silver's BlueSilver's BlueSilver's Blue is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver recorded for the Columbia label in 1956 featuring performances by Silver with Joe Gordon, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins, and Kenny Clarke and another session with Donald Byrd and Art Taylor replacing Gordon and Clarke...
(1956) - 6 Pieces of Silver6 Pieces of Silver6 Pieces of Silver is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1956 featuring performances by Silver with Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins, and Louis Hayes...
(1956) Blue Note - The Stylings of SilverThe Stylings of SilverThe Stylings of Silver is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1957 featuring performances by Silver with Art Farmer, Hank Mobley, Teddy Kotick, and Louis Hayes...
(1957) Blue Note
with Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith (musician)
Jimmy Smith was a jazz musician whose performances on the Hammond B-3 electric organ helped to popularize this instrument...
- A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume OneA Date with Jimmy Smith Volume OneA Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1957 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars out of 5.-Side one:...
(1957) Blue Note - A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume TwoA Date with Jimmy Smith Volume TwoA Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances recorded in 1957 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars out of 5.-Side one:...
(1957) Blue Note