Hank Mobley

INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE
“This is one of the best-known Hank Mobley recordings, and for good reason. Although none of his four originals caught on, the fine saxophonist is in top form. He jams on the four tunes, plus ‘The Best Things in Life Are Free’, with an all-star quintet of young modernists  - guitarist Grant Green, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Philly Joe Jones - and shows that he was a much stronger player than his then-current boss Miles Davis seemed to think.” (Scott Yanow)

PERSONNEL:

HANK MOBLEY, tenor sax
GRANT GREEN, guitar
WYNTON KELLY, piano
PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
PHILLY JOE JONES, drums

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, March 26, 1961.

Originally Blue Note
Original session recorded by Rudy Van Gelder and produced by Alfred Lion.

SIDE A:
01 WORKOUT 10:00 (Hank Mobley)
02 UH HUH 10:45 (Hank Mobley)

SIDE B:
01 SMOKIN’ 7:28 (Hank Mobley)
02 THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE 5:16 (Lew Brown-Buddy DeSylva-Ray Henderson)
03 GREASIN’ EASY 6:59 (Hank Mobley)