Search results for "Hank Mobley"

Hank Mobley: No Room For Squares (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 16, 09

No Room for Squares is comprised of two ’63 sessions that both feature the definitive hard-bop styling of Hank Mobley...

Hank Mobley: This I Dig of You (alternative review) (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 08, 07

Hank MobleyArtwork by Michael SymondsSoul Station may sit atop Hank Mobley's impressive collection of records made ...

Hank Mobley: Roll Call (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music June 10, 09

Hank Mobley’s “Roll Call” is an attention-grabbing, fiercely-swinging hard bop classic featuring some of the greatest...

Hank Mobley: I Should Care (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 17, 07

    Hank MobleyArtwork by Michael Symonds Hard bop and ballads were strange bedfellows. Many hard-...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE BLUE & SENTIMENTAL TENOR SAX BALLADS

    Saxophone by Suzanne Cerny The tenor is the manliest saxophone and possibly the m...

Hank Mobley: Soul Station (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 10, 08

Even though Wynton Kelly and Paul Chambers are most often associated with Miles Davis (along with drummer Jimmy Cobb)...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HISTORIC RHYTHM SECTIONS

            The Rhythm Section, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Horace Silver featuring Hank Mobley: My One and Only Love (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 06, 08

Horace Silver, the first in a long line of legendary Jazz Messenger pianists, performed on many of the famous early A...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE BEST OF THE ART BLAKEY ALUMS

There are post-Swing Era bandleaders, and then there is Art Blakey. After a brief time spent developing his craft by ...

Hank Mobley: Venus De Mildew (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music March 31, 08

Welcome, children, to today's tour of the Louvre. Here you see a world-famous sculpture, the Venus Di Mildew, depicti...

Hank Mobley: This I Dig of You (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music October 28, 07

Art Blakey is one of the most original yet traditionally rooted modern jazz drummers. He (along with Max Roach) was ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE GREAT MOMENTS IN MODERN JAZZ DRUMMING

Transitions and developments at the drumset have been an essential driving force throughout the history of jazz. Fro...

Horace Silver: Señor Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 27, 08

After the demise of the cooperative group known as The Jazz Messengers (Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Dou...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HORACE SILVER

Perceptive commentators such as Martin Williams and Bob Blumenthal have written about the creative craftsmanship of...

Lee Morgan: Cornbread (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 16, 09

Though Lee Morgan never scored another hit after 1963's "The Sidewinder," he continued to churn out some of the groov...

Lee Morgan: Whisper Not (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music March 31, 09

Volume 2: Sextet features the first studio recording of Benny Golson's "Whisper Not," which is considered by many to ...

Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers: Hankerin' (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music April 15, 08

Even though just a year (nearly to the day) had elapsed between Art Blakey's classic recordings with Clifford Brown l...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL ART BLAKEY

By the age of 25 (1944), Pittsburgh-native Art Blakey had already completed stints with Mary Lou Williams and Fletche...

Miles Davis: Someday My Prince Will Come (alt. take) (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

My joy in listening to most of Davis’s transformations throughout his career makes picking a favorite period nothing ...

Miles Davis: Someday My Prince Will Come (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music December 02, 07

Jazz waltzes were still fairly rare back in 1961, and Paul Chambers' pedal point intro keeps the meter a mystery duri...

Horace Silver: Enchantment (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 24, 08

New Mexico invited trouble in 1941 by emblazoning "Land of Enchantment" on their license plates. Enchanted visitors s...

Donald Byrd (featuring Sonny Red): Fly Little Bird Fly (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

Sylvester Kyner was his real name, but he was better known as Sonny Red. Despite several recordings as a leader and f...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE SONNYS OF JAZZ

Jazz Quiz: What do these names have in common? Saul Berman Herman Blount Conrad Yeatis Clark William Criss C...

Kenny Dorham (featuring Cecil Payne): La Villa (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music December 23, 08

As time goes by, multi-reed specialist Cecil Payne is increasingly recognized as the foremost originator of the bebop...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSENTIAL BARITONE SAX PERFORMANCES

                   Gerry Mulligan, ...

Lee Morgan: Ceora (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 12, 09

While “The Sidewinder” may have been his biggest hit, “Ceora” is Lee Morgan’s most enduring contribution to the jazz ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 CLASSIC LEE MORGAN TRACKS

Nobody’s perfect, right? We’ve all heard that one. Even some of the most revered greats are missing pieces of the e...

Horace Silver: Señor Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

One of the pioneers of the hard-bop movement, pianist Horace Silver composed a number of tunes with infectious rhythm...

Donald Byrd: Cristo Redentor (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

A New Perspective was unique at the time in that it featured a jazz combo in conjunction with a small gospel choir. O...

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