Mosaic Records Presents "The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions 1963-70" - 8 CDs with 74 tracks from the second great phase of Hank Mobley's career in state-of-the-art sound. With all the developments in recent years with analogue to digital converters and hi-res transfers that bring the CD to almost the same quality as analogue LPs, we have returned to the original analogue tapes of these Mobley master tapes in order to make them available like never before.
Hank Mobley, as a member of the original Jazz Messengers, was one of the founding fathers of the hard bop and the Blue Note sound. From 1954 to 1961, he had fruitful relationships in the bands of Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Max Roach and Miles Davis among others. He logged 13 sessions for Blue Note alone during that period which also highlighted his considerable talents as a composer. But through all his recording and touring activity, he remained a musician's musician , largely overlooked by the jazz press and fans at large. His fluid improvisations, harmonic brilliance, hypnotic lyricism and warm round tone didn't get the attention that more extroverted tenormen like Coltrane and Rollins could command.
CD1 {01:17:24}
01. Up a Step (8:32)
02. Old World, New Imports (6:09)
03. East of the Village (6:45)
04. The Good Life (5:09)
05. The Feelin's Good (5:38)
06. Yes Indeed (5:33)
07. Three Way Split (7:50)
08. Carolyn (5:32)
09. No Room for Squares (6:59)
10. Me 'n You (7:19)
11. Comin' Back (6:23)
12. Syrup and Biscuits (5:35)
CD2 {01:02:47}
01. Me 'n You (alternate take) (7:36)
02. Carolyn (alternate take) (5:37)
03. No Room for Squares (alternate take) (6:46)
04. The Turnaround (8:18)
05. Straight Ahead (7:03)
06. My Sin (6:54)
07. Pat 'n Chat (6:29)
08. Third Time Around (6:24)
09. Hank's Waltz (7:40)
CD3 {01:01:49}
01. The Dip (7:56)
02. Recado Bossa Nova (8:13)
03. The Break Through (5:53)
04. The Vamp (8:21)
05. I See Your Face Before Me (5:30)
06. Ballin' (6:52)
07. A Caddy for Daddy (9:21)
08. The Morning After (9:43)
CD4 {00:59:30}
01. Venus di Mildew (7:12)
02. Ace Deuce Trey (7:16)
03. Third Time Around (6:16)
04. Hank's Other Bag (7:14)
05. There's a Lull in My Life (5:25)
06. A Slice of the Top (9:42)
07. Cute 'n Pretty (7:37)
08. A Touch of Blue (8:48)
CD5 {01:06:33}
01. Straight No Filter (5:56)
02. Chain Reaction (11:02)
03. Soft Impressions (4:47)
04. An Aperitif (6:54)
05. Don't Cry, Just Sigh (6:53)
06. The Steppin' Stone (5:38)
07. Third Season (6:46)
08. Boss Bossa (5:13)
09. Give Me That Feelin' (6:32)
10. Don't Cry, Just Sigh (alternate take) (6:52)
CD6 {01:16:27}
01. A Dab of This and That (5:13)
02. Far Away Lands (5:34)
03. No Argument (6:33)
04. The Hippity Hop (5:41)
05. Bossa for Baby (6:07)
06. Soul Time (6:53)
07. High Voltage (8:08)
08. Two and One (6:08)
09. No More Goodbys (5:41)
10. Advance Notice (5:57)
11. Bossa de Luxe (7:30)
12. Flirty Gerty (7:02)
CD7 {01:15:39}
01. Reach Out (I'll Be There) (6:48)
02. Up, Over and Out (5:53)
03. Lookin' East (5:18)
04. Goin' Out of My Head (7:28)
05. Good Pickin's (5:31)
06. Beverly (7:03)
07. The Flip (9:03)
08. Feelin' Folksy (8:30)
09. Snappin' Out (7:12)
10. 18th Hole (6:00)
11. Early Morning Stroll (6:53)
CD8 {00:42:59}
01. Suite: Thinking of Home/The Flight/Home at Last (10:05)
02. Justine (13:06)
03. You Gotta Hit It (5:34)
04. Gayle's Groove (5:33)
05. Talk About Gittin' It (8:41)
