Hank Mobley Quartet

1955 studio album by the Hank Mobley Quartet

Hank Mobley Quartet

Studio album by

the Hank Mobley Quartet

Released

October 1955

Recorded

March 27, 1955

Studio

Van Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey

Genre

Jazz

Length

25:11

Label

Blue Note
BLP 5066

Producer

Alfred Lion

Hank Mobley chronology

Hank Mobley Quartet
(1955)

The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley
(1956)

Hank Mobley Quartet is the debut ten-inch LP by American jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley, recorded on March 27, 1955 and released on Blue Note later that year. The quartet features rhythm section Horace Silver, Doug Watkins and Art Blakey.

Release history

The album was released on CD only in Japan, as a limited edition.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn states, "This debut of Mobley on Blue Note includes Horace Silver on piano and Doug Watkins on bass, plus someone named Art Blakey on drums."^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Hank Mobley, except as indicated.

Side 1

"Hank's Prank" – 4:31
"My Sin" – 3:50
"Avila and Tequila" – 4:31

Side 2

"Walkin' the Fence" – 3:38
"Love for Sale" (Porter) – 4:31
"Just Coolin'" – 4:10

Personnel

Hank Mobley Quartet

Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
Horace Silver – piano
Doug Watkins – bass
Art Blakey – drums

Technical personnel

Alfred Lion – producer (uncredited)
Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
John Hermansader, Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Eugene St. Jean – liner notes

References

^ ^a ^b Wynn, R. Allmusic Review, accessed November 18, 2011.

Hank Mobley

Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except for the compilation section

As leader
or co-leader

Newark 1953 (1953 [2012])
Hank Mobley Quartet (1955)
The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley (1956)
Mobley's Message (Prestige, 1956)
Mobley's 2nd Message (Prestige, 1956)
Jazz Message No. 2 (Savoy, 1956)
Hank Mobley Sextet (1956)
Hank Mobley and His All Stars (1957)
Hank Mobley Quintet (1957)
Hank (1957)
Hank Mobley (1957)
Curtain Call (1957)
Poppin' (1957)
Peckin' Time (1958)
Monday Night at Birdland (1958)
Another Monday Night at Birdland (1959)
Soul Station (1960)
Roll Call (1960)
Workout (1961)
Another Workout (1961)
No Room for Squares (1963)
Straight No Filter (1963–65)
The Turnaround! (1964)
Dippin' (1965)
A Caddy for Daddy (1965)
A Slice of the Top (1966)
Far Away Lands (1967)
Third Season (1967)
Hi Voltage (1967)
Reach Out! (1968)
The Flip (1969)
Thinking of Home (1970)
Breakthrough! (1972)

With
others

At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1955)
At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1955)
The Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey, 1956)
Originally (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956 [1982])
At the Jazz Corner of the World (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1959)
All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956)
K.B. Blues (1957 [1979])
Byrd's Eye View (Donald Byrd, 1955)
Byrd in Flight (Donald Byrd, 1960)
A New Perspective (1963)
Mustang! (Donald Byrd, 1966)
Blackjack (Donald Byrd, 1967)
Dial "S" for Sonny (Sonny Clark, 1957)
My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1957)
Someday My Prince Will Come (Miles Davis, 1961)
In Person Friday and Saturday Nights
at the Blackhawk, Complete (Miles Davis, 1961)
Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall (1961)
Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955)
Whistle Stop (Kenny Dorham, 1961)
This Is New (Kenny Drew, 1957)
Undercurrent (Kenny Drew, 1960)
Farmer's Market (Art Farmer, 1956)
The Opener (Curtis Fuller, 1957)
Sliding Easy (Curtis Fuller, 1959)
Afro (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
Jazz Recital (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954–55)
I Want to Hold Your Hand (Grant Green, 1965)
A Blowin' Session (Johnny Griffin, 1957)
My Point of View (Herbie Hancock, 1963)
Informal Jazz (Elmo Hope, 1956)
Goin' Up (Freddie Hubbard, 1960)
Blue Spirits (Freddie Hubbard, 1965)
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (1955)
Together! (Elvin Jones and Philly Joe Jones, 1961)
Midnight Walk (Elvin Jones, 1966)
I Wanna Talk About You (Tete Montoliu, 1980)
Introducing Lee Morgan (1956)
Lee Morgan Sextet (1956)
Cornbread (Lee Morgan, 1965)
Charisma (1966)
The Rajah (1966)
Tenor Conclave (Prestige All Stars, 1957)
Star Bright (Dizzy Reece, 1959)
The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956)
Good Move! (Freddie Roach 1963)
The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953)
Max Roach + 4 (1956)
The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957)
MAX (Max Roach, 1958)
Yasmina, a Black Woman (Archie Shepp, 1969)
Poem for Malcolm (Archie Shepp, 1969)
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1954–55)
Silver's Blue (Horace Silver, 1956)
6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58)
The Stylings of Silver (Horace Silver, 1957)
A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957)
A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957)
Julius Watkins Sextet (1955)

Compilations

The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions (1998)
The Feelin's Good (2013)

Discography

v t e Horace Silver
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
Blue Note albums	New Faces New Sounds (Introducing the Horace Silver Trio) (1952)/Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey-Sabu (1952–53) Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1954–55) 6 Pieces of Silver (1956–58) The Stylings of Silver (1957) Further Explorations (1958) Live at Newport '58 (1958) Finger Poppin' with the Horace Silver Quintet (1959) Blowin' the Blues Away (1959) Horace-Scope (1960) Doin' the Thing (1961) The Tokyo Blues (1962) Silver's Serenade (1963) Song for My Father (1963–64) The Cape Verdean Blues (1965) The Jody Grind (1966) Serenade to a Soul Sister (1968) You Gotta Take a Little Love (1969) That Healin' Feelin', The United States of Mind, Phase 1 (1970) Total Response, The United States of Mind, Phase 2 (1970–71) All, The United States of Mind, Phase 3 (1972) The United States of Mind (compilation of the 3 'Phase' albums, 1970–72) In Pursuit of the 27th Man (1972) Silver 'n Brass (1975) Silver 'n Wood (1975–76) Silver 'n Voices (1976) Silver 'n Percussion (1977) Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres (1978–79)
Albums released on other labels	Silver's Blue (1956) Live 1964 (1964) Guides to Growing Up (1981) Spiritualizing the Senses (1983) There's No Need to Struggle (1983) The Continuity of Spirit (1985) Music to Ease Your Disease (1988) Rockin' with Rachmaninoff (1991) It's Got to Be Funky (1993) Pencil Packin' Papa (1994) The Hardbop Grandpop (1996) A Prescription for the Blues (1997) Jazz Has a Sense of Humor (1998)
Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers	A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 (1954) At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (1955) At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (1955) The Jazz Messengers (1956) The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956) Originally (1956)
With others	Introducing Nat Adderley (1955) Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (Dee Dee Bridgewater, 1994) Byrd's Eye View (Donald Byrd, 1955) Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956) Bohemia After Dark (Kenny Clarke, 1955) Al Cohn's Tones (Al Cohn, 1950) Miles Davis, Volume 3 (1954) Miles Davis Quartet/Blue Haze/Miles Davis Quintet/ Miles Davis All-Star Sextet/Walkin' (1953/54) Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins/Bags' Groove (1954) Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (Lou Donaldson, 1952) Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955) The Art Farmer Septet (1953–54) When Farmer Met Gryce (Art Farmer/Gigi Gryce, 1955) The Complete Roost Recordings (Stan Getz, 1950–51) Nica's Tempo (Gigi Gryce, 1955) Disorder at the Border (Coleman Hawkins, 1952) Milt Jackson Quartet (1955) Plenty, Plenty Soul (Milt Jackson, 1957) The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (J.J. Johnson, 1955) Blowing in from Chicago (Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore, 1957) Hank Mobley Quartet (1955) Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Hank Mobley and His All Stars (1957) Hank Mobley Quintet (1957) J. R. Monterose (1956) Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956) Lee Morgan Sextet (1956) Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957) Clark Terry (1955)
Selected singles	"Opus de Funk" (1953) "The Preacher"/"Doodlin'" (1955/54) "Señor Blues" (1956) "Sister Sadie" (1959) "Nica's Dream" (1960) "Song for My Father" (1964)
Discography