No Room for Squares

1964 studio album by Hank Mobley
No Room for Squares
Studio album by
Hank Mobley
ReleasedMay 1964[1]
RecordedMarch 7, 1963 (#3, 6)
October 2, 1963 (all others)
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length42:12
LabelBlue Note
BST 84149
ProducerAlfred Lion
Hank Mobley chronology
Another Workout
(1985) 		No Room for Squares
(1964) 		The Turnaround!
(1965)

No Room for Squares is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on March 7 & October 2, 1963 and released on the Blue Note label. It features performances by Mobley, trumpeters Lee Morgan and Donald Byrd, pianists Andrew Hill and Herbie Hancock, bassists John Ore and Butch Warren, and drummer Philly Joe Jones. Material recorded at the March 7 session was also included on The Turnaround! with the entire session collected for the first time on the 1989 CD edition of Straight No Filter. The 1989 CD issue of No Room for Squares collects the entire October 7 session save an alternate take of "Carolyn" that was first issued in 2019 as part of The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions 1963-70.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "All eight cuts here move with similar fluidity and offer a very gritty and realist approach to the roots of hard bop. Highly recommended."[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Hank Mobley except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Three Way Split"7:49
2."Carolyn" (Lee Morgan)5:30
3."Up a Step"8:31
4."No Room for Squares"6:57
5."Me 'N You" (Lee Morgan)7:17
6."Old World, New Imports"6:08
CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
7."Carolyn" (Alternate take)5:35
8."No Room for Squares" (Alternate take)6:45

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for No Room for Squares
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[4] 18

References

  1. ^ Billboard June 6, 1964
  2. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Hank Mobley: No Room for Squares – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1013. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ "Lista prodaje 44. tjedan 2023. (23.10.2023. - 29.10.2023.)" (in Croatian). HDU. November 2023. Archived from the original on November 12, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
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