''Hank'' is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist

Hank Mobley Henry "Hank" Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to descr ...

released on the Blue Note label in 1957 as BLP 1560, and features Mobley, trumpeter

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, alto saxophonist John Jenkins, pianist Bobby Timmons, bassist Wilbur Ware and drummer “Philly” Joe Jones.

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars".Allmusic Review
accessed November 18, 2011

Track listing

:''All compositions by Hank Mobley except as indicated.'' # "Fit for a Hanker" - 7:24 # "Hi Groove, Low Feedback" - 9:56 # " You'd Be So Easy to Love" ( Porter) - 5:39 # " Time After Time" ( Cahn, Styne) - 6:48 # "Dance of the Infidels" (

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) - 7:54

Personnel

* Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone * John Jenkins -

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

- trumpet * Bobby Timmons - piano * Wilbur Ware -

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* Philly Joe Jones -

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References

{{Authority control 1957 albums Albums produced by Alfred Lion Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Blue Note Records albums Hank Mobley albums Hard bop albums Albums recorded in a home studio