''Straight No Filter'' is an album by

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

saxophonist Hank Mobley, recorded mostly in 1963 but not released on the

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label until 1985. The CD edition compiles performances recorded at four different sessions from 1963 to 1966.

Reception

The

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review by Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. awarded the album 4½ stars stating "''Straight No Filter'' will be welcomed by Mobley's fans and lovers of hard bop. It shouldn't be missed.".Lankford, R
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Track listing

''All compositions by Hank Mobley, except where noted.'' 1985 LP # "Straight No Filter" – 5:58 # "Chain Reaction" – 11:02 # "Soft Impressions" – 4:48 # "Third Time Around" – 6:25 # "Hank's Waltz" – 7:43 # "The Feelin's Good" – 5:40 2001 CD reissue # "Straight No Filter" – 5:58 # "Chain Reaction" – 11:02 # "Soft Impressions" – 4:48 # "Third Time Around" – 6:25 # "Hank's Waltz" – 7:43 # "Syrup and Biscuits" – 5:36 # "Comin' Back" – 6:26 # "The Feelin's Good" – 5:40 # "Yes Indeed" (

Sy Oliver Melvin James "Sy" Oliver (December 17, 1910 – May 28, 1988) was an American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader. Life Sy Oliver was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. His mother was a piano teacher, and his ...

) – 5:34

Personnel

Tracks 1–3 * Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone *

Lee Morgan Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording on John Coltrane's '' Blue Train'' (1 ...

– trumpet *

McCoy Tyner Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet (from 1960 to 1965) and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Master and five-time Gram ...

– piano * Bob Cranshaw – bass *

Billy Higgins Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001) was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop. Biography Higgins was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. Higgins played on Ornette Coleman's first records, ...

– drums Tracks 4–5 * Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone * Freddie Hubbard – trumpet *

Barry Harris Barry Doyle Harris (December 15, 1929 – December 8, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. He was an exponent of the bebop style. Life and career Harris was born in Detroit, Michigan, on December ...

– piano *

Paul Chambers Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. (April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969) was an American jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, he has become one of the most widely-known jazz bassists of the hard bop era. ...

– bass * Billy Higgins – drums Tracks 6–7 * Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone * Lee Morgan – trumpet * Andrew Hill – piano *

John Ore John Ore (December 17, 1933 – August 22, 2014) was an American jazz bassist. Ore attended the New School of Music in Philadelphia from 1943 to 1946, studying cello and followed this with studies on bass at Juilliard. In the 1950s he worked wit ...

– bass *

Philly Joe Jones Joseph Rudolph "Philly Joe" Jones (July 15, 1923 – August 30, 1985) was an American jazz drummer. Biography Early career As a child, Jones appeared as a featured tap dancer on ''The Kiddie Show'' on the Philadelphia radio station WIP. He wa ...

– drums Tracks 8–9 * Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone * Donald Byrd – trumpet *

Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he help ...

– piano *

Butch Warren Edward Rudolph "Butch" Warren Jr. (August 9, 1939 – October 5, 2013) was an American jazz bassist who was active during the 1950s and 1960s. Biography Warren's mother was a typist at the CIA. His father, Edward Sr., was an electronics tech ...

– bass * Philly Joe Jones – drums

References

{{Authority control Hank Mobley albums 1985 albums Albums produced by Alfred Lion Blue Note Records albums