Da impressionante série de reedições Music Matters 45rpm, um dos melhores títulos da Blue Note e sessão memorável de Hank Mobley gravada por Rudy Van Gelder. Masterização audiófila por Kevin Gray e Steve Hoffman a partir das Master Tapes Analógicas Originais na AcousTech em 2LP vinil 180 gramas prensado na RTI e apresentado em luxuosa capa gatefold com fotos de alta resolução da sessão.

• Edição Limitada
• Edição Numerada
• Apenas 1000 unidades numeradas disponíveis mundialmente
• Remasterizado das Master Tapes Originais de Rudy Van Gelder da Blue Note
• Remasterizado por Kevin Gray e Steve Hoffman na AcousTech
• Duplo LP com corte a 45rpm para dinâmica superior
• Vinil Virgem 180 gramas prensado na RTI USA
• Capas Gatefold pesadas e de alta durabilidade
• Capa gatefold Deluxe com fotos da sessão em alta resolução

Hank Mobley was not just a master of hard bop but one of its founders. With the Jazz Messengers and Horace Silver's Quintet, he helped to define the role of the tenor in hard bop, and his series of Blue Note recordings made him an influential force for 15 years. Originally a pianist, Mobley switched to tenor when he was 16, and by the early 1950s was a member of Max Roach's quartet.

Mobley was with Dizzy Gillespie's group during 1954 before becoming an original member of the Jazz Messengers. At the time of this album, his first as a leader, Mobley was already a masterful player. Joined by both Horace Silver and Art Blakey, Mobley performs some of his best early material (including "Hank's Prank," "Avila and Tequila" and "Just Coolin'") and sets the standard for hard bop tenors of the next decade.

The Hank Mobley Quartet is one of the most important early hard bop albums, a gem that shows why Mobley would be a regular Blue Note artist for the next 15 years.

Like all Music Matters Jazz releases, this audiophile vinyl reissue is mastered from the original analog tape and pressed on 180g virgin vinyl at RTI in Camarillo, CA. The highest quality gatefold cover features original session photography on the inside.

Músicos:

Hank Mobley, saxofone tenor
Horace Silver, piano
Doug Watkins, baixo
Art Blakey, bateria

Lista de Faixas:

1. Hank's Prank
2. My Sin
3. Avila And Tequila
4. Walkin' The Fence
5. Love For Sale
6. Just Coolin'
7. Walkin' The Fence - alt. take
8. Hank's Prank - alt. take

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