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Artist:
Hank Mobley
Title:
Thinking Of Home



Details:
One of Hank Mobley's last recordings for Blue Note, and a record that really shows him stretching it out -- hitting territory hardly imagined on his earlier hardbop sides! The album's still somewhat inside, but the overall feel is much more spacious than before -- a sound that has some nice open moments, and which shows Hank not content to simply blow tenor in a deep, gutbuckety mode -- even though that was still pretty darn great! The lineup is a sextet -- with Woody Shaw on trumpet, Eddie Diehl on guitar, Cedar Walton on piano, Mickey Bass on bass, and Leroy Williams on drums -- a different-than-usual combo for Mobley, and one that furthers the unusual feel of the record. Side one features the extended "Suite" -- proof that Mobley's writing had grown as much as labelmate Lee Morgan by the end of the 60s. Other tracks continue that fact -- and include "Justine", "You Gotta Hit It", and "Talk About Getting It" -- plus "Gayle's Groove", which was written by Bass. The set was originally recorded in 1970, but was not issued on vinyl until 1980

Label: Blue Note

This item was added to our catalog on Wednesday 14 May, 2008