Hank Mobley – Mobley’s Message (Hybrid Mono SACD)

Analogue Productions’ Prestige Mono Series

Mini “Old Style” Gatefold Jacket Packaging

Hank Mobley’s 1956 Prestige release Mobley’s Message
features six recordings from the legendary tenor saxophonist in three
different settings including one cut with a quartet, four with a quintet
and one with a sextet. Players such as Donald Byrd (trumpet), Jackie
McLean (alto sax), Barry Harris (piano), Doug Watkins (bass) and Art
Taylor (drums) offer their support here in disparate incarnations.
Contains a quintet reading of Charlie Parker’s “Au Privave” and a quartet take on the Rodgers & Hart standard “Little Girl Blue” with Mobley being the sole horn.

Hank Mobley Mobley’s Message Track Listing:

1. Bouncing With Bud
2. 52nd Street Theme
3. Minor Disturbance
4. Au Privave
5. Little Girl Blue
6. Alternating Current