Hank Mobley
USA
Born: 07 July 1930
Died: 30 May 1986
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Modal Music, Mainstream Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz
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One of the Blue Note label's definitive hard bop artists, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley remains somewhat underappreciated for his straightforward, swinging style. Any characterization of Mobley invariably begins with critic Leonard Feather's assertion that he was the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone," meaning that his tone wasn't as aggressive and thick as John Coltrane or Sonny Rollins, but neither was it as soft and cool as Stan Getz or Lester Young. Instead, Mobley's in-between, "round" (as he described it) sound was controlled ...
See also
- Art Blakey (15)
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- John Coltrane (110)
- Dexter Gordon (51)
- Sonny Rollins (51)
- Freddie Hubbard (41)
- Lee Morgan (19)
- Lou Donaldson (17)
- Joe Henderson (14)
- Lucky Thompson (7)
- Ike Quebec (6)
- Jimmy Heath (5)
- Leo Parker (1)
- Sonny Red (0)
Influenced by
- Charlie Parker (59)
- Max Roach (11)
Followers
- Freddie Hubbard (41)
- Donald Byrd (18)
- Horace Silver (11)
- David Liebman (10)
- Tina Brooks (8)
- Houston Person (8)
- Wynton Kelly (4)
- Paul Chambers (3)
- Charlie Rouse (1)
Performed Songs By
- Lee Morgan (19)
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