Time: 45:50
Size: 104.9 MB
Styles: Hard bop, Saxophone jazz
Year: 1961/2006
Art: Front
[ 9:58] 1. Workout
[10:44] 2. Uh Huh
[ 7:28] 3. Smokin'
[ 5:16] 4. The Best Things In Life Are Free
[ 6:58] 5. Greasin' Easy
[ 5:23] 6. Three Coins In The Fountain
This is one of the best-known Hank Mobley recordings, and for good reason. Although none of his four originals ("Workout," "Uh Huh," "Smokin'," "Greasin' Easy") caught on, the fine saxophonist is in top form. He jams on the four tunes, plus "The Best Things in Life Are Free," with an all-star quintet of young modernists -- guitarist Grant Green, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Philly Joe Jones -- and shows that he was a much stronger player than his then-current boss Miles Davis seemed to think. [Some reissues add a version of "Three Coins in the Fountain" from the same date, originally released on Another Workout.] ~Scott Yanow
Workout
Thx a lot!! Love this album, not only Mobley's great, also Green is in a different groove from the "soul"-one that Blue Note forced him into, and is really inventive, captures one's attention. And Kelly! What a lineup...
ReplyDeleteCheers, please keep it up, from Spain...
One of the best
ReplyDeleteReminds me a lot of the original 33 RPM : So and so on side 1 but great on side 2.
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