Time: 42:49
Size: 98.0 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 2002
Art: Front
[10:04] 1. Suite Thinking Of Home The Flight Home At Last
[13:01] 2. Justine
[ 5:32] 3. You Gotta Hit It
[ 5:34] 4. Gayle's Groove
[ 8:37] 5. Talk About Gittin' It
Bass – Mickey Bass; Drums – Leroy Williams; Guitar – Eddie Diehl; Piano – Cedar Walton; Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley; Trumpet – Woody Shaw. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on July 31, 1970.
This is a good later Hank Mobley Album. The group is made up of some fantastic musicians, Woody Shaw is one of my favorite trumpeters, and Cedar Walton is a fine pianist, very well suited for Mobley's style and conception. There's some great guitar work from Eddie Diehl and the rest of the rhythm section is solid, with Mickey Bass on bass and Lex Humphries behind the kit. The tunes are originals, four from Mobley and one from Bass. Highlights are the title track, a suite that is made up of three different but connected pieces, and "Justine," a little more open and contemplative than the general Mobley mold. The latter is stretched out for thirteen minutes, and features good work from Shaw, Walton and Diehl, but Mobley is a little choppy and doesn't seem to know what to do with the bridge. The rest of the tunes are a little more casual and the feel is more relaxed and less serious.
Though Mobley sounds kind of drunk at times throughout this album, it's a worthwhile purchase for someone who has decided they like Hank Mobley and want to see some later work. It's not a great first Mobley album just because there are some earlier ones, like Roll Call, that are classics and should be appreciated first. ~Michael Hardin
This is a good later Hank Mobley Album. The group is made up of some fantastic musicians, Woody Shaw is one of my favorite trumpeters, and Cedar Walton is a fine pianist, very well suited for Mobley's style and conception. There's some great guitar work from Eddie Diehl and the rest of the rhythm section is solid, with Mickey Bass on bass and Lex Humphries behind the kit. The tunes are originals, four from Mobley and one from Bass. Highlights are the title track, a suite that is made up of three different but connected pieces, and "Justine," a little more open and contemplative than the general Mobley mold. The latter is stretched out for thirteen minutes, and features good work from Shaw, Walton and Diehl, but Mobley is a little choppy and doesn't seem to know what to do with the bridge. The rest of the tunes are a little more casual and the feel is more relaxed and less serious.
Though Mobley sounds kind of drunk at times throughout this album, it's a worthwhile purchase for someone who has decided they like Hank Mobley and want to see some later work. It's not a great first Mobley album just because there are some earlier ones, like Roll Call, that are classics and should be appreciated first. ~Michael Hardin
Thinking Of Home (Limited Edition)
Wow!! Thanks for your speedy answer! I couldn't find this marvellous album anywhere. Cheers Daniel, from Spain...
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