HANK MOBLEY "NO ROOM FOR SQUARES" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, LE, NE, SO, RVG, NEW/SEALED
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HANK MOBLEY "NO ROOM FOR SQUARES"
2009 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "THE BLUE NOTE REISSUES", 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, CATALOG NUMBER AP-84149, #558 OF A SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY AND STEVE HOFFMAN USING THE ORIGINAL ANALOG BLUE NOTE MASTER TAPES, PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"ONE OF MOBLEY'S BEST, THIS ALBUM FEATURES TWO 1963 ALL-STAR QUINTETS, ONE WITH LEE MORGAN AND ANDREW HILL, THE OTHER WITH DONALD BYRD AND HERBIE HANCOCK. PHILLY JOE JONES IS THE DRIVING FORCE THROUGHOUT. "NO ROOM FOR SQUARES" CONSISTS OF FIVE ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS FROM THE LEGENDARY TENOR AND ONE FROM LEE MORGAN."
"BY 1963, MOBLEY HAS UNDERGONE A TRANSFORMATION OF TONE. REPLACING THE SCINTILLATING AIRINESS OF HIS LATE 1950'S SIDES WAS A HARDER, MORE STRIDENT, ALMOST HONKING ONE, DUE IN PART TO THE INFLUENCE OF JOHN COLTRANE AND IN PART TO MOBLEY'S DEEPER CONCENTRATION ON THE EXPRESSING BLUES FEELING IN HIS TRADEMARK HARD BOP TUNES. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ENSEMBLE WERE PIANIST ANDREW HILL, DRUMMER PHILLY JOE JONES, AND BASSIST JOHN ORE. THE TITLE TRACK, WHICH OPENS THE SET, IS A STAND-IN METAPHOR FOR THE REST: MOBLEY'S STRONG AND KNOTTY OFF-MINOR FRONT-LINE TRADING FOURS WITH HILL THAT MOVES INTO BRIEF BUT AGGRESSIVE SOLOING FOR HE AND MORGAN AND BRINGS THE MELODY BACK, ALTERED WITH THE CHANGES FROM HILL."
"ON MORGAN'S "ME 'N' YOU", AN AGGRESSIVE BUT SHORT BLUESED-OUT VAMP BACKED BY A MUTATED SAMBA BEAT, COMES RIGHT OUT OF THE ART BLEKEY BOOK OF THE BLUES AND IS ARTICULATED WONDERFULLY BY MOBLEY'S SOLO, WHICH ALTERNATES BETWEEN SHORT, CLIPPED PHRASES ALONG THE LINE OF THE CHANGES AND LONGER TRILL AND OSTINATOS WHERE THE END OF A MUSICAL LINE IS DICTATED BY HIS BREATH RATHER THAN CHORD CHANGE. MORGAN IS IN THE POCKET OF THE BLUES SHADES, COLORING THE ENDS OF HIS LINES WITH TRILLS AND SHORT STACCATO BURSTS, WARPING THEM IN HILL'S OPEN, CHROMATIC VOICINGS. ALL EIGHT CUTS HERE MOVE WITH SIMILAR FLUIDITY AND OFFER A VERY GRITTY AND REALIST APPROACH TO THE ROOTS OF HARD BOP. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED." THOM JUREK, ALL MUSIC
1) THREE WAY SPLIT 2) CAROLYN 3) NO ROOM FOR SQUARES 4) ME 'N' YOU 5) UP A STEP 6) OLD WORLD, NEW IMPORTS
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