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Released 1998

This is a typically remarkable box set from Mosaic. The six-CD limited-edition package has all of tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley's recordings as a leader for Blue Note from a three-year period, all of the music originally included in the albums titled The Hank Mobley Quartet, Hank Mobley Sextet, Hank Mobley & His All-Stars, Hank Mobley Quintet, Hank, Hank Mobley, Curtain Call, Poppin', and Peckin' Time; not a lot of imagination went into these records' original titles. There is only one previously unissued selection (the alternate take of "Barrel of Funk"), but two of the albums were only out previously in Japan, and most of the others had not been previously available on CD. Mobley, an underrated player with a distinctive sound (influenced at times by Sonny Rollins), would continue to grow as an improviser and composer throughout the 1960s, but even on his earliest date here, he is a strong (if unsung) soloist. Featured along with the leader is a who's who of 1950s hard bop, including trumpeters Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, Bill Hardman, Kenny Dorham, and Art Farmer, pianists Horace Silver, Bobby Timmons, Sonny Clark, and Wynton Kelly, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, bassists Doug Watkins, Paul Chambers, Wilbur Ware, and Jimmy Rowser, and drummers Art Blakey, Charlie Persip, Philly Joe Jones, and Art Taylor. A must for Hank Mobley and 1950s Blue Note fans, but this deluxe box (released in 1998) promises to go out of print quickly. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

TRACKS

1. Hank's Prank
2. My Sin
3. Avila and Tequila
4. Walkin' the Fence
5. Love for Sale
6. Just Coolin'
7. Hank's Prank [Alternate Take]
8. Walkin' the Fence [Alternate Take]
9. Touch and Go
10. Double Whammy
11. Barrel of Funk
12. Mobleymania

DISC 2

13. Barrel of Funk [Alternate Take][#]
14. Reunion
15. Ultramarine
16. Don't Walk
17. Lower Stratosphere
18. Mobley's Musings

DISC 3

19. Funk in Deep Freeze
20. Wham and They're Off
21. Fin de l'Affaire
22. Startin' from Scratch
23. Stella Wise
24. Base on Balls
25. Funk in Deep Freeze [Alternate Take]
26. Wham and They're Off [Alternate Take]
27. Fit for a Hanker

DISC 4

28. Hi Groove, Low Feedback
29. Easy to Love
30. Time After Time
31. Dance of the Infidels
32. Mighty Moe and Joe
33. Falling in Love With Love
34. Bags' Groove
35. Double Exposure
36. News
37. Mighty Moe and Joe [Alternate Take]

DISC 5

38. Don't Get Too Hip
39. Curtain Call
40. Deep in a Dream
41. The Mobe
42. My Reverie
43. On the Bright Side
44. Poppin'
45. Darn That Dream
46. Gettin' into Something
47. Tune-Up

DISC 6

48. East of Brooklyn
49. High and Flighty
50. Speak Low
51. Peckin' Time
52. Stretchin' Out
53. Git-Go Blues
54. High and Flighty [Alternate Take]
55. Speak Low [Alternate Take]
56. Stretchin' Out [Alternate Take]

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