Albums by Hank Mobley
ALBUMWorkout (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Remastered]Hank Mobley
ALBUMThe TurnaroundHank Mobley
ALBUMStraight No FilterHank Mobley
ALBUMCurtain Call (feat. Sonny Clark)Hank Mobley
ALBUMPoppin'Hank Mobley
ALBUMMessagesHank Mobley
ALBUMThinking of HomeHank Mobley
ALBUMThe FlipHank Mobley
ALBUMReach Out! (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Remastered]Hank Mobley
ALBUMFar Away LandsHank Mobley
Artist Playlists
Hank Mobley Essentials
The saxophonist best known for his work with Art Blakey steps out on his own.
Hank Mobley: The Session Musicians
One of hard bop's most versatile and ubiquitous saxophonists.
Artist Biography
A mainstay of hard bop and soul jazz, tenor saxophonist Henry “Hank” Mobley was born in Eastman, Georgia, in 1930, although he grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where his grandmother purchased his first horn when he was 16. Within a few years he was playing in public, and by 1951 he’d hit the New York scene, working with drummer Max Roach before going on to play with Duke Ellington’s Orchestra, Horace Silver, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, and the Miles Davis Quintet. In 1955 he dropped the first in a long line of recordings for Blue Note while continuing to work prolifically as a sideman. Mobley’s discography captures the velvety tone he applied to deeply bluesy phrasing. In the 1960s his playing became more turbulent, even as he became an eloquent advocate for the emerging soul jazz craze on classic albums like The Turnaround! (1965) and Caddy for Daddy (1967). Due to lung problems, Mobley had largely retired from music by the mid-1970s, although he played some engagements in the months before his death from pneumonia in 1986.
Hometown
Eastman, GA, United States
Genre
Jazz