Hank Mobley's "Curtain Call"

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

wait what was hanks speech that night again? didnt someone here recount that?

[Kevin Bresnahan]

wait what was hanks speech that night again? didnt someone here recount that?

I thought I read somewhere that Hank's speech was on the 45 rpm record included on the original "One Night At Blue Note" LP set? Dan Gould picked it up a few years back.

Kevin

[sidewinder]

wait what was hanks speech that night again? didnt someone here recount that?

I thought I read somewhere that Hank's speech was on the 45 rpm record included on the original "One Night At Blue Note" LP set? Dan Gould picked it up a few years back.

Kevin

That's correct !

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT:

ARE YOU SAYING THERE IS AN OFFICAL BLUE NOTE RELATED ITEM OF NEW, CURRENT, 1980'S-RELATED HANK MOBLEY MATERIAL, ISSUED BY BLUE NOTE IN THE 80'S?

IVE SEEN THE ONE NIGHT W/ BLUE NOTE LPS BUT NEVER DID I LOOK INSIDE THEM FOR A 45. WAIT IT WAS ONLY PART OF SOME SORT OF "SET"?

I NEED CONFIRMATION ON THIS! WAHT IS GOING ON HERE? I NEED TO HEAR THIS ITEM!!!!!!!!

[JSngry]

Pretty sure it was only released as part of the Japanese LP set. I bought the American one new back in the day & it didn' thave a 45, nor was it supposed to.

[Dan Gould]

It was part of the Japanese LP box set, a promo 45. Alfred talks on one side. Give me a little while then check your email.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

now i wonder if there is video record of this too....raw footage leftover from the film--- cause this whole concert WAS filmed...right?

[tr2036]

michael, come on, do you remember one thing about how hank was improvising and sounding in that whole Hank Mobley experience? was it a quartet INCLUDING the singer, or was there a piano player too? Pressing into riskier memory territory, do you remember which ones of hanks old songs he played, if any?

At the Angry Squire gig he could barely get enough air into the horn to play it. Of course there was a piano player. I think it might have been Duke Jordan. I don't think Hank played any original tunes. I believe it was Lodi Carr's gig.

I was there. I believe it was a 2 night gig? The night I was there was definitely Duke Jordan on piano and I remember Hank sounding better for the second set - more like Hank. I also vividly remember going over to the Jazz Baroness' table to meet Mobley and ask him to sign a small black and white promo photo, which he signed "Peace and Love, Hank Mobley." I feel bad I don't remember the rest of the musicians there and sad to say I don't remember Lodi Carr. Nothing against them - I was just in a trance of disbelief that I was actually in the same room as Hank Mobley and getting to hear him live with Duke Jordan.

Marla

I was at the Angry Squire November 22, 1985 and saw Mobley, Duke Jordan, Jimmy Rowser (bass), Verniel Fournier (drums) and singer Lodi Carr for the second set. First tune was "Blues Walk" ...Hank's playing was as shadow of his prior self....clearly a great effort for him to play at all...out of tune...reed problems...short phrases...stumbing...but his musical personality was still there. Tragic. I heard somebody has a tape out there. A year prior I met Hank who was visiting (not playing) the Vanguard to hear the Mel Lewis Orchestra on a Monday night... I asked Hank how to contact him, he said "go to the corner of [intersection in Philadelphia I can't remember] and ask for me." I later heard that he was homeless at that time.

I found this on Youtube a recording of Hank at the Angry Squire gig:

Edited October 2, 2010 by tr2036

[CJ Shearn]

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT:

ARE YOU SAYING THERE IS AN OFFICAL BLUE NOTE RELATED ITEM OF NEW, CURRENT, 1980'S-RELATED HANK MOBLEY MATERIAL, ISSUED BY BLUE NOTE IN THE 80'S?

IVE SEEN THE ONE NIGHT W/ BLUE NOTE LPS BUT NEVER DID I LOOK INSIDE THEM FOR A 45. WAIT IT WAS ONLY PART OF SOME SORT OF "SET"?

I NEED CONFIRMATION ON THIS! WAHT IS GOING ON HERE? I NEED TO HEAR THIS ITEM!!!!!!!!

I have the 4 original CD's and DVD, I wish Mosaic would release a set of the COMPLETE concert. There's a whole bunch of stuff like a entire Blakey set that was rejected, "Moanin" was the only released title from that set for some reason.