chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 new Mobley fact i just discovered. RIP Hank and Bessie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted March 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 How come Hanks dad was named ROGERS? Hank Mobley, International Jazz Figure Hank Mobley, a jazz saxophonist of international stature who played with the leading musicians of the day and made his greatest impact as a member of the Miles Davis group in the 1960s, died Friday. He was 55 and had lived in Philadephia since 1972. Born Henry Mobley in Eastman, Ga., he moved to the Newark-Elizabeth, N.J., area in childhood and studied music privately. Early in his career he played with the Paul Gayton orchestra and other regional bands. As a tenor saxophonist, his most important associations in jazz were with the Horace Silver and Art Blakey groups in the 1950s and the Davis aggregation the following decade. Later he was the co-leader of combos with Lee Morgan, Kenny Dorham and Cedar Walton. In 1967-68, he toured Europe, making appearances in London, Paris, Munich, Rome and other cities in Poland, Hungary and Yugoslavia. Among the many musicians in his ken over the years were Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Slide Hampton, Wilbur Ware and Philly Joe Jones. He played recently at the Angry Square on New York’s 7th Avenue. He was the composer of a number of jazz tunes, including "Breakthrough," "The Morning After," A Caddy for Daddy," "The Dip" and "Straight Ahead." Survivors include his father, Otis Rogers; his stepmother, Lillian O. Rogers; and two aunts, Jenethel Cooney and Rosa Boyer. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Johnson Funeral Home, 46th Street and Woodland Avenue. Burial will be Saturday at Mount Lawn Cemetery, 84th Street and Hook Road, Sharon Hill, Delaware County. -Philadelphia Daily News, June 4, 1986. Used by permission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Yes, I know. I told you about it almost two years ago, remember??? http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...mp;#entry525431 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat5 Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 (edited) If you go to the cemetery you can faintly hear Bessie & Hank's last performance of "Didn't Wake Up This Mornin'". Edited March 18, 2008 by flat5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 actually they are buried in the same box - it's a special discount thing - and I'm next - it's quite an honor - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Just call me Johnny on the Spot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 You look out of place.....bet they thought you were with the funeral parlor staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 To some, I might look out of place, but the important thing is that I never feel out of place. It hadn't even occurred to me that I was the only white person (although John Hammond was somewhere around there)--I guess that's what you are commenting on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 To some, I might look out of place, but the important thing is that I never feel out of place. It hadn't even occurred to me that I was the only white person (although John Hammond was somewhere around there)--I guess that's what you are commenting on. Actually, my thought was, wtf is up with those sideburns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Sometimes I think fashion trends are cruelly designed to make us look foolish a few years later. Some of the clothes I wore a few years back make me cringe--guess that is something most of us have experienced. Something to be said for tuxedos, their look does not age--I mean the standard tuxedo, not those awful wedding/barmitzwah/prom rentals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robviti Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 actually they are buried in the same box - it's a special discount thing - and I'm next - it's quite an honor - okay, i'll ask the difficult question no one else will ask: who's on top? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 If you read my book on Bessie, you will know the answer to that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 If you read my book on Bessie, you will know the answer to that one. and which way she's facing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 ...and that's just the half of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 still plenty of room available - send me cash, I'll get you on the list - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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