The Magnificent Goldberg Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Breakthrough is the bloodiest music Hank ever made, imo...talk about walking a tightrope without a net..and into a gale-force headwind at that...and yet not once does he stagger, stumble, or fall. It ain't pretty, but it sure is beautiful. For everything else, there's Dippin'. And for everything else, there's everything else! You won't be surprised to hear I don't listen to Hank at that level, but I can recognise what you're saying. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Almost bought Peckin' Time last night I think next Sunday I buy it along with the quintet disc from 1957 with I think Art Farmer and maybe Persip on drums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Let me put in a good word for the 3 albums released in the LT series: A Slice Of The Top, Third Season, and Thinking Of Home. I think of these as "of a piece": sophisticated arrangements, great tunes, and interesting instrumentation. Some surprising musicians pop up: Woody Shaw, Sonny Greenwich, Eddie Diehl. These sessions also have a "polish" to them. Hank is great, as usual. Spot on ! Throroughly enjoyed these when they came out on the LT series on vinyl way back when and still enjoy giving them a spin. Particularly like the presence of Sonny Greenwich on 'Third Season' and the arrangements on 'A Slice Of The Top'. Interesting to compare the latter with Andrew Hill's 'Passing Ships' and Sonny Criss' 'Sonny's Dream' on Prestige. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 I think the talk towards the 50's stuff has made me think if I sell that Mosaic I will regret it, it's worth keeping just for the quartet session alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Let me put in a good word for the 3 albums released in the LT series: A Slice Of The Top, Third Season, and Thinking Of Home. I think of these as "of a piece": sophisticated arrangements, great tunes, and interesting instrumentation. Some surprising musicians pop up: Woody Shaw, Sonny Greenwich, Eddie Diehl. These sessions also have a "polish" to them. Hank is great, as usual. The last few years these have been the Mobleys I reach for. And with the new reissues from Japan they sound better than ever imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 "Thinking of Home" was quite good, I took it out from the public library in Binghamton years ago, though I don't remember much of the album, other than it was more expansive in Mobley's language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 Caddy for Daddy was my first, love 'em all, almost - including Reach Out, except the last one on Cobblestone. I like that Cobblestone one. There's some very nice unaccompanied solo stuff somewhere in there, if I remember it right. MG You remembered right. I listened to this session for the very first time yesterday, after reading this thread. On Summertime Mobley plays some stuff that is on an unaccompanied solo tangent. This is very brittle stuff. I'm very glad to have been made aware of this album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 Mobley sounds great on this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 This thread made me pull out "Breakthrough" - it dawned on me that this album may have been the first time I ever heard Mobley. I bought it for Walton, whom I had seen live at the time. I can't remember what impression he made on me, but know that I really fell in love with his playing when I heard "Soul Station" some time later. To read that he was only 41 in 1972 when he practically was at the end of his career gives me goosebumps ..... "This is very brittle stuff." very nicely describes that music ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 (edited) Been listening to quite a bit of Mobley recently Not loving Peckin Time - seems like very rote late 50's date with a not fully formed Lee Morgan and an unimpressive very young Charlie Persip on drums I think he is great on Drew's Undercurrent - plus Freddie is great as is Louis Hayes Edited August 4, 2013 by Steve Reynolds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 peckin time was the end of an era! never would be the same after that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 Undercurrent I remember as most excellent, Peckin' Time I have no strong memory of at all. It's never the same again after any moment in time, each and every one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 It´s strange, I always thought it´s my fault that I don´t like Peckin ´Time as much as I like other Mobley albums. Havent listened to it for quite a long time. Want to give it a try again..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Damn Dippin' is stellar..... 2nd spin of the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesbed Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Mobley? That guy bores me to death. Listen to Kenny G instead! Yessir! The G-Mobe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milestones Posted August 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 I recently had a listen of Peckin' Time and I have time to say I'm among those not impressed. But I have pretty much been hearing for the first time such records as No Time for Squares, Roll Call, Soul Station, and the 1955 Mobley quartet with Silver and Blakey. That's some really fine stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Found this on the nachosphere: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Weiss Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) That's from Nica's "Three Wishes" book. I wonder if that picture was taken in Slugs'. Edited October 1, 2014 by Michael Weiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Found this on the nachosphere: nice coat 'n tie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat5 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Someone gave me that book a month ago. Also 'Walking Tall' a Cannonball Adderley bio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 thanks for the reminder on that book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 peckin time was the end of an era! never would be the same after that! Charm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Lately I've been really enjoying hank as composer. Slice dippin third season come immediately to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holy Ghost Posted May 14, 2022 Report Share Posted May 14, 2022 Soul Station, Roll Call, Straight No Filter...Wayne Shorter and Hank do have a lot in common: great composers and players, albeit their own styles and education. Love every single record Hank cut for BN (leader and sideman) and plus. Great composer, unique sound and style. One of my top five favorites. Forgot Dippin' A beauty!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holy Ghost Posted May 14, 2022 Report Share Posted May 14, 2022 13 minutes ago, Holy Ghost said: Soul Station, Roll Call, Straight No Filter...Wayne Shorter and Hank do have a lot in common: great composers and players, albeit their own styles and education. Love every single record Hank cut for BN (leader and sideman) and plus. Great composer, unique sound and style. One of my top five favorites. Forgot Dippin' A beauty!!! And the albums left in the can: Slice, Third Season, Poppin', Curtain Call, Thinking of Home...very good, if not very very good. No waste to be had there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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