''Mobley's 2nd Message'' is an album by
jazz
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saxophonist
Hank Mobley
Henry "Hank" Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to des ...
, released on the
Prestige
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label in 1957. It was recorded on July 27, 1956, one week after ''
Mobley's Message
''Mobley's Message'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley, released on the Prestige label in 1957. It was recorded on July 20, 1956 and features performances by Mobley, Donald Byrd, Barry Harris, Doug Watkins and Art Taylor, with Jackie M ...
'' (1957), and features performances by Mobley,
Kenny Dorham
McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention or public ...
,
Walter Bishop,
Doug Watkins
Douglas Watkins (March 2, 1934 – February 5, 1962) was an American jazz double bassist. He was best known for being an accompanist to various hard bop artists in the Detroit area, including Donald Byrd and Jackie McLean.
Biography
Watkins ...
and
Art Taylor
Arthur S. Taylor Jr. (April 6, 1929 – February 6, 1995) was an American jazz drummer, who "helped define the sound of modern jazz drumming".Watrous, Peter (February 7, 1995)"Art Taylor, 65, Jazz Drummer Who Inspired Young Musicians" ''The Ne ...
.
Track listing
:''All compositions by Hank Mobley except as indicated''
# "These Are the Things I Love" (
Barlow, Harris) - 6:40
# "Message from the Border" - 6:07
# "Xlento" - 5:39
# "The Latest" - 5:52
# "
I Should Care
"I Should Care" is a popular song with music by Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston and lyrics by Sammy Cahn, published in 1944. Cahn said that the title came to him by the time they played the first 4 bars. It first appeared in the MGM film '' T ...
" (
Cahn
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People with the surname Cahn
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* Anne ...
,
Stordahl,
Weston
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Canada
* Weston, Nova Scotia
* ...
) - 10:04
# "Crazeology" (
Harris
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* Northland Pyrite Mine (also known as Harris Mine)
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Scotland
* Harris, Outer Hebrides (sometimes called the Isle o ...
) - 6:56
Personnel
*
Hank Mobley
Henry "Hank" Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to des ...
- tenor saxophone
*
Kenny Dorham
McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention or public ...
- trumpet
*
Walter Bishop - piano
*
Doug Watkins
Douglas Watkins (March 2, 1934 – February 5, 1962) was an American jazz double bassist. He was best known for being an accompanist to various hard bop artists in the Detroit area, including Donald Byrd and Jackie McLean.
Biography
Watkins ...
- bass
*
Art Taylor
Arthur S. Taylor Jr. (April 6, 1929 – February 6, 1995) was an American jazz drummer, who "helped define the sound of modern jazz drumming".Watrous, Peter (February 7, 1995)"Art Taylor, 65, Jazz Drummer Who Inspired Young Musicians" ''The Ne ...
- drums
References
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Hard bop albums
Hank Mobley albums
1957 albums
Prestige Records albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Albums recorded in a home studio