Hank Mobley: Curtain Call (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) LP crate-digging B5: Alfred Lion Interlude

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Hank Mobley: Curtain Call (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) LP crate-digging B5: Alfred Lion InterludeBlue Note, 1984 Its a sign of the sheer volume of top notch hard bop that Blue Note was recording in the 1950s 60s that a supremely swinging date like Hank Mobleys 1957 album Curtain Call would sit in the vaults unreleased until 1984. Mobley himself was in the middle of a particularly prolific streak that year with the tenor saxophonist recording 6 sessions for Blue Note in 1957 alone. This highly enjoyable 6 song set includes 4 Mobley originals