No Room For Squares Hank Mobley
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Album-Release:
1963
HRA-Release:
09.01.2014
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- 1 Three Way Split 07:50
- 2 Carolyn 05:32
- 3 Up A Step 08:33
- 4 No Room For Squares 06:57
- 5 Me 'N You 07:18
- 6 Old World, New Imports 06:08
Info for No Room For Squares
One of Mobley's best, this album features two 1963 all-star quintets: one with Lee Morgan and Andrew Hill, the other with Donald Byrd and Herbie Hancock. Philly Joe Jones is the driving force throughout.
The album is a fierce session of modal hardbop numbers, of the sort that Mobley was perfecting during this key point in his career. Lee Morgan’s on trumpet, and pianist Andrew Hill makes a rare “straight” appearance on the album. Titles include “Up A Step”, “Me N You”, “Three Way Split”, “Carolyn”, and the classic “No Room For Squares”.
'...Crucial listening....combining two 1963 sessions....The paunchy-but-polished Blue Note sound prevails...and Mobley's long, impeccable solo on the opening 'Three Way Split' remains a career highlight.' (Q-magazine)
„The modal tunes “Up a Step” and “No Room for Squares” both swing infectiously with Mobley in sharp form. His tenure with Miles Davis surely helped spark these numbers, and notice how Hank teases so much out of just a handful of pitches in the first bars of his “Squares” solo. He’s just as hip when surfing standard chord changes in “Three Way Split” and “Old World, New Imports”, two upbeat tunes in which Philly Joe also distinguishes himself. The ballad feature is “Carolyn”, a pretty if not especially deep Morgan composition with nice sax counterlines. The album makes room for one square in Morgan’s “Me ‘n You”, a corny boogaloo that doesn’t match the tone of the other pieces. Nonetheless, “Three Way Split”, “Up a Step”, and “No Room for Squares” earn the disc an enthusiastic endorsement.“ (www.jazzshelf.org)
Hank Mobley, tenor saxophone
Lee Morgan, trumpet
Donald Byrd, trumpet
Andrew Hill, piano
Herbie Hancock, piano
John Ore, bass
Butch Warren, bass
Philly Joe Jones, drums
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 7 and October 2, 196
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Produced by Alfred Lion
Digitally remastered using 24-bit technology by Rudy Van Gelder (2000, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey).
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