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Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan
Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan
Studio album by the Hank Mobley Sextet
Released	Mid March 1957
Recorded	November 25, 1956
Studio	Van Gelder Studio; Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:18
Label	Blue Note; BLP 1540
Producer	Alfred Lion
The Hank Mobley Sextet chronology

Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan, also known as Hank Mobley Sextet, is an album by American jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on November 25, 1956 and released on Blue Note the following year. The sextet features trumpeters Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan, backed by rhythm section Horace Silver, Paul Chambers, and Charli Persip.

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
DownBeat	^[3]
AllMusic	^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Hank Mobley

Side 1

"Touch and Go" – 9:18
"Double Whammy" – 8:12

Side 2

"Barrel of Funk" – 11:21
"Mobleymania" – 8:27

CD reissue bonus track

"Barrel of Funk" (alternate take) – 11:16

Personnel

Hank Mobley Sextet

Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
Donald Byrd – trumpet
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Horace Silver – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Charlie Persip – drums

Technical personnel

Alfred Lion – producer
Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
Reid Miles – design
Francis Wolff – photography
Leonard Feather – liner notes

References

^ Billboard Mar 30, 1957
^ ^a ^b Allmusic Review accessed September 19, 2011
^ DownBeat: May 2, 1957 Vol. 24, No. 9

[1] Billboard Mar 30, 1957

[Allmusic-2] Allmusic Review accessed September 19, 2011

[3] DownBeat: May 2, 1957 Vol. 24, No. 9

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v t e Hank Mobley
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except for the compilation section
As leader or co-leader	Newark 1953 (1953 [2012]) Hank Mobley Quartet (1955) The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley (1956) Mobley's Message (Prestige, 1956) Mobley's 2nd Message (Prestige, 1956) Jazz Message No. 2 (Savoy, 1956) Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Hank Mobley and His All Stars (1957) Hank Mobley Quintet (1957) Hank (1957) Hank Mobley (1957) Curtain Call (1957) Poppin' (1957) Peckin' Time (1958) Monday Night at Birdland (1958) Another Monday Night at Birdland (1959) Soul Station (1960) Roll Call (1960) Workout (1961) Another Workout (1961) No Room for Squares (1963) Straight No Filter (1963–65) The Turnaround! (1964) Dippin' (1965) A Caddy for Daddy (1965) A Slice of the Top (1966) Far Away Lands (1967) Third Season (1967) Hi Voltage (1967) Reach Out! (1968) The Flip (1969) Thinking of Home (1970) Breakthrough! (1972)
With others	At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 ( Art Blakey/ The Jazz Messengers, 1955) At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1955) The Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey, 1956) Originally (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956 [1982]) At the Jazz Corner of the World (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1959) All Night Long ( Kenny Burrell, 1956) K.B. Blues (1957 [1979]) Byrd's Eye View ( Donald Byrd, 1955) Byrd in Flight (Donald Byrd, 1960) A New Perspective (1963) Mustang! (Donald Byrd, 1966) Blackjack (Donald Byrd, 1967) Dial "S" for Sonny ( Sonny Clark, 1957) My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1957) Someday My Prince Will Come ( Miles Davis, 1961) In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete (Miles Davis, 1961) Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall (1961) Afro-Cuban ( Kenny Dorham, 1955) Whistle Stop (Kenny Dorham, 1961) This Is New ( Kenny Drew, 1957) Undercurrent (Kenny Drew, 1960) Farmer's Market ( Art Farmer, 1956) The Opener ( Curtis Fuller, 1957) Sliding Easy (Curtis Fuller, 1959) Afro ( Dizzy Gillespie, 1954) Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954) Jazz Recital (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954–55) I Want to Hold Your Hand ( Grant Green, 1965) A Blowin' Session ( Johnny Griffin, 1957) My Point of View ( Herbie Hancock, 1963) Informal Jazz ( Elmo Hope, 1956) Goin' Up ( Freddie Hubbard, 1960) Blue Spirits (Freddie Hubbard, 1965) The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (1955) Together! ( Elvin Jones and Philly Joe Jones, 1961) Midnight Walk (Elvin Jones, 1966) I Wanna Talk About You ( Tete Montoliu, 1980) Introducing Lee Morgan (1956) Lee Morgan Sextet (1956) Cornbread ( Lee Morgan, 1965) Charisma (1966) The Rajah (1966) Tenor Conclave (Prestige All Stars, 1957) Star Bright ( Dizzy Reece, 1959) The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956) Good Move! ( Freddie Roach 1963) The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953) Max Roach + 4 (1956) The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957) MAX ( Max Roach, 1958) Yasmina, a Black Woman ( Archie Shepp, 1969) Poem for Malcolm (Archie Shepp, 1969) Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1954–55) Silver's Blue ( Horace Silver, 1956) 6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58) The Stylings of Silver (Horace Silver, 1957) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957) Julius Watkins Sextet (1955)
Compilations	The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions (1998) The Feelin's Good (2013)
Related articles	Discography

v t e Donald Byrd
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader	Byrd's Eye View (1955) Byrd Jazz (1955) Byrd's Word (1955) Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill (1956) 2 Trumpets (with Art Farmer, 1956) The Young Bloods (with Phil Woods, 1956) Jazz Eyes (and John Jenkins ao, 1957) Fuego (1959) Byrd in Flight (1960) Free Form (1961) A New Perspective (1963) I'm Tryin' to Get Home (1964) Up with Donald Byrd (1964) Mustang! (1966) Blackjack (1967) Slow Drag (1967) Fancy Free (1969) Kofi (1969–70) Ethiopian Knights (1971) Black Byrd (1972) Street Lady (1973) Stepping into Tomorrow (1974) Places and Spaces (1975) Caricatures (1976) Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) (1978) Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. (1979) Love Byrd (1981) Words, Sounds, Colors and Shapes (1982) Harlem Blues (1987) Getting Down to Business (1989) A City Called Heaven (1991)
With Pepper Adams	10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (1958) Off to the Races (1959) Byrd in Hand (1959) At the Half Note Cafe (1960) Motor City Scene (1960) Out of This World (1961) Chant (1961) The Cat Walk (1961) Royal Flush (1961) The Creeper (1967) Electric Byrd (1970)
With The Jazz Messengers	The Jazz Messengers (1956) Originally (1956) Art Blakey Big Band (1957) Holiday for Skins (2 volumes, 1958)
With Gigi Gryce	At Newport (and Cecil Taylor, 1957) Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet ( Riverside, 1957) Jazz Lab (Columbia album) (1957) Jazz Lab (Jubilee album) (1957 [1958]) Modern Jazz Perspective (with Jackie Paris, 1957) New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (1957)
With Jackie McLean	Lights Out! (1956) 4, 5 and 6 (1956) New Soil (1959) Jackie's Bag (1959) Vertigo (1963)
With Hank Mobley	The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley (Savoy, 1956) Mobley's Message (Prestige, 1956) Jazz Message No. 2 (Savoy, 1957) Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Hank (1957) No Room for Squares (1963) Straight No Filter (1963) The Turnaround! (1963) Far Away Lands (1967)
With others	Discoveries/ Presenting Cannonball Adderley ( Cannonball Adderley, 1955) Jammin' with Gene ( Gene Ammons, 1956) All Night Long ( Kenny Burrell, 1956) All Day Long (Kenny Burrell, 1957) 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957) Whims of Chambers ( Paul Chambers, 1956) Paul Chambers Quintet (1957) Sonny's Crib ( Sonny Clark, 1957) My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1959) Bohemia After Dark ( Kenny Clarke, 1955) Lush Life ( John Coltrane, 1957–58) The Believer (John Coltrane, 1957–58) The Last Trane (John Coltrane, 1957–58) Black Pearls (John Coltrane, 1957–58) Davis Cup ( Walter Davis Jr., 1959) Wailing With Lou ( Lou Donaldson, 1957) Lou Takes Off (Lou Donaldson, 1957) This Is New ( Kenny Drew, 1957) All Mornin' Long ( Red Garland, 1957) Soul Junction (Red Garland, 1957) High Pressure (Red Garland, 1957) One Flight Up ( Dexter Gordon, 1964) Ladybird (Dexter Gordon, 1965) Snap Your Fingers ( Al Grey, 1962) Johnny Griffin Sextet (1958) Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 ( Guru, 1993) Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (Guru, 1994–95) My Point of View ( Herbie Hancock, 1993) Tone Tantrum (Gene Harris, 1977) Swamp Seed ( Jimmy Heath, 1963) Informal Jazz ( Elmo Hope, 1956) African High Life ( Solomon Ilori, 1963) Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 ( Ahmad Jamal, 1994 or 1995) Quartet-Quintet ( Hank Jones, 1955) Bluebird (Hank Jones, 1955) TV Action Jazz! ( Mundell Lowe, 1959) The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959) Goin' Out of My Head ( Wes Montgomery, 1965) Hush! ( Duke Pearson, 1962) Wahoo! (Duke Pearson, 1964) Another One/Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 (1955) Winner's Circle ( Oscar Pettiford, et al, 1957) Blues in Trinity ( Dizzy Reece, 1958) The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956) Dimensions & Extensions ( Sam Rivers, 1967) Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 (1956) Don't Stop the Carnival ( Sonny Rollins, 1978) Silver's Blue ( Horace Silver, 1956) 6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957) Taylor's Wailers ( Art Taylor, 1957) Soul Sauce ( Cal Tjader, 1964) A Bluish Bag ( Stanley Turrentine, 1967) Top Brass ( Ernie Wilkins, 1955) Pairing Off ( Phil Woods, 1956)

v t e Lee Morgan
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956) Introducing Lee Morgan (1956) Lee Morgan Sextet (1956) Dizzy Atmosphere (1957) Lee Morgan Vol. 3 (1957) City Lights (1957) The Cooker (1957) Candy (1957–58) Peckin' Time (1958) Monday Night at Birdland (1958) Another Monday Night at Birdland (1959) Here's Lee Morgan (1960) Lee-Way (1960) Expoobident (1960) The Young Lions (1960) Take Twelve (1962) The Sidewinder (1963) Search for the New Land (1964) Tom Cat (1964) Cornbread (1965) Infinity (1965) The Gigolo (1965) The Night of the Cookers (with Freddie Hubbard, 1965) The Rumproller (1965) Delightfulee (1966) Charisma (1966) The Rajah (1966) Standards (1967) Sonic Boom (1967) The Procrastinator (1967–69) The Sixth Sense (1967) Taru (1968) Caramba! (1968) Live at the Lighthouse (1970) The Last Session (1971)
With Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Theory of Art (aka, A Night in Tunisia, 1957) Drums Around the Corner (1958–59) Moanin' (1958) 1958 – Paris Olympia (1958) Des Femmes Disparaissent (1958) Les Liaisons dangereuses (1958) Africaine (1959) At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959) Paris Jam Session (1959) The Big Beat (1960) A Night in Tunisia (1960) Like Someone in Love (1960) Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World (1960) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961) The Freedom Rider (1961) The Witch Doctor (1961) Roots & Herbs (1961) Pisces (1961–64) Indestructible (1964) Golden Boy (1964) 'S Make It (1964) Soul Finger (1965) Hold On, I'm Coming (1965)
With Hank Mobley	Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Jazz Message No. 2 (1956) No Room for Squares (1963) Dippin' (1965) A Caddy for Daddy (1965) A Slice of the Top (1966) Straight No Filter (1966) Third Season (1967)
With others	Minor Move ( Tina Brooks, 1958) Blue Train ( John Coltrane, 1957) Intensity ( Charles Earland, 1972) Charles III (Charles Earland, 1972) Brass Shout ( Art Farmer, 1959) Sliding Easy ( Curtis Fuller, 1959) The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (1959) Images of Curtis Fuller (1960) Dizzy in Greece ( Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Birks' Works (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Benny Golson and the Philadelphians ( Benny Golson, 1958) A Blowin' Session ( Johnny Griffin, 1957) Mode for Joe ( Joe Henderson, 1966) Last Chorus ( Ernie Henry, 1957) Grass Roots ( Andrew Hill, 1968) Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969) Flute-In ( Bobbi Humphrey, 1971) The Prime Element ( Elvin Jones, 1969) Drums Around the World ( Philly Joe Jones, 1959) The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (1959) Cliff Jordan ( Clifford Jordan, 1957) Kelly Great ( Wynton Kelly, 1959) Greasy Kid Stuff! ( Harold Mabern, 1970) Jacknife ( Jackie McLean, 1965) Consequence (Jackie McLean, 1965) Evolution ( Grachan Moncur, 1963) Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959) Night Dreamer ( Wayne Shorter, 1964) House Party ( Jimmy Smith, 1957–58) The Sermon! (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58) Mr. Natural ( Stanley Turrentine, 1964) Tender Moments ( McCoy Tyner, 1967) Easterly Winds ( Jack Wilson, 1967) Mother Ship ( Larry Young, 1969) Love Bug ( Reuben Wilson, 1969)
Discography

v t e Horace Silver
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
Blue Note albums	New Faces New Sounds (Introducing the Horace Silver Trio) (1952)/ Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey-Sabu (1952–53) Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1954–55) 6 Pieces of Silver (1956–58) The Stylings of Silver (1957) Further Explorations (1958) Live at Newport '58 (1958) Finger Poppin' with the Horace Silver Quintet (1959) Blowin' the Blues Away (1959) Horace-Scope (1960) Doin' the Thing (1961) The Tokyo Blues (1962) Silver's Serenade (1963) Song for My Father (1963–64) The Cape Verdean Blues (1965) The Jody Grind (1966) Serenade to a Soul Sister (1968) You Gotta Take a Little Love (1969) That Healin' Feelin', The United States of Mind, Phase 1 (1970) Total Response, The United States of Mind, Phase 2 (1970–71) All, The United States of Mind, Phase 3 (1972) The United States of Mind (compilation of the 3 'Phase' albums, 1970–72) In Pursuit of the 27th Man (1972) Silver 'n Brass (1975) Silver 'n Wood (1975–76) Silver 'n Voices (1976) Silver 'n Percussion (1977) Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres (1978–79)
Albums released on other labels	Silver's Blue (1956) Live 1964 (1964) Guides to Growing Up (1981) Spiritualizing the Senses (1983) There's No Need to Struggle (1983) The Continuity of Spirit (1985) Music to Ease Your Disease (1988) Rockin' with Rachmaninoff (1991) It's Got to Be Funky (1993) Pencil Packin' Papa (1994) The Hardbop Grandpop (1996) A Prescription for the Blues (1997) Jazz Has a Sense of Humor (1998)
Art Blakey/ The Jazz Messengers	A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 (1954) At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (1955) At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (1955) The Jazz Messengers (1956) The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956) Originally (1956)
With others	Introducing Nat Adderley (1955) Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver ( Dee Dee Bridgewater, 1994) Byrd's Eye View ( Donald Byrd, 1955) Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956) Bohemia After Dark ( Kenny Clarke, 1955) Al Cohn's Tones ( Al Cohn, 1950) Miles Davis, Volume 3 (1954) Miles Davis Quartet/ Blue Haze/ Miles Davis Quintet/ Miles Davis All-Star Sextet/ Walkin' (1953/54) Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins/ Bags' Groove (1954) Quartet/Quintet/Sextet ( Lou Donaldson, 1952) Afro-Cuban ( Kenny Dorham, 1955) The Art Farmer Septet (1953–54) When Farmer Met Gryce (Art Farmer/ Gigi Gryce, 1955) The Complete Roost Recordings ( Stan Getz, 1950–51) Nica's Tempo (Gigi Gryce, 1955) Disorder at the Border ( Coleman Hawkins, 1952) Milt Jackson Quartet (1955) Plenty, Plenty Soul ( Milt Jackson, 1957) The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 ( J.J. Johnson, 1955) Blowing in from Chicago ( Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore, 1957) Hank Mobley Quartet (1955) Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Hank Mobley and His All Stars (1957) Hank Mobley Quintet (1957) J. R. Monterose (1956) Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956) Lee Morgan Sextet (1956) Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957) Clark Terry (1955)
Selected singles	" Opus de Funk" (1953) " The Preacher"/" Doodlin'" (1955/54) " Señor Blues" (1956) " Sister Sadie" (1959) " Nica's Dream" (1960) " Song for My Father" (1964)
Discography