Hank Mobley

tenor saxophone · 1930–1986 · Eastman (Georgia)

Tenor saxophonist with a relaxed, melodic style, nicknamed the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone" by Leonard Feather. A mainstay of Blue Note in the 1950s and 1960s, he played with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and briefly with Miles Davis in 1961.

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Styles

• Hard bop
• Soul jazz, boogaloo

Landmark tracks

• Soul Station (1960)

Sources

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