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Hank Mobley: Mobley’s 2nd Message

In May 1957, “Prestige” label released “Mobley’s 2nd Message”, the fourth Hank Mobley album. It was recorded in July 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Dorham – trumpet
  • Walter Bishop – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • David Cheppa – lacquer cut
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes
  • Bob Weinstock – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Hank Mobley, except where noted.

  1. These Are the Things I Love – Harold Barlow, Lew Harris
  2. Message from the Border
  3. Xlento
  4. The Latest
  5. I Should Care – Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
  6. Crazeology – Benny Harris

Al Cohn: Cohn On The Saxophone

In February 1957, “Dawn” label released “Cohn on the Saxophone”, the tenth Al Cohn album. It was recorded in September 1956, at “Webster Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Chuck Darwin.

Personnel:

  • Al Cohn – tenor saxophone
  • Frank Rehak – trombone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Milt Hinton – bass
  • Osie Johnson – drums
  • Fran Scott Studio – design
  • Gary Kramer – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Al Cohn except where noted.

  1. We Three – Nelson Cogane, Sammy Mysels, Dick Robertson
  2. Idaho – Jesse Stone
  3. The Things I Love – Harold Barlow, Lew Harris
  4. Singing The Blues – J. Russel Robinson, Con Conrad, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young
  5. Be Loose
  6. When Day Is Done – Buddy DeSylva, Robert Katscher
  7. Good Old Blues
  8. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  9. Abstract of You
  10. Blue Lou – Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson