Hank Mobley: Hank (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) 1LP ETJS-64.2 Spirit of the Forest

Spirit of the Forest

Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas focused solely on traditional hymns which was quite the juxtaposition from her Swinging Christmas album on Verve earlier in the decade

and the Turtle Island String Quartet

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” Assured musical accompaniment comes from Molly’s three-piece band

Hank Mobley: Hank (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) 1LP ETJS-64.2 Spirit of the ForestBlue Note, 1957 Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley made his first appearance on Blue Note Records in 1954 as a member of The Jazz Messengers under the leadership of Horace Silver and began leading his own dates the following year marking the start of a fruitful 15 year run on the label. Mobley was still establishing his unique identity as an improvisor with a lyrical, swinging style and as a composer of note on his early Blue Note sides including the 1957