Review
by Thom Jurek
The
Hank Mobley of the Turnaround album was a markedly different one from a
few years earlier. This session issued in early 1965 was the product of
two different sessions. The first was in March of 1963, immediately
after Mobley left the Miles Davis band. Those recordings produced "East
of the Village," possibly the greatest example of Mobley's "round tone"
on record, and the other was "The Good Life," a ballad. The rest was
recorded nearly two years later in February of 1965. The title cut was
produced here -- an Alfred Lion answer to Lee Morgan's "Sidewinder,"
which was burning up the charts -- as well as the beautiful "Pat 'n'
Chat," with "Straight Ahead" and "My Sin" rounding out the program. On
the earlier material, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren, and
Philly Jo Jones helped Mobley out, and on the latter it was Freddie
Hubbard, Barry Harris, Paul Chambers, and Billy Higgins. In each case,
there were alumnus members of the Miles band Mobley had played in. The
main thing about "East of the Village" is the striking difference
between the gorgeous melding of Latin and post-bop, straight-ahead
rhythms, and the easy, loping blues feel that is cheered on by Jones.
This track contains one of Mobley's most memorable solos. On the title
track and "Pat 'n' Chat," there are elongated blues structures; in the
former -- it is an unusual 18 bar figure -- and in the latter, there is
the major 44 bar pattern that sounds like a blues with a bridge when the
AABA pattern is invoked. Here is the evolution of Mobley's tone in full
flower, all but gone is the rounded, warm sound, and in its place is a
shorter, declarative, bluesier tone with real bite that is perfect for
pianists like Harris, who were used to the deeper funk of the Detroit
sound. In all this is a solid date, despite its time lapse, and one that
gives us a solid picture of the two Mobleys.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-turnaround%21-mw0000100804
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Reseña
por Thom Jurek
El
Hank Mobley del álbum Turnaround era uno marcadamente diferente al de
unos años antes. Esta sesión publicada a principios de 1965 fue el
producto de dos sesiones diferentes. La primera tuvo lugar en marzo de
1963, inmediatamente después de que Mobley abandonara la banda de Miles
Davis. Esas grabaciones produjeron "East of the Village", posiblemente
el mayor ejemplo del "tono redondo" de Mobley en disco, y la otra fue
"The Good Life", una balada. El resto se grabó casi dos años después, en
febrero de 1965. La canción que da título al disco se grabó aquí, una
respuesta de Alfred Lion a "Sidewinder" de Lee Morgan, que estaba
arrasando en las listas de éxitos, así como la hermosa "Pat 'n' Chat",
con "Straight Ahead" y "My Sin" completando el programa. En el primer
material, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren y Philly Jo Jones
ayudaron a Mobley, y en el segundo, Freddie Hubbard, Barry Harris, Paul
Chambers y Billy Higgins. En todos los casos, había antiguos miembros de
la banda de Miles en la que Mobley había tocado. Lo más destacado de
"East of the Village" es la sorprendente diferencia entre la magnífica
fusión de ritmos latinos y post-bop, directos, y el blues fácil y flojo
que anima Jones. Este tema contiene uno de los solos más memorables de
Mobley. En el tema que da título al disco y en "Pat 'n' Chat", hay
estructuras alargadas de blues; en el primero, una figura inusual de 18
compases, y en el segundo, el patrón mayor de 44 compases que suena como
un blues con puente cuando se invoca el patrón AABA. Aquí está la
evolución del tono de Mobley en toda su plenitud, casi desaparecido el
sonido redondeado y cálido, y en su lugar hay un tono más corto,
declarativo y bluesero con verdadero mordiente que es perfecto para
pianistas como Harris, acostumbrado al funk más profundo del sonido de
Detroit. En conjunto, se trata de una fecha sólida, a pesar de su lapso
de tiempo, y que nos ofrece una imagen sólida de los dos Mobleys.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-turnaround%21-mw0000100804
1 - Pat 'N Chat - 6:25
2 - Third Time Around - 6:19
3 - Hank's Waltz - 7:38
4 - The Turnaround - 8:16
5 - Straight Ahead - 7:00
6 - My Sin - 6:52
Credits:
Bass – Paul Chambers
Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
Drums – Billy Higgins
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Francis Wolff
Piano – Barry Harris
Producer – Alfred Lion
Producer [For Release] – Michael Cuscuna
Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley
Transferred By [Digital Transfers] – Ron McMaster
Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard
Written-By – H. Mobley*
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 4, 1965.
Label: Blue Note – BST-84186
Country: US
Released: 1965
Genre: Jazz
Style: Hard Bop
https://www.discogs.com/release/1768678-Hank-Mobley-The-Turnaround
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