Hank Mobley
Tenor Sax Solo on
All The Things You Are

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Hank Mobley's tenor sax solo is the 4th of 6 solos on this recording, following Lee Morgan's trumpet and followed by Wynton Kelly on piano. Spanning two choruses of the 36-bar AABA form at an up-tempo 194 BPM with a swing feel in A♭, the solo runs approximately 1:30. The performance exemplifies the competitive camaraderie that defined the hard bop jam session tradition. Hank Mobley was 26 to 27 years old at the time of this 1957 recording. The show itself, directed by Vincente Minnelli, was a commercial failure that closed after just 59 performances, yet the song outlived it to become one of the most performed standards in jazz.

Hank Mobley was 26 to 27 years old at the time.