Hank Mobley
Tenor Sax Solo on
Smoke Stack

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Hank Mobley's tenor sax solo is the 4th of 7 solos on this recording, following Lee Morgan's trumpet and followed by John Coltrane on tenor sax. Spanning eight choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a bright 241 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 1:38. Hank Mobley contributes eight choruses of tenor saxophone in his characteristically smooth, melodic style. Hank Mobley was 26 to 27 years old at the time of this 1957 recording. "Smoke Stack" is a twelve-bar blues composed by tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin for his 1957 Blue Note album A Blowing Session.

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