Hank Mobley
Tenor Sax Solo on
Smoke Stack

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Hank Mobley's tenor sax solo is the third of 6 solos on this recording, following Johnny Griffin's tenor sax and followed by Lee Morgan on trumpet. Spanning eight choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at an up-tempo 216 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 1:47. However, the solo sequence then diverges from the master take, with Hank Mobley taking eight choruses before Lee Morgan's ten trumpet choruses. 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.