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Hank Mobley's tenor sax solo opens the improvised portion of this recording, followed by Wynton Kelly on piano. Spanning eight choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a moderate 142 BPM with a swing feel in B♭, the solo runs approximately 2:42. Mobley's warm, rounded tone and smooth phrasing give even his most harmonically adventurous moments an appealing accessibility, embodying the "middleweight champion" reputation that Pat Harris of Down Beat magazine famously bestowed upon him. "Dig Dis" is a medium-tempo blues original by Hank Mobley from his landmark 1960 Blue Note album Soul Station. Hank Mobley was 29 to 30 years old at the time of this 1960 recording.
Hank Mobley was 29 to 30 years old at the time.
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