Hank Mobley
Tenor Sax Solo on
Split Feelin's

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Hank Mobley's tenor sax solo opens the improvised portion of this recording, followed by Wynton Kelly on piano. Spanning three choruses of the 32-bar AABA form at an up-tempo 221 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 1:45. The tune is a contrafact based on the chord changes of "I Got Rhythm." Pianist Wynton Kelly follows with two hard-swinging choruses that demonstrate his encyclopedic command of the bebop piano tradition, his rhythmically inventive comping and soloing complementing Mobley's approach perfectly. 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.