Hank Mobley
Tenor Sax Solo on
If I Should Lose You

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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 ABAC form at a medium-up 179 BPM with a swing feel in F, the solo runs approximately 2:09. Pianist Wynton Kelly follows with two swinging choruses that complement Mobley's style without imitating it, his bluesy touch and rhythmic snap adding a different color to the performance. "If I Should Lose You" is a swinging reading of Ralph Rainger's standard from Hank Mobley's 1960 Blue Note masterpiece 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.