The Birth Of Hard Bop

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2006-20

Labels: Atlantic, Savoy Jazz

Recorded by bands under the leadership of HANK MOBLEY, except for the first three selections on Disc One which are by group led by DONALD BYRD. All sessions originally produced by Ozzie Cadena and recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, N.J.

Note that Mobley appears on all except the first three selections of Disc One, Byrd on all of that disc and the first two tracks of Disc Two; and LEE MORGAN is featured on the last seven selections of Disc Two.

[Disc One] Tracks 1-3 (January 20, 1956 session). Originally issued on Savoy LP MG 12064: "The Jazz Message"
[Disc One] Tracks 4-8 (February 8, 1956 session). Originally issued on MG 12064; alternate of Cattin' on Savoy / Arista SJL 1125: "Hank Mobley Hard Bop"
[Disc One] Tracks 9-12 (July 23, 1956 session) Originally issued on MG 12092: "The Jazz Message # 2 - featuring Hank Mobley"

[Disc Two] Tracks 1, 2 (July 23, 1956 session - continued) Originally issued on MG 12092: "The Jazz Message # 2 - featuring Hank Mobley"
[Disc Two] Tracks 3, 4 (November 5, 1956 session) and tracks 5-9 (November 7, 1956 session)
[Disc Two] First three selections from this session originally issued on MG 12091: "Introducing Lee Morgan with Hank Mobley's Quintet"; selections 6 and 9 on MG 12092: "The Jazz Message #2 - featuring Hank Mobley"; selection 7 on SJL1104: "Lee Morgan / Hank Mobley 'A-1' The Savoy Sessions".