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Artist:	MOBLEY/LEE MORGAN, HANK
Title:	Peckin' Time
Label:	BLUE NOTE
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	BLP 1574LP

Exact repro reissue, originally released in 1958. "Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley was overshadowed by more influential tenors such as Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane during his career, but although he wasn't deliberately flashy or particularly innovative, his concisely measured, round sax tone made him the perfect ensemble player and he was a fine writer, as well, a talent who has often been undervalued and overlooked. The Peckin' Time session was recorded February 9, 1958 (the LP was issued a year later) and came in the midst of what was a period of whirlwind creativity for Mobley... For this session, Mobley found himself working with a young Lee Morgan on trumpet and in front of a fluid rhythm section that included pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Charlie Persip, and it's solid stuff, bright and always energetic. All but one of the tracks, a rendering of Kurt Weill's 'Speak Low,' were written by Mobley, and again, his hidden strength was always his writing, and it should probably come as no surprise that the best two tracks here, the title tune 'Peckin' Time' and the wonderful 'Stretchin' Out,' were both penned by Mobley." -- All Music Guide

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