This article presents the discography of the American jazz saxophonist and composer Hank Mobley (1930–1986).
As leader/co-leader
Year released LabelCatalog number Title Recording date Credited to Notes 1955 Blue NoteBLP 5066 Hank Mobley Quartet 1955-03-27 10" 1956 Savoy The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley 1956-01, 1956-02 1957 Prestige Mobley's Message 1956-07 1957 Prestige Mobley's 2nd Message 1956-07 1957 Savoy Jazz Message No. 2 1956-07, 1956-11 1957 Blue NoteBLP 1540 Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan 1956-11-25Hank Mobley SextetAKA Hank Mobley Sextet 1957 Blue NoteBLP 1544 Hank Mobley and His All Stars 1957-01-13 1957 Blue NoteBLP 1550 Hank Mobley with Farmer, Silver, Watkins, Blakey 1957-03-08Hank Mobley QuintetAKA Hank Mobley Quintet 1957 Blue NoteBLP 1560 Hank 1957-04-21Hank Mobley Sextet 1958 Blue NoteBLP 1568 Hank Mobley 1957-06-23 1959 Blue NoteBLP 1574 Peckin' Time 1958-02 Hank Mobley–Lee Morgan 1960 Blue NoteBLP 4031 Soul Station 1960-02-07 1961 Blue NoteBLP 4058 Roll Call 1960-11 1962 Blue NoteBLP 4080 Workout 1961-03 1964 Blue NoteBLP 4149 No Room for Squares 1963-03, 1963-10 1965 Blue NoteBLP 4186The Turnaround! 1963-03, 1965-02 1966 Blue NoteBLP 4209 Dippin' 1965-06 1967 Blue NoteBLP 4230 A Caddy for Daddy 1965-12 1968 Blue NoteBST 84273 Hi Voltage 1967-10 1968 Blue NoteBST 84288 Reach Out! 1968-01 1970 Blue NoteBST 84329 The Flip 1969-01 1972 Muse Breakthrough! 1972-02 with Cedar Walton1979Blue Note995A Slice of the Top1963-10, 1965-02, 1966-06(2001)[CD] version includes rec. 1963-031980Blue Note1045Thinking of Home1970-071980Blue Note1081Third Season1967-02LT series1980Blue Note1620Poppin'1957-101984Blue Note1611Curtain Call1957-08Hank Mobley / Sonny Clark1984Blue NoteBST 84425Far Away Lands1967-051985Blue NoteBST 84431Another Workout1961-03, 1961-121986Blue NoteBST 84435Straight No Filter1963-10, 1965-02, 1965-02(2000)[CD] version includes rec. 1963-03
Live albums Year releasedLabelTitleRecording dateCo-leadersNotes1958RouletteMonday Night at Birdland1958-04with Curtis Fuller, Lee Morgan and Billy Root1959RouletteAnother Monday Night at Birdland 2012 Uptown Newark 1953 1953-09
Compilations The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions (Mosaic, 1998) – rec. 1955–58 The Feelin's Good (Blue Note, 2013) – rec. 1963
As sideman
With Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (Blue Note, 1956) – rec. 1955 At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (Blue Note, 1956) – rec. 1955 The Jazz Messengers (Columbia, 1956) Originally (Columbia, 1982) – rec. 1956 Just Coolin (Blue Note, 2020) – rec. 1959 At the Jazz Corner of the World (Blue Note, 1959)
With Kenny Burrell All Night Long (Prestige, 1957) – rec. 1956 K. B. Blues (Blue Note, 1979) – rec. 1957
With Donald Byrd Byrd's Eye View (Transition, 1955) Byrd in Flight (Blue Note, 1960) A New Perspective (Blue Note, 1963) Mustang! (Blue Note, 1966) Blackjack (Blue Note, 1967)
With Sonny Clark Dial "S" for Sonny (Blue Note, 1957) My Conception (Blue Note, 1959)
With Miles Davis Someday My Prince Will Come (Columbia, 1961) Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall (Columbia, 1962) – rec. 1961 The Complete Blackhawk (Sony, 2003) – rec. 1961
With Kenny Dorham Afro-Cuban (Blue Note, 1957) – rec. 1955 Whistle Stop (Blue Note, 1961)
With Kenny Drew This Is New (Riverside, 1957) Undercurrent (Blue Note, 1961) – rec. 1960
With Curtis Fuller The Opener (Blue Note, 1957) Sliding Easy (United Artists, 1959)
With Dizzy Gillespie Afro (Norgran, 1954) Diz and Getz (Verve, 1955) – rec. 1953 Dizzy and Strings (Norgran, 1955) – rec. 1954 Jazz Recital (Norgran, 1956) – rec. 1954–55
With Freddie Hubbard Goin' Up (Blue Note, 1961) – rec. 1960 Blue Spirits (Blue Note, 1967) – rec. 1965–66
With Elvin Jones Together! (Atlantic, 1961) also with Philly Joe Jones Midnight Walk (Atlantic, 1966)
With Lee Morgan Introducing Lee Morgan (Savoy, 1956) Lee Morgan Sextet (Blue Note, 1957) – rec. 1956 Cornbread (Blue Note, 1967) – rec. 1965 Charisma (Blue Note, 1969) – rec. 1966 The Rajah (Blue Note, 1985) – rec. 1966
With Max Roach The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (Debut, 1954) – rec. 1953 MAX (Argo, 1958) The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (EmArcy, 1959) – rec. 1957–58
With Archie Shepp Yasmina, a Black Woman (BYG Actuel, 1969) Poem for Malcolm (BYG, 1969)
With Horace Silver Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (Blue Note, 1956) – rec. 1954–55 Silver's Blue (Epic, 1957) – rec. 1956 6 Pieces of Silver (Blue Note, 1957) – rec. 1956 The Stylings of Silver (Blue Note, 1957)
With Jimmy Smith A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (Blue Note, 1957) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (Blue Note, 1957)
With others John Coltrane, Zoot Sims & Al Cohn, Tenor Conclave (Prestige, 1957) – rec. 1956 Art Farmer, Farmer's Market (New Jazz, 1958) – rec. 1956 Grant Green, I Want to Hold Your Hand (Blue Note, 1966) – rec. 1965 Johnny Griffin, A Blowin' Session (Blue Note, 1957) Herbie Hancock, My Point of View (Blue Note, 1963) Elmo Hope, Informal Jazz (Prestige, 1956) J. J. Johnson, The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1954)[10"] Wynton Kelly, Interpretations (Vee-Jay, 1977) Jackie McLean, 4, 5 and 6 (Prestige, 1956) Tete Montoliu, I Wanna Talk About You (SteepleChase, 1980) Dizzy Reece, Star Bright (Blue Note, 1959) Rita Reys, The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (Colombia, 1956) – rec. 1955–56 Freddie Roach, Good Move! (Blue Note, 1963) Doug Watkins, Watkins at Large (Transition, 1956) Julius Watkins, Julius Watkins Sextet (Blue Note, 1995) – rec. 1954–55
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