This CD is a straight reissue of a
Hank Mobley LP that features the "Who's Who" of late-'50s hard bop: the tenor-leader, vibraphonist
Milt Jackson, pianist
Horace Silver, bassist
Doug Watkins and drummer
Art Blakey. The quintet performs five
Mobley compositions (best is the lyrical "Mobley's Musings"), songs that are generally more interesting for their chord changes than for their melodies, which is probably why none of them became standards. One's attention is constantly drawn to the inventive solos and
Art Blakey's roaring "accompaniment." An above-average effort from some of the best. ~ Scott Yanow