Late Show – Hank Mobley

The full combo arrangement is available at ejazzlines.com. Hank Mobley's transcribed Tenor Sax Solo is available here. Click the Solos tab to hear an excerpt.

On December 2, 1955, Hank and the rhythm section of Silver, Watkins and Blakey were in Cambridge, Massachusetts, playing on a Donald Byrd session for the Transition label. Hank introduced two new compositions on that date, which on that recording are labeled simply Hank's Tune and Hank's Other Tune. Hank's Tune will require a whole separate discussion at another time, but Hank reworked Hank's Other Tune and later recorded it as Late Show, on the April 6, 1956, recording featured here.

Recorded Arrangement: This is a real band piece, with lots of rhythm section involvement and a drum shout chorus, etc. We therefore feel a full score and parts are necessary, so this quintet arrangement is available at ejazzlines.com.

Transcribed Tenor Sax Solo: Hank is the second soloist on the recording. Our audio clip starts on the downbeat of Hank's tenor chorus, and you hear Donald Byrd's last two solo notes before Hank takes off for his three choruses. There's a double time romp in the middle of the second chorus. As with our other solo transcriptions, we're also making a C treble clef edition available, and Hank's articulations are notated on both.