Hank Mobley

Hank Mobley (born July 7, 1930, Eastman, Georgia, U.S.—died May 30, 1986, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American lyric jazz tenor saxophonist. Noted for his melodic fluency and rhythmic sophistication, the prolific Mobley was important in defining the hard-bop idiom. Mobley began playing tenor saxophone as a New Jersey teenager and gained experience in the bands of Max Roach (1951–53) and Dizzy Gillespie (1954). Lester Young and especially Charlie Parker were important early influences, though by...