Thinking of Home

Thinking of Home is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on July 31, 1970 but not released by the Blue Note label until 1980.[1][2] It features performances by Mobley with Woody Shaw, Cedar Walton, Eddie Diehl, Mickey Bass, and Leroy Williams and was Mobley's final recordings for Blue Note, and his 26th album on the label.

Thinking of Home
Studio album by
Hank Mobley
Released1980
RecordedJuly 31, 1970
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length42:55
LabelBlue Note
ProducerDuke Pearson, Francis Wolff
Hank Mobley chronology
The Flip
(1969)		 Thinking of Home
(1980)		 Breakthrough!
(1972)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars and the review by Scott Yanow stated "It is only fitting that Hank Mobley would record one of the last worthwhile Blue Note albums before its artistic collapse (it would not be revived until the 1980s) for his consistent output helped define the label's sound in the 1960s".[3]

On All About Jazz Richton Guy Thomas said "this is a fitting farewell session. It features the powerful trumpet playing of Woody Shaw and the exciting pianist Cedar Walton. Hank Mobley's playing has a fire that ought to remind you of the Jazz Messengers, as it should since he was one of the original members of the group ... Thinking of Home should remind diehard jazz fans (and enlighten those newer to the genre) that Mobley was an innovative and stimulating tenor saxophonist who consistently swung".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Hank Mobley except where noted

  1. "Suite: Thinking of Home/The Flight/Home at Last" - 10:06
  2. "Justine" - 13:04
  3. "You Gotta Hit It" - 5:34
  4. "Gayle's Groove" (Mickey Bass) - 5:33
  5. "Talk About Gittin' It" - 8:38

Personnel

References
  1. Jazzdisco: Hank Mobley Catalog, accessed July 18, 2019
  2. Jazzlists: Hank Mobley discography, accessed July 18, 2019
  3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 13, 2011
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 143. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. Thomas, R. G. All About Jazz Review, accessed July 18, 2019
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