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- 1
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- My Groove, Your Move
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1930-07-07
- Active to
- 1986-05-30
hard bopjazzsoul jazz
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Henry (Hank) Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to describe his tone that was neither as aggressive as John Coltrane nor as mellow as Stan Getz. His style was laid-back, subtle and melodic, especially in contrast with players like Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane, and it took many jazz connoisseurs until after his d
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Eastman
- Place of death
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Genre
- hard bop
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Prestige
- Official website
- www.hankmobley.net
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- Commons category
- Hank Mobley
- date of birth
- 1930-07-07
- date of death
- 1986-05-30
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- start of work period
- 1949-00-00
- birth name
- Henry Mobley
- name in native language
- Hank Mobley
- end of work period
- 1986-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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