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Peckin' Time

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Released
  
Mid December 1959

Artists
  
Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

Peckin' Time (1958)
  
Soul Station (1960)

Release date
  
1958

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
February 9, 1958 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

Length
  
41:42 original LP 62:16 CD reissue

Peckin' Time (1959)
  
Here's Lee Morgan (1960)

Similar
  
Hank Mobley Sextet, Roll Call, The Complete Blue Note, Another Workout, Hank Mobley Quartet

Peckin' Time is an album credited to saxophonist Hank Mobley and trumpeter Lee Morgan recorded by the Blue Note label on February 9, 1958 and first released as BLP 1574 (mono). It features a quintet comprising Mobley, Morgan, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Charlie Persip.

Contents

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Leggett awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "It all adds up to a fine program, and if Mobley didn't push the envelope a whole lot, his lyrical and economical playing was always appropriate and graceful, and that's certainly the case here."

Track listing

All compositions by Hank Mobley except as indicated
  1. "High and Flighty" - 6:09
  2. "Speak Low" (Nash, Weill) - 7:12
  3. "Peckin' Time" - 6:52
  4. "Stretchin' Out" - 9:04
  5. "Git-Go Blues" - 12:25

Bonus tracks on CD:

  1. "High and Flighty" [Alternate Take] - 6:35
  2. "Speak Low" [Alternate Take] - 7:13
  3. "Stretchin' Out" [Alternate Take] - 6:46

Personnel

  • Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone
  • Lee Morgan - trumpet
  • Wynton Kelly - piano
  • Paul Chambers - bass
  • Charlie Persip - drums
  • Songs

    1High and Flighty6:10
    2Speak Low7:12
    3Peckin' Time6:53

    References

    Peckin' Time Wikipedia