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Workout (album)

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Released
  
March 1962

Length
  
51:48 (2014 SHM-CD)

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Blue NoteBST 84080

Recorded
  
March 26, 1961Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Workout is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note label in 1962. It features performances by Mobley, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Grant Green and Philly Joe Jones. The album was identified by Scott Yanow in his Allmusic essay "Hard Bop" as one of 17 Essential Hard Bop Recordings. In October 2014, it was released in Japan on SHM-CD, featuring a previously unissued take of "Three Coins in the Fountain".

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Hank Mobley except as indicated
  1. "Workout" - 10:00
  2. "Uh Huh" - 10:43
  3. "Smokin'" - 7:30
  4. "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (Brown, DeSylva, Henderson) - 5:18
  5. "Greasin' Easy" - 6:58
  6. "Three Coins in the Fountain" (Cahn, Styne) - 5:31 Bonus track on CD
  7. "Three Coins in the Fountain" (Cahn, Styne) - 4:48 Bonus track on 2014 SHM-CD

Personnel

  • Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone
  • Grant Green — guitar
  • Wynton Kelly — piano
  • Paul Chambers — bass
  • Philly Joe Jones — drums

    • References

    Workout (album) Wikipedia
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