One of the best-ever Hank Mobley albums on Blue Note – and a killer batch of soulful hardbop that was cut right around the same time as the classic No Room For
Squares LP. In fact, the album contains work from 2 different sessions that filtered over to the
Squares album – one that featured Mobley with Freddie Hubbard, Barry Harris, Paul Chambers, and Billy Higgins; and another that included Herbie Hancock, Donald Byrd, Butch Warren, and Philly Joe Jones. The work is incredibly sharp – with that wonderful mix of soul jazz, hardbop, and nascent spiritualism that Mobley brought to his best work of the 60s. Titles include "My Sin", "Straight Ahead", "The Turnaround", and "East Of The
Village".
(Mono New York pressing with Van Gelder stamp and ear. Cover has two cutout holes at the top right, some ring and edge wear, yellowing from age, splitting in the bottom seam, and a vintage price sticker in back. Label on Side 1 is peeled a bit.)