Mobley, Hank - A Slice Of The Top (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (180 Gram) NEWW5246.1

Mobley, Hank - A Slice Of The Top (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (180 Gram) NEWW5246.1Hank Mobley was inspired by Birth of the Cool on his 1966 album, A Slice of the Top, featuring Duke Pearson's arrangements for an octet that added euphonium and tuba to a group with James Spaulding (alto sax), Lee Morgan (trumpet), McCoy Tyner (piano), Bob Cranshaw (bass) and Billy Higgins (drums). This Blue Note Tone Poet Series stereo edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g

This set is newly mixed with 12 tracks that didn't appear in the original film

Red Comet Dust

"after he showed me the basics

Come As You Are (Rehearsal)

beautifully complicated Will is the latest proof yet of Barwick's irresistibly engaging talent

Tri Repeate stands tall as one of the most out-there (and if you know what that means

He started studying action movies and their scores for inspiration

" "Midnight Special

While the sounds are steeped in Chicago's post-rock and experimental music scenes

wah-wah guitars and analogue organs on the other

you can hear hints of the drifting ambience they'd perfect in their other band

There's a tension between those sudden things which blindside you and the more glacial