Birth of Hard Bop

Lee Morgan (Artist), Donald Byrd (Artist), Hank Mobley (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 2000)
• Original Release Date: June 20, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Savoy Jazz
• ASIN: B00004TSCN
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #500,342 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Budo

2. I Married an Angel

3. The Jazz Message

4. There Will Never Be Another You

5. Cattin' [Alternate Take]

6. Cattin' [Original Issue]

7. Madeline

8. When I Fall in Love

9. Space Flight

10. Space Flight

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. B. For B.B.

2. B. For B.B.

3. Hank's Shout

4. Bet

5. Nostalgia

6. Thad's Blues

7. A-1

8. A-1

9. Doug's Minor B' Ok"

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Packed full of gorgeous stuff, August 9, 2003

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B. Sloane "dotalbon" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Birth of Hard Bop (Audio CD)

Disc Two of this 2-CD collection of Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, John LaPorte, and various brilliant rhythm men is highly enjoyable, but it's Disc One that will take over your CD player. I've never heard a better hard bop compilation; both the ballads and the uptempo numbers are superb. I love Hank Mobley and thought I knew most of his compositions, but I'd never heard his "Cattin'" (two different takes included here; the master take is a more finished product) or the gorgeous "Madeline". The Mobley/Byrd rendition of "There Will Never Be Another You" is among the best versions of this great standard, and the slow treatment by Byrd and John LaPorta of "I Married an Angel" is unusual and beautiful. Many of the artists recorded here were in the early stages of tragically short careers; it's poignant to hear them just as they were beginning to come into their own. Thanks to the people at Savoy Records, for making sure their music will always be with us.