Workout (album)

Workout
Studio album by Hank Mobley
Released	1961
Recorded	March 26, 1961
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:53
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Alfred Lion
Hank Mobley chronology
Roll Call (1960) Workout (1961) Another Workout (1961)

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Workout is an album by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley released on the Blue Note label in 1961. 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 the 17 Essential Hard Bop Recordings.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Workout" - 10:00
2. "Uh Huh" - 10:45
3. "Smokin'" - 7:28
4. "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (Brown, DeSylva, Henderson) - 5:16
5. "Greasin' Easy" - 6:59
6. "Three Coins in the Fountain" (Cahn, Styne) - 5:25 Bonus track on CD

All compositions by Hank Mobley except as indicated

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 26, 1961

Personnel

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

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