Workout (album)

Workout
Studio album by Hank Mobley
Released	March 1962[1]
Recorded	March 26, 1961 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	51:48 (2014 SHM-CD)
Label	Blue Note BST 84080
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 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 the 17 Essential Hard Bop Recordings.^[3] In October 2014, it was released in Japan on SHM-CD, featuring a previously unissued take of "Three Coins in the Fountain".

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

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