Straight No Filter is an album

Album

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 by jazz

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 saxophonist Hank Mobley

Hank Mobley

Henry Mobley was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to describe his tone that was neither as aggressive as John Coltrane nor as mellow as Stan Getz...

 released on the Blue Note

Blue Note Records

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 label. It features performances recorded at four different sessions from 1963 to 1966.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. awarded the album 4.5 stars stating "Straight No Filter will be welcomed by Mobley's fans and lovers of hard bop. It shouldn't be missed.".

Track listing

1. "Straight No Filter" - 5:56
2. "Chain Reaction" - 11:00
3. "Soft Impressions" - 4:46
4. "Third Time Around" - 6:23
5. "Hank's Waltz" - 7:41
6. "Syrup and Biscuits" - 5:34
7. "Comin' Back" - 6:24
8. "The Feelin's Good" - 5:38
9. "Yes Indeed" (Oliver
   Sy Oliver
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   ) - 5:34

All compositions by Hank Mobley except as indicated

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder
  Rudy Van Gelder
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   Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 7 & October 2, 1963, February 4, 1965 and June 17, 1966

Personnel

• Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone (all tracks)
• Lee Morgan
  Lee Morgan
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   - trumpet
  Trumpet
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   (tracks 1-3,6,7)
• McCoy Tyner
  McCoy Tyner
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   - piano (tracks 1-3)
• Bob Cranshaw
  Bob Cranshaw
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   - bass (tracks 1-3)
• Billy Higgins
  Billy Higgins
  Billy Higgins was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop.Higgins was born in Los Angeles, California. Higgins played on Ornette Coleman's first records, beginning in 1958...
  
   - drums
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   (tracks 1-5)
• Freddie Hubbard
  Freddie Hubbard
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   - trumpet (tracks 4,5)
• Barry Harris
  Barry Harris
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   - piano (tracks 4,5)
• Paul Chambers
  Paul Chambers
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   - bass (tracks 4,5)
• Andrew Hill
  Andrew Hill
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   - piano (tracks 6,7)
• John Ore
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   - bass (tracks 6,7)
• Donald Byrd
  Donald Byrd
  Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II, is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd is best known as one of the only bebop jazz musicians who successfully pioneered the funk and soul genres while simultaneously remaining a...
  
   - trumpet (tracks 8,9)
• Herbie Hancock
  Herbie Hancock
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   - piano (tracks 8,9)
• Butch Warren
  Butch Warren
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   - bass (tracks 8,9)
• Philly Joe Jones
  Philly Joe Jones
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  - drums (tracks 6-9)