Curtain Call (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP 2025BF40% Early on Lloyd saw how

Early on Lloyd saw how placing the improvised solo in interesting and original contexts could provoke greater freedom of expression and inspire creativity

largely-improvised sessions to collaborate and “see what happens

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Curtain Call (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP 2025BF40% Early on Lloyd saw howIts a sign of the sheer volume of top notch hard bop that Blue Note was recording in the 1950s 60s that a supremely swinging date like Hank Mobleys 1957 album Curtain Call would sit in the vaults unreleased until 1984. Mobley himself was in the middle of a particularly prolific streak that year with the tenor saxophonist recording 6 sessions for Blue Note in 1957 alone. This highly enjoyable 6 song set includes 4 Mobley originals including the