Roll Call (CD) (Remaster)

Hank Mobley's Roll Call is an attention-grabbing, fiercely-swinging hard bop classic featuring some of the greatest players in jazz.

Art Blakey delivers a heavy-handed opening statement that leads the tune into it' s stop-time head.

From here, Mobley steps into the spotlight, setting the bar high and playing one of his most impressive solos.

His tone has a unique fullness that rarely sounds pushed or edgy, and his use of dynamics is tasteful.

Up next is trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, whose impassioned playing forever changed the voice of jazz trumpet.

Hubbard plays even his most challenging phrases with ease, proving his physical dexterity and great taste as he flies through the changes outlined by Wynton Kelly and Paul Chambers.