Third Season Athens Of The North playful original compositions and gracefully

playful original compositions and gracefully probing improv” and declared it “his best album yet”

Having played together for so long

the album demonstrates Albert King’s blues prowess

originally released on Prestige Records’ Bluesville imprint

Third Season Athens Of The North playful original compositions and gracefullyRecorded in 1967, Hank Mobleys Third Season was a typically high calibre hard bop outing by the tenor saxophonist with a 7 piece band featuring alto saxophonist James Spaulding, trumpeter Lee Morgan, guitarist Sonny Greenwich, pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Walter Booker and drummer Billy Higgins. This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI,