Late last night, I heard from Bill Pauluh, who informed me that a video of Hank Mobley had just posted to YouTube. The clip, from a Danish TV show called JazzBeat, was taped live at the famed Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, Denmark. This is big news, since no video exists of the tenor saxophonist in action. [Photo above of Hank Mobley and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen courtesy of YouTube]
The nearly nine-minute video features Mobley with Dexter Gordon's rhythm section at the time—Kenny Drew on piano, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen on bass and Albert Heath on drums. The song they perform is George Gershwin's Summertime. A shame there isn't more video of Mobley, given how much touring he did in Europe. Hopefully additional clips will surface. [Photo above of Kenny Drew, courtesy of YouTube]
Here's the video clip in Denmark...
