Louis Wishes You A Cool Yule: CD Exclusive Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley had

Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley had already led nine dates for Blue Note Records by the time he arrived at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio on February 7

This is their 4th record

Three giants of West Coast Jazz came together in this deeply swinging session recorded for the Pacific Jazz/World Pacific label in 1953

along with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet and George Coleman on tenor saxophone

Each artist advances the spirit of risk-taking

Louis Wishes You A Cool Yule: CD Exclusive Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley had"Beloved around the world just like Santa Claus himself, Louis Satchmo Armstrong devoted his life to the cause of happiness, as he once put it, giving the gift of joy every time he put his trumpet to his lips or crooned with his gravel voice. Since his passing, his music has become synonymous with the holiday season, his golden trumpet tone still able to cut through the din of even the most bustling shopping mall. And he never released a holiday