title: Newark 1953
text: # Newark 1953
  
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  Newark 1953 is a 2-CD set by American jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded in September 1953 but released only in 2012 via Uptown Records label. This collection is billed as his earliest-known recordings. However, The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley was recorded for the Debut label in April 1953.
  
  ## Background
  
  The tracks were recorded live at The Piccadilly Club, New Jersey, on Monday, September 28, 1953, by Newark native Ozzie Cadena, who would join Savoy a year later as a producer.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Hank Mobley – tenor sax
  * Bennie Green – trombone
  * Walter Davis Jr. – piano
  * Jimmy Schenck – bass
  * Charli Persip – drums
  