Just got past the articles on Hank Mobley and Philly Joe Jones. Interesting that the article about “the Hankenstein” would be back-to-back with the article on Philly, as they made me dig out my CDR of the No Room for Squares session (I should explain that the CDR was taken from my copies of the CD of the same name, as well as the tracks from Straight No Filter, so as to have the whole session in one place). I’ve always dug the two separately: Mobley for his plain beauty (as Larry put it more eloquently than my memory of it); and Philly for the Rice Krispy" sound he got (lots of snap, crackle, and pop! HA!); but I forgot what a potent team they were together! (And on this particular session, the addition of Andrew Hill is nothing short of a stroke of genius. My CDR also includes the session from 3/7/63 that produced a good chunk of The Turnaround, also with Philly Joe on hand).
Forgive my errant memory, as I don’t have the book in front of me, but iirc, Larry writes about Philly’s way of emphasizing the snare drum more than the cymbal. It’s for this reason that I really dig Philly’s accompaniment of mid-size/big bands; he sounds like an orchestra all by himself!
Gots to check out more recordings with Hank and Philly Joe. Gots to get more Philly Joe in my collection, that’s for sure!