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******HANK MOBLEY SIGNED AFM BLUE NOTE REHERSAL CONTRCT ON EBAY******

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WHAT IN THE HOLY ASS HELL OF ALL THINGS HOLY IS GOING ON HERE>>>>>>DID SOMEONE JUST RIP THIS OUT OF THE AFM FILES AND PUT IT ON EBAY, OR WHAT? OR HAS IT ALREAY BEEN IN THE HANDS OF A COLLECTOR> WHAT THE HELLS UP W/ THE LIVE EBAY AUCTION ANYWAYS. IF SOMEONE WANTS TO BID ON MY BEHALF CHEWY WILL THROW DOWN 200 BIG ONES OR SO FOR IT. I AM COMPELETLY FREAKIN OUT

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$175 for Hank Mobley and band, 6 nights a week w/2 matinees included in 1957. Not a bad deal for old Lou Church and the Blue Note Club.

and a Snickers was a nickle at the stores charging full price. A new car was $700.

AND, he was a local artist at the time. :)

robviti Newbie

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it figures that chewsome would stop at the mobley auction.

check out some of the other items by the same seller:

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there are a few others, as well as several pieces of sheet music handwritten by the duke!

Free For All Newbie

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Wow, 9:20 to 3:00, those are some long-ass gigs. Man, the 4-hour current gig length (3 sets) seems like a long time, much less 5 hours and 40 minutes- even with the breaks, those guys had some serious endurance (for playing AND drinking)!

Thanks for posting those, jazzshrink! :tup

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Soul Stream Newbie

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Yeah,.....those guys played looooooong sets. Not to mention it looks like they had to play a long Matinee everyday as well. Also, note how much the difference in pay is between all those guys. I'd say Hank was ripped off!

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I find it interesting that Monk commanded pretty good money, pre-Time Magazine cover. But he couldn't gig in New York at the time and probably couldn't head to Philly regularly to make up the lost income because of the cabaret card situation.

Stitt had a nice deal too. Even better if he didn't have to pay his pick-up rhythm section himself.

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Two questions -

Didn't most bands back then play 3-4 sets a night (matinees excluded) no matter what the hours were?

Didn't a lot of clubs back then have intermission pianists and/or local bands on the bill to fill out the night?

My point being that even if Sonny Stitts' contract was for 9:20 PM to 3:00 AM, he was probably not the only performer you'd ear during those hours. I'm thinkingthat out of those 5.5 hours, that Stitt would only play 4 hourlong (more or lesss) sets and that somebody else would be on during his breaks. 3-4 sets on a club date is still pretty much the norm, no matter how it's spaced. At least it is around here.

Still, those matinees! No wonder those old cats could play at the level they did. The only way to do it is to do it!

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