Breakthrough! (album)

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title: "Breakthrough! (album)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1972-albums", "cedar-walton-albums", "hank-mobley-albums", "albums-produced-by-don-schlitten", "cobblestone-records-albums", "muse-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough!_(album)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
nameBreakthrough!
typeAlbum
artistCedar Walton/Hank Mobley Quintet
coverBreakthrough! Cobblestone.jpg
releasedApril 1972
recordedFebruary 22, 1972
studioBell Sound (New York City)
genreJazz
labelCobblestone / Muse
producerDon Schlitten
chronologyHank Mobley
prev_titleThinking of Home
prev_year1970
next_titleNewark 1953
next_year2012
misc{{Extra chronology
artistCedar Walton
typeAlbum
prev_titleSoul Cycle
prev_year1969
titleBreakthrough!
year1972
next_titleA Night at Boomers, Vol. 1
next_year1973
headerMuse Records Cover
typeAlbum
coverBreakthrough! Muse.jpg
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| name = Breakthrough! | type = Album | artist = Cedar Walton/Hank Mobley Quintet | cover = Breakthrough! Cobblestone.jpg | alt = | released = April 1972 | recorded = February 22, 1972 | venue = | studio = Bell Sound (New York City) | genre = Jazz | length = | label = Cobblestone / Muse | producer = Don Schlitten | chronology = Hank Mobley | prev_title = Thinking of Home | prev_year = 1970 | next_title = Newark 1953 | next_year = 2012 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Cedar Walton | type = Album | prev_title = Soul Cycle | prev_year = 1969 | title = Breakthrough! | year = 1972 | next_title = A Night at Boomers, Vol. 1 | next_year = 1973 | header = Muse Records Cover | type = Album | cover = Breakthrough! Muse.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = Breakthrough! is an album by the Cedar Walton/Hank Mobley Quintet recorded on February 22, 1972, originally released on the short-lived Cobblestone label and later reissued on Muse. It features performances by Mobley and Walton with baritone saxophonist Charles Davis, bassist Sam Jones, and Mobley’s longtime drummer Billy Higgins. This was Mobley's final studio recording before retiring due to health issues.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "As strong as pianist Cedar Walton plays on his session, the main honors are taken by two of his sidemen. Tenor-saxophonist Hank Mobley, whose career was about to go into a complete eclipse, is in brilliant form, showing how much he had grown since his earlier days. Baritonist Charles Davis, who too often through the years has been used as merely a section player, keeps up with Mobley and engages in a particularly memorable tradeoff on the lengthy title cut. Mobley is well-showcased on 'Summertime,' Davis switches successfully to soprano on 'Early Morning Stroll,' and Walton (with the trio) somehow turns the 'Theme From Love Story' into jazz. Highly recommended."

Track listing

  1. "Breakthrough" (Hank Mobley) – 10:38
  2. "Sabiá" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Chico Buarque) – 4:15
  3. "House on Maple Street" (Cedar Walton) – 6:42
  4. "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" (Francis Lai, Carl Sigman) – 6:13
  5. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 7:41
  6. "18th Hole [listed as Early Morning Stroll]" (Mobley) – 8:07

Personnel

References

References

  1. [https://books.google.com/books?id=mEUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Breakthrough+1972&pg=PA16 ''Billboard'' Apr 29, 1972]
  2. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/r428402 Allmusic Review]
  3. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic

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