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Hank Mobley
Elusive hero
Vince Benedetti in Zurich
Benedetti performed with Hank Mobley in the late 1960s
2 Rue du Canivet
One of Hank Mobley’s addresses in Paris in the late 1960s
Hank Mobley 1930-1986
Hank Mobley spent a great deal of his life in Philadelphia and is buried at Eden Cemetery on the outskirts of the city.
A steady address
From the early 1950s to the 1980s, Hank Mobley gave his father’s address on S. 49th St in Philadelphia as his address. Family members recall Mobley practicing for hours in the front foyer.