Even though Mobley never really offered anything revolutionary to jazz in his career he grew in time to be a much loved figure. Every once in a while you just wanna hear some dudes have fun playing and that's what the biggest majority of his albums are. Relaxed, fun and with heavy swinging and Hi Voltage is no exception to this practice. The album brings around an impressive roster of sidemen including Jackie McLean and Blue Mitchell and they all seem to jell well with one another for the most part, even Mobley seems to break out of his style at several points. Jackie though might sound a little subdued here (in the same year he fronted the vastly different Demon's Dance album) but it's nice to hear him going back to his old roots. When you just wanna lie down and listen to some fun jazz tunes look no further.
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