Peckin' Time

{{Infobox album

| name = Peckin' Time

| type = studio

| artist = Hank Mobley and Lee Morgan

| cover = Peckin' Time.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = late 1959[https://books.google.com/books?id=1goEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Peckin%27+Time&pg=PA16 Billboard Dec 21, 1959]

| recorded = February 9, 1958

| studio = Van Gelder Studio
Hackensack, NJ

| genre = Jazz

| length = 41:42 (LP)
62:16 (CD)

| label = Blue Note
BLP 1574

| producer = Alfred Lion

| chronology = Hank Mobley

| prev_title = Poppin'

| prev_year = 1957

| next_title = Monday Night at Birdland

| next_year = 1958

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Lee Morgan

| type = Studio

| prev_title = Candy

| prev_year = 1957

| title = Peckin' Time

| year = 1959

| next_title = Monday Night at Birdland

| next_year = 1958

}}

Peckin' Time is an album credited to American jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley and trumpeter Lee Morgan recorded on February 9, 1958 and released on Blue Note the following year. The two are backed by rhythm section Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Charlie Persip.

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}

| rev2 = DownBeat

| rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=DeMichael |first=Don |date=18 February 1960 |title=Hank Mobley-Lee Morgan: Peckin' Time |magazine=DownBeat |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=32-34}}

| rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1013}}

}}The AllMusic review by Steve Leggett states, "It all adds up to a fine program, and if Mobley didn't push the envelope a whole lot, his lyrical and economical playing was always appropriate and graceful, and that's certainly the case here."Leggett, S. [http://allmusic.com/album/peckin-time-r144063/review Allmusic Review] accessed November 18, 2011.