1960 studio album by Hank Mobley
Soul Station jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded on February 7, 1960 and released on Blue Note later that year. Mobley's quartet features rhythm section Wynton Kelly , Paul Chambers and Art Blakey .
Background
Recording
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio and rooted in the hard bop style, Mobley's quartet features Art Blakey (his past bandleader in the Jazz Messengers), and two bandmates from his time in the Miles Davis Quintet , Wynton Kelly and Paul Chambers .
Composition
The album's bookends are two standards , "Remember " by Irving Berlin and "If I Should Lose You " by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin . Between these standards are four new Mobley compositions, featuring the bluesy title track and the uptempo "This I Dig of You".
Liner notes
In the liner notes to the Rudy Van Gelder CD edition, jazz critic Bob Blumenthal explains how the album is understood to be, for Mobley, what Saxophone Colossus Giant Steps Sonny Rollins or John Coltrane respectively. Blumenthal goes on to describe the recording as "one of the finest programs of music on Blue Note or any other label."[ 2]
Reception
AllMusic reviewer Stacia Proefrock concluded: "Overall, this is a stellar set from one of the more underrated musicians of the bop era."[ 3]
Pete Welding of DownBeat [ 4]
Track listing
All compositions by Hank Mobley, except where noted.
Personnel
Musicians
Technical personnel
Charts
References
^ "Reviews and Ratings..." , Billboard ^ Blumenthal, Bob. Soul Station . 1999, Blue Note Records 7243 4 95343 2 2, liner notes .
^ a b Soul Station at AllMusic ^ a b Welding, Pete (December 8, 1960). "Hank Mobley: Soul Station". DownBeat ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 143. ISBN 0-394-72643-X ^ Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Penguin . p. 1013. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 ^ "Veckolista Vinyl, vecka 15" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved April 18, 2021 .
External links
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except for the compilation section
As leader With
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