| Product Summary | | Label: Emd/blue Note | | UPC: 00724349534322 | | Release Date: 3/23/1999 | | Buy.com Sku: 60295591 | | Item#: M2D47L | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Remember - (featuring Judy Garland) ~ Hank Mobley |  | | 2. This I Dig Of You - (featuring Frank SInatra) ~ Hank Mobley | | | 3. Dig Dis ~ Hank Mobley | | | 4. Split Feelin's ~ Hank Mobley | | | 5. Soul Station ~ Hank Mobley | | | 6. If I Should Lose You ~ Hank Mobley | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | The Rudy Van Gelder Edition of SOUL STATION includes an essay by Bob Blumenthal. | | Personnel: Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone); Wynton Kelly (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Art Blakey (drums). | | Recorded at the Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 7, 1960. Includes liner notes by Joe Goldberg and Bob Bluemnthal. | | Digitally remastered using 24-bit technology by Rudy Van Gelder (van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey). | | This is part of the Blue Note Rudy Van Gelder Editions series. | | Personnel: Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone); Wynton Kelly (piano); Art Blakey (drums). | | Liner Note Author: Joe Goldberg. | | Recording information: New York, NY (02/07/1960); Van Gelder Studio (02/07/1960). | | Photographer: Francis Wolff. | | Often overlooked, perhaps because he wasn't a great innovator in jazz but merely a stellar performer, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley was at the peak of his powers on Soul Station. Recorded with a superstar quartet including Art Blakey on drums, Paul Chambers on bass, and Wynton Kelly on piano, it was the first album since Mobley's 1955 debut to feature him as a leader without any other accompanying horns. The clean, uncomplicated sound that resulted from that grouping helps make it the best among his albums and a peak moment during a particularly strong period in his career. Mobley has no problem running the show here, and he does it without being flashy or burying the strong work of his sidemen. The solidness of his technique means that he can handle material that is occasionally rhythmically intricate, while still maintaining the kind of easy roundness and warmth displayed by the best players of the swing era. Two carefully chosen standards, "Remember" and "If I Should Lose You," help to reinforce that impression by casting an eye back to the classic jazz era. They bookend four Mobley originals that, in contrast, reflect the best of small-group composition with their lightness and tight dynamics. Overall, this is a stellar set from one of the more underrated musicians of the bop era. ~ Stacia Proefrock | | Of all Hank Mobley's classic sessions for Blue Note, the timeless SOUL STATION is by far the most cherished. This 1960 set features a quartet of Mobley and three masters of the rhythm section, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Art Blakey. What makes this so special, however, is the sheer perfection of it all; Mobley's tenor is soulful and confident, Kelly is at his tasteful best, and Chambers and Blakey work in tandem like a well-oiled machine. The themes are all executed with straightforward swinging panache and the solo spots by all are some of their most flawless excursions. From bouncing grooves like "This I Dig of You" and the slow blues of the title track to the danceable Latin rhythms in "Split Feelin's," this is a fully formed stylistic milestone that perfectly encapsulates the hard bop era. |
Producer: Alfred Lion |
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder |
Musical Guests | | Wynton Kelly | | Art Blakey | | Paul Chambers | | Judy Garland | | Frank Sinatra |
| | Artist Overview | | A beguilingly gifted tenor player in the hard bop vein, Hank Mobley was underrated and underappreciated for most of his career. Though he was an original member of the Jazz Messengers and had a brief stint with the Miles Davis Quintet in '61, the majority of Mobley's outstanding quartet and quintet dates for Blue Note, full of his rhythmic subtlety and highly lyrical solos, were not released until after his death in 1986. |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | Tenor Conclave ~ Grand Central | | Morgan, Lee | | Morgan, Lee | | Morgan, Lee | | Morgan, Lee | | Morgan, Lee | | Morgan, Lee (Jazz) | | Morgan, Lee (Jazz) | | Morgan, Lee (Jazz) | | Root, Billy | | Various Artists | | Breakthrough! ~ Walton, Cedar |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 03/23/1999 | | Original Release Date : 1960 | | Catalog ID : 95343 | | Label : Blue Note Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 37m : 7s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724349534322 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Down Beat (1960)
- 4 Stars - Very Good - "..a real cooking session...moving, impassioned, and lyrical.." |
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