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Soul Station
by Hank Mobley (Audio CD - 1999) - Original recording reissued
Sales Rank: 4432
Price:$7.99
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Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in February of 1960, Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Art Blakey (drums) created one of the best Blue Note albums of all time. Or at the very least, one my my favorites. =) I feel like I always say the same thing about Hank's playing, but I'll say it again. He had remarkable restraint. He never has what I would call "ecstatic emotional highs", but he is calmly emotionally powerful almost all the time. He doesn't work himself up into a froth and a frenzy, buliding up to any sort of freewheeling burst of saxophonic energy as some other tenor players might do. I guess that can be a good or a bad thing, depending on your mood at the time, or your tastes as a whole, but I think it's fascinating. His tone is incredible, as if he is blowing melodic, lyrical lines of warm satin out of his horn. There isn't one tune here I could say anything bad about. Everyone is ON... ALL the time. Art Blakey was swing incarnate on this date, and Wynton Kelly was Wynton Kelly... lyrical, playful, bluesy as all get-out. I love Wynton's playing. There's just no other way to put it. He was one of the most tuned-in pianists ever. His touch and approach feel like they were tailor-made for my soul. Honestly, even if you didn't much like Hank himself I could still see you liking this album just by focusing on Wynton, Paul and Art. They are a killer band in and of themselves... everyone just milking every ounce of style and heart out of every tune presented here. You didn't think I had forgotten about Paul, did you? The great bassist at the core of probably more fantastic sessions than any other bassist in history. James Jamerson of Motown is (well, was) the only other bass player I can think of who may rival that number. This is one of those albums where I don't think it matters where you are in the jazz spectrum... whether you've been listening to jazz longer than I've been alive and just haven't gotten around to getting this remaster, or you're in the market to buy your 3rd jazz album, you cannot go wrong with this masterpiece. It's only a little over 30 minutes long, but it's a magnificent 30+ minutes.
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Soul Station
by Hank Mobley (Audio CD - 1999) - Original recording reissued
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