Name: Soul Station
Brand: Hank Mobley

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

VNL12512

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Colour

clear

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Ermitage Edition

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-05-13

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Lasgo

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

8032979645120

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / clear

4953432

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2017-05-06

Universal

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

746554

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black

180 Gram Vinyl. Mastered from Original Tapes.

2021-04-09

0602507465544

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Hank Mobley

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

Blue Note

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 <i>Soul Station</i>. 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.

Soul Station

Music GB