| Soul Station | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | Early October 1960[1] | |||
| Recorded | February 7, 1960 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | |||
| Genre | Jazz, hard bop | |||
| Length | 37:23 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
| Hank Mobley chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Soul Station is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley that was released in 1960 by Blue Note Records. It is considered by many critics to be his finest album.
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. 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."
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 or Giant Steps were for 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."[5] Awarding the album five stars, AllMusic reviewer Stacia Proefrock concluded, "Overall, this is a stellar set from one of the more underrated musicians of the bop era."[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Hank Mobley, except where noted.
Side one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Remember" | Irving Berlin | 5:41 |
| 2. | "This I Dig of You" | 6:25 | |
| 3. | "Dig Dis" | 6:08 |
Side two
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Split Feelin's" | 4:55 | |
| 2. | "Soul Station" | 9:06 | |
| 3. | "If I Should Lose You" | Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin | 5:08 |
Personnel
Album production
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – mixing
- Francis Wolff – cover photo
- Reid Miles – cover design
Charts
| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Swedish Vinyl Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6] | 5 |
External links
References
- ↑ Billboard Oct 10, 1960
- 1 2 Soul Station at AllMusic
- ↑ 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 (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1013. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ↑ Bob Blumenthal. Soul Station. 1999, Blue Note Records 7243 4 95343 2 2, liner notes.
- ↑ "Veckolista Vinyl, vecka 15" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved April 18, 2021.