There's a consistent, insistent, smooth-rolling quality to every track. One element that stands out on this record is the rhythm. Almost every track is now a staple of jazz repertoire. A quartet with Wynton Kelly on piano, Art Blakey on drums, and the ubiquitous Paul Chambers on bass, Soul Station is a generally up-tempo yet relaxed gig that's heavy on blues. Mobley was a bread-and-butter musician for the label: rarely at the creative cutting edge, but always a consistently consummate craftsman making brilliant records.Īmong his many albums, a few from 19 are often cited among Mobley's finest Workout, Roll Call, both from 1961, and the subject of this review, Soul Station. Hank Mobley was Blue Note Records' most prolific artist, with over thirty albums released under his own name, countless sessions as a sideman, andaccording to his own telling in a rare interview shortly before he dieda number of recorded sessions that weren't released during his lifetime. They've recently upped their game with the introduction of a higher-quality raw material formulation they call SRX Vinyl. Music Matters continues to release exceptionally high quality, all analog reissues of classic Blue Note Records' albums from the golden mid-century age of small-combo jazz.
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