• THE FRANCIS WOLFF COLLECTION
• 180 GRAM PURE VIRGIN VINYL
• DELUXE GATEFOLD SLEEVE
• INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK
Besides being one of the best tenor saxophonists of his time, Henry (Hank) Mobley (1930-1986) is widely recognized as one of the great composersof the hard-bop era, with interesting chord changes and room for soloists to stretch out (this LP includes four of his compositions). Soul Station, which features him as the only horn in a quartet format with an all-star rhythm section consisting of Wynton Kelly at the piano, Paul Chambers at the bass, and Art Blakey at the drums, is generally considered to be his finest recording.
PERSONNEL:
HANK MOBLEY, tenor sax
WYNTON KELLY, piano
PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
ART BLAKEY, drums
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, February 7, 1960.
(*) BONUS TRACK:
Same personnel but PHILLY JOE JONES (drums) replaces Blakey.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, March 26, 1961.
[This is the only quartet selection from Mobley’s LP Workout (Blue Note BST-84080)].