Dan Gould Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 Somehow I didn't expect to stumble across this from grammy.com but it's a pretty perceptive piece. https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/hank-mobleys-soul-station-60-how-tenor-saxophonists-mellow-masterpiece-inspires-jazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 Who knew? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 Excellent article. Thanks for posting that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 They talked to the right people and got some great quotes out of them. Hank had it rough, and his life was ultimately very sad, but it makes me happy to see what an impact he had on future generations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted September 10, 2021 Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 Thanks for sharing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 Just skimmed it, but it's nice to see the love and a reasonable level of understanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 It is kind of weird hearing from all these young people for whom Soul Station has always just been there, always in print, and Hank having always been a Dead Guy . Neither were my young people experience. But this is how it is. OTOH, I will never know what it was like to hear that record when it was brand new either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 10 hours ago, JSngry said: It is kind of weird hearing from all these young people for whom Soul Station has always just been there, always in print, and Hank having always been a Dead Guy . Neither were my young people experience. But this is how it is. OTOH, I will never know what it was like to hear that record when it was brand new either That's my experience too, interestingly betwixt and between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 11, 2021 Report Share Posted September 11, 2021 Oh, when the LT albums came out and where they talked about Hank not even having a horn, my reaction was to get some money together, buy a horn, and deliver it to him in person. That lasted for a week or so until somebody who had seen him recently told me, uh...probably not a good idea, he's not wanting for anything like that to happen. He was in bad shape, ok, but he was at least alive, and Breakthrough was just a few years old still, so...hope springs eternal, and all that. Kinda was hoping that those LT albums would spur a resurgence of interest (and they did, at least the beginning of one, , but not from Hank himself. Sad, but you know, not everybody wants to "come back"...I see all these ads for testosterone boosters talking about GET BACK IN THE GAME and all that shit and I'm like oh HELL no, I'm trying to get OUT of the game, "back in" the game is the LAST fucking place I want to be, and that's just me, never mind Hank Mobley. He had his reasons, of that I'm sure. Sad and tragic as they probably were, he had his reasons, And it was his decision. Life is ugly just as often as its not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 Not everyone wants to go down swinging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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