bluesForBartok Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 The one I end up going back to over and over is No Room For Squares. The title track, Three Way Split, Me' N You and Carolyn are really great tunes and the band plays great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonym Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Well, I was The Turnaround vote. Not so much for the title track though; the album seems a fairly complete affair for me, in spite of the two bands. I always like my Hank with a bit of trumpet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrdlu Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 I really like "Soul Station", but I picked "Roll Call" as it also has Freddie Hubbard (otherwise I would have gone for the quartet one). But there are several other great albums. The JRVG of "Roll Call" has a very lively sound. This is partly because Rudy recorded very "hot" at that time, of course. I haven't heard the more recent NONJ-RVG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 It was 'Workout' for me. It was my first Mobley, so that lends it the sentimental edge, I guess. Plus, though, Mobley with Grant Green I think works a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmilovan Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 (edited) I listened to Soul Station and Roll Call just yesterday by coincidence. Well, I must say, I listened to Hank yesterday. It was his 1950's stuff (Caffe Bohemia date). And it was by coincidence, also. And it clicked in me! I am honest - it clicked yesterday! Don't know how, don't know why - but he certainly was one of them greatest! And, when I became to realize that - two Mobley's thread turned out. It is not coincidence. Edited March 23, 2004 by mmilovan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Hank made consistently good sessions with BN. Hard to pick one over the others. If I were pressed for a favorite, I would choose "Hi Voltage." I like the lineup on it as well. Damn, they're all good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 man this is better than any b-day tribute i'd vote for money jungle Soulstation1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 art blakey rips it up on roll call RollCall1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ariceffron Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 you guys are all crazy everyone knows hanks best lp and prob his personal favorite 2nd to SLICE if i had to make a guess based on live recordings, is DIPPIN'. WHy is no one voting for Dippin. come on. the composistions on that were really out of control, more so than his other albums- ive think theyve had more of an affect on hard bop than a lot of his others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Burke Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 Already voiced my vote for Roll Call and I agree that Freddie is great but nobody's mentioned Blakey. I mean gimme a break. He opens that LP like a damned typhoon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 I had to vote for Soul Station - it was the first album that made me really love his playing, I still know several of his solos on this by heart. I dig most of them, but the Turnaround/No Room For Squares/Straight No Filter group of four sessions stands out to me, as a whole, and in chronological order. Where Soul Station announced his early 1960's comeback, these sessions announced his setting sails for new shores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcoliv Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Roll Call for me i have this one as DAD and it sounds marvellous MCO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 "No Room..." or "Roll Call," a tough choice. I love the opener on the latter, but the former is more strongly consistent, IMO. Haven't got "Dippin'" yet, but I now aim to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 I did not vote 'cause there are 2 '60s Mobleys. The Soul Station/Roll Call/Workout/Another Workout records are different from the later (fine) recordings. Hank went through some changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJ Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 Agreed, but I still voted! And I voted A SLICE OF THE TOP...although mostly because it needs to get more respect. Any number of his 60's recordings are among the finest anyone's waxed - SOUL STATION, ROLL CALL, NO ROOM FOR SQUARES, DIPPIN', and SLICE are probably my faves. WORKOUT may get my vote for most overrated - quite good, for sure, but for some reason it's just not one that I want to hear real often (maybe a bit too much in the "classic hard bop mold," and thus a little lighter in terms of Hank leaving his usual distinctive stamp). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 This morning, I am spinning Mobley's "Another Workout". I love this date. It blows my mind that it sat in the vaults for so many years. The tempos are perfectly suited to Hank and he blows lazily behind the beat in the most hip fashion. Philly Joe is in prime form. The echoes off his kit are pure Philly... I would know it was Philly after two drum beats. As for Wynton Kelly, man, he comps so well on this date. I love the trills he adds to "Gettin' and Jettin'". All in all a fun, swingin' date for the Hankster. Later, Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolff Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 I have 6 of the above and my favorite is..... SOUL STATION Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tapscott Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 I can't believe I didn't vote the first time around. ROLL CALL got my vote. It is perhaps my favorite Blue Note recording and defintely on my top ten list of recordings overall. SOUL STATION and NO ROOM tied for second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooter Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 Very hard to choose - all good. Went with "Soul Station" in the end for WK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryan Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 A very tough choice for me, not having heard all of his sixties output. Of the albums I have, I'd probably pick either ROLL CALL or SOUL STATION, depending on my mood; those two just have a certain swing and bouncy happiness (not to mention beautiful playing by all involved), that I find uplifting. Soulful hardbop at its finest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 Still perplexed at the lack of love for DIPPIN'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 Still perplexed at the lack of love for DIPPIN'... I picked A Caddy For Daddy. Dippin' could have easily been number one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 Still perplexed at the lack of love for DIPPIN'... I like "Dippin'" a lot but there's no way it could supplant "Soul Station" as my favorite Mobley date. "Soul Station" has it all... the players, the tunes and flat out great Hank. "Soul Station" is my favorite Jazz date period. I listem to it constantly, but especially when I need a pick-me-up. Later, Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryan Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 (edited) Still perplexed at the lack of love for DIPPIN'... I still haven't gotten around to getting this one yet, Jim. I know you dig it mightily, though, and that's reason enough for me to grab it. Kevin - I haven't heard DIPPIN', but doesn't it have basically all of the same ingredients that you list for SOUL STATION (ie. players, tunes, etc.)? It has Lee, Billy Higgins, and other BN stalwarts; from what Jim has said, the tunes are also excellent, something you would expect from an expert writer like Hank. Edited October 19, 2004 by pryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 I think that DIPPIN' is where Hank begins to go into his final, somewhat more confrontational and darker period. It's still "upbeat", but far from "sunny". You couldn't pull a knife to SOUL STATION, but you could to DIPPIN'. Not that you'd want to. But you could. SOUL STATION is the sound of daytime, so to speak. DIPPIN' is more of a night thing. Love 'em both, but when it's time to cut to the chase, gimme the night. That's just who I am. But your mileage may vary, as they say, and w/only four votes, it obviously does! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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