Soul Station LP (Classic Vinyl Series): Vinyl LP SOVRSAPRIL24SALE 2 Chips On My Shoulder

2 Chips On My Shoulder

This album nods to the group's new wave past with a cover of Magazine's "The Light Pours out of Me

several of which have since become enduring standards of the jazz lexicon including the title track

comparing it to the likes of Led Zeppelin

A Fickle Sonance is a quintessential hard bop outing by Jackie McLean that also offered just a hint of the avant-garde explorations the alto saxophonist was about to embark on in the years to come with the dissonances of the title track’s intro

Soul Station LP (Classic Vinyl Series): Vinyl LP SOVRSAPRIL24SALE 2 Chips On My ShoulderTenor saxophonist Hank Mobley had already led nine dates for Blue Note Records by the time he arrived at Rudy Van Gelders studio on February 7, 1960 with pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Art Blakey, but on that day the quartet laid down what would become his masterpiece: Soul Station. The crystalline six song set was a showcase for Mobleys lyrical flow from the breezy opening take on Irving Berlins Remember through bluesy