RECORDS
OF THE
YEAR
selected by
THE YEAR ⁑TWENTY⁑
⮑TWENTY-🅵🅾🆄🆁
(24)
THE PERFECT BALANCE OF HARD BOP GRIT AND LYRICAL FLOW.
THE
GREATEST
RECORD OF THE YEAR
MOBLEY AT HIS SMOOTHEST—SOULFUL, SWINGING, AND STRAIGHT TO THE HEART.
SOUL STATION EXEMPLIFIES HANK MOBLEY’S CAPACITY TO FUSE LYRICAL IMPROVISATION WITH STRUCTURAL CLARITY, SITUATING THE ALBUM AS BOTH A CORNERSTONE OF THE HARD BOP TRADITION AND A NUANCED STATEMENT OF HIS DISTINCT ARTISTIC VOICE.
﹡ HANK MOBLEY ﹡
2024
LAID-BACK, BUT WITH THAT SUBTLE FIRE ONLY MOBLEY COULD DELIVER.
ONE OF THOSE RECORDS THAT JUST BREATHES SOUL AND CLASS.
CITY POP
FUSION & OST
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Moon Records – MOON-28049
LP | Japan | 1987
Original Pressing
JAZZ
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Ayako Hosokawa with T. Miyama & The New Herd
Three Blind Mice – TBM-5013
LP | Japan | 1979
Original Pressing
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