Soul Stirrin'

{{Infobox album

| name = Soul Stirrin'

| type = Album

| cover = Soul Stirrin'.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1958

| recorded = April 28, 1958{{cite book |last=Yanow |first=Scott |title=Bebop |publisher=Miller Freeman |year=2000 |pages=277 |isbn=9780879306083 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xs_8j7s8xdoC&dq=%22bennie+green%22+%22Soul+Stirrin%27%22&pg=PA277 |via=Google Books}}

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio
Hackensack, NJ

| genre = Jazz

| length = 46:38

| label = Blue Note
BLP 1599

| producer = Alfred Lion

| chronology = Bennie Green

| prev_title = Back on the Scene

| prev_year = 1958

| next_title = The Swingin'est

| next_year = 1958

}}

Soul Stirrin' is an album by American trombonist Bennie Green, recorded on April 28, 1958 and released on Blue Note later that year.[https://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-1500-series/#blp-1599 Blue Note discography] accessed October 7, 2010{{Cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/bennie-green-soul-stirrin-1958-bennie-green-by-marc-davis.php|title=Bennie Green: Bennie Green: Soul Stirrin' – 1958 album review @ All About Jazz|first=All About|last=Jazz|website=All About Jazz}} In 2003, the album was reissued by Mosaic Records as part of a compilation titled Mosaic Select: Bennie Green.{{cite web |url=https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/album/bennie-green-trombone/mosaic-select-3-aka-capitol-vaults-jazz-series(compilation) |title=Bennie Green: Mosaic Select 3 |website=Jazz Music Archives |access-date=July 31, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://downbeat.com/news/detail/bennie-green-weston-sessions-re-released-on-mosaic-select |title=Bennie Green, Weston Sessions Re-released on Mosaic Select |date=June 18, 2003 |website=DownBeat |access-date=July 31, 2023}}

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

| rev2 = The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz

| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz |publisher=Virgin Books |year=2004 |pages=356 }}

}}

The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine states, "Soul Stirrin' is an invigorating, exciting date from trombonist Bennie Green, showcasing his wide range of skills.... Each musician plays with soul and passion, both on the laidback blues and mambos and the rollicking swing numbers. It's a thoroughly enjoyable record and one that is a good introduction to Green's wonderful, friendly style."Erlewine, S. T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r139772|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed October 7, 2010

Marc Davis of All About Jazz wrote, "This is a bluesy, almost pre-bop record... Soul Stirrin' is an unexpected pleasure from a jazz man who is largely forgotten. Now that I've discovered Bennie Green, I want to hear more."

Author Scott Yanow described the group as "particularly intriguing," and remarked, "All of the horns and Clark get in their solos, a wide variety of tempos are employed, and the overall result is one of the trombonist's strongest recordings."