Soul Station

Soul Station is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley that was released in 1960 by Blue Note Records

Soul Station
Studio album by Hank Mobley
Released	Early October 1960[1]
Recorded	February 7, 1960
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz, hard bop
Length	37:23
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Alfred Lion
Hank Mobley chronology
Another Monday Night at Birdland (1959) Soul Station (1960) Roll Call (1960)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio and rooted in the hard bop style, Mobley's quartet features Art Blakey (his past bandleader in the Jazz Messengers), and two bandmates from his time in the Miles Davis Quintet, Wynton Kelly and Paul Chambers. The album's bookends are two standards, "Remember" by Irving Berlin and "If I Should Lose You" by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin. Between these standards are four new Mobley compositions, featuring the bluesy title track and the uptempo "This I Dig of You."

In the liner notes to the Rudy Van Gelder CD edition, jazz critic Bob Blumenthal explains how the album is understood to be, for Mobley, what Saxophone Colossus or Giant Steps were for Sonny Rollins or John Coltrane respectively. Blumenthal goes on to describe the recording as "one of the finest programs of music on Blue Note or any other label."[4] Awarding the album five stars, AllMusic reviewer Stacia Proefrock concluded, "Overall, this is a stellar set from one of the more underrated musicians of the bop era."[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Hank Mobley, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Remember"	Irving Berlin	5:41
2.	"This I Dig of You"		6:25
3.	"Dig Dis"		6:08

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Split Feelin's"		4:55
2.	"Soul Station"		9:06
3.	"If I Should Lose You"	Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin	5:08

Personnel

• Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
• Wynton Kelly – piano
• Paul Chambers – bass
• Art Blakey – drums

Album Production

• Alfred Lion – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – mixing
• Francis Wolff – cover photo
• Reid Miles – cover design

External links

• Hank Mobley's 'Soul Station' At 60: How The Tenor Saxophonist's Mellow Masterpiece Inspires Jazz Musicians In 2020 on Grammy Awards

References

1. Billboard Oct 10, 1960
2. Soul Station at AllMusic
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 143. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Bob Blumenthal. Soul Station. 1999, Blue Note Records 7243 4 95343 2 2, liner notes.