5 Facts About Hank Mobley’s Soul Station

Recorded in one day The album was cut on February 7, 1960, at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

A Blue Note release Blue Note Records put out Soul Station later in 1960.

Classic quartet lineup Mobley played tenor sax with Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Art Blakey on drums.

No filler tracks Every song on the album is a strong, focused performance with no weak moments.

Often called Mobley’s masterpiece Critics and fans regularly rank Soul Station as his best work and a high point of hard bop.