Soul Station

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

Not to be confused with Seoul Station.
Soul Station
Studio album by
Hank Mobley
ReleasedEarly October 1960[1]
RecordedFebruary 7, 1960
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz, hard bop
Length37:23
LabelBlue Note
ProducerAlfred Lion
Hank Mobley chronology
Another Monday Night at Birdland
(1959)		 Soul Station
(1960)		 Roll Call
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Remember"Irving Berlin5:41
2."This I Dig of You" 6:25
3."Dig Dis" 6:08

Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Split Feelin's" 4:55
2."Soul Station" 9:06
3."If I Should Lose You"Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin5:08

Personnel

Album Production

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.
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