On this date in 1960, saxophonist Hank Mobley arrived at Rudy Van Gelder’s vaunted studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, to record the tracks for Soul Station, his best-known and most highly acclaimed album. Mobley, a stalwart of East Coast hard-bop, is in peak form here, playing with a combination of muscle and high polish on tunes that range from gritty blues to winsome ballads. The album’s title track, provided here as our Song of the Day, is a woozy take on the former. Laid-back and unhurried, Mobley takes his time exploring the song’s contours, unearthing deep reserves of soul wherever he treads.