Roll Call, Mobley's second outing for Blue Note in 1961, captures the saxophonist in a relaxed yet focused quintet setting, delivering a set of sophisticated hard bop. The album features a co-led lineup with trumpeter Lee Morgan, which would prove to be a fruitful, albeit brief, collaboration.
- Roll Call was recorded on March 18, 1961, at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
- The album's personnel included Mobley on tenor saxophone, Lee Morgan on trumpet, Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Art Blakey on drums.
- Roll Call was released in July 1961 and reached number 12 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.
Hank Mobley was a prolific jazz tenor saxophonist from Eastman, Georgia, known as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone." In 1961, the same year Roll Call was released, Mobley also recorded Soul Station and Workout, solidifying his reputation as a consistent and reliable force in hard bop.
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