Horace Silver

Artist:  Horace Silver 
Born:  September 2, 1928.  Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
Died:  June 18, 2014 (Aged 85).  New Rochelle, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Modal Jazz, Post-Bop, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Straight-Ahead Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Arranger
Instruments:  Piano

Horace Silver was an American Jazz Pianist, Composer and Arranger.  He was the one of the pioneer in the Hard Bop Style in the 1950s.  He played with Stan Getz in 1950, with the Jazz Messengers, co-led by Art Blakey.  His most successful album was Song For My Father.

Artist:  Horace Silver Quintet
Title:  Don't The Thing  (2019)
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Modal Jazz, Post-Bop, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Straight-Ahead Jazz
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:   *****

Format:   LP:

Tracks:

Side 1: 

 1.  Filthy McNasty  (11:02)
 2.  Doin' The Thing  (11:16)

Side 2:

 1.  Kiss Me Right  (9:18)
 2.  The Gringo/Cool Eyes (Theme)  (12:03)

Personnel:

Horace Silver:  Piano
Blue Mitchell:  Trumpet
Junior Cook:  Tenor Saxophone
Gene Taylor:  Bass
Roy Brooks;  Drums

Don't The Thing is a live album by Horace Silver Quintet, originally released in 1961, by Blue Note Records,  remastered and reissued released on November 15, 2019 by Blue Note Records, featuring Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor, Roy Brooks, recorded at the Village Gate in New York City.