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:  The Horace Silver Quintet & Trio

Title:  Blowin' The Blues Away (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) (2023)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Modal Jazz, Post-Bop, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Straight-Ahead Jazz

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Blowin' The Blues Away (4:44)

 2.  The St. Vitus Dance (4:09)

 3.  Break City (4:57)

 4.  Peace (6:02)

Side Two:

 1.  Sister Sadie (6:19)

 2.  The Baghdad Blues (4:52)

 3.  Melancholy Mood (New Version) (7:10)

Personnel:

Horace Silver:  Piano

Blue Mitchell:  Trumpet, except Tracks:  1/2, 2/3

Junior Cook:  Tenor Saxophone except Tracks:  1/2, 2/3

Engene Taylor:  Bass

Louis Hayes:  Drums

Blowin' The Blues Away is an album by The Horace Silver Quintet & Trio, originally on November 1959 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on September 15, 2023 by Blue Note.  Audiophile 180 Gram Vinyl.