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

Title:  Serenade To A Soul Sister (Classic Edition) (2025)

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.  Psychedelic Sally (7:14)

 2.  Serenade To A Soul Sister (6:19)

 3.  Rain Dance (6:21)

Side Two:

 1.  Jungle Juice (6:46)

 2.  Kindred Spirts (5:55)

 3.  Next Tiime I Fall In Love (5:19)

Personnel:

Tracks:  !/1-3

Horace Silver:  Piano

Charles Tolliver:  Trumpet

Stanley Turrentine:  Tenor Saxophone

Bob Cranshaw:  Bass, Electric Bass on Track 1/1

Mickey Roker:  Drums

Tracks:  2/1-3

Horace Silver:  Piano

Charles Tolliver:  Trumpet, except on Track 2/3

Bennie Maupin: Tenor Saxophone, except on 2/3

John Williams:  Bass

Billy Cobham:  Drums

Serenade To A Soul Sister is an album by The Horace Silver Quintet, originally released on June, 1968 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on March 21, 2025 by Blue Note.  180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.