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:  Doin' The Thing At The Village Gate (Collectors 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.  Filthy McNasty (11:02)

 2.  Doin' The Thing (11:16)

Side Two:

 1.  Kiss Me Right (9:18)

 2.  The Gringo...The Theme (12:03)

Personnel:

Horace Silver:  Piano

Blue Mitchell:  Trumpet

Junior Cook:  Tenor Saxophone

Gene Taylor:  Bass

Roy Brooks:  Drums

Doin' The Thing At The Village Gate is a live album by Horace Silver Quintet, originally released in 1961 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on June 20, 2025 by Blue Note.  Collectors Edition 180 Gram Black Vinyl, Album Limited to 1,000 Copies Worldwide.