The Horace Silver Quintet - Song for my Father (1964) RVG edition

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Song for My Father is a 1964 album by the Horace Silver Quintet, released on the Blue Note label. The album was inspired by a trip that Silver had made to Brazil. The cover artwork features a photograph of Silver's father, John Tavares Silver, to whom the title song was dedicated.

"Song For My Father is probably Silver's best-known album, and not without reason. This album not only showcases some of Horace's most memorable compositions (the title track still sounds funky almost 30 years later) but also one of the most talented groups he ever fronted. Especially noteworthy are the mature and swinging solos offered by Joe Henderson, who was just hitting his stride when he hooked up with Horace Silver's Quintet for this date. His solos push the edge of Silver's gospel and R+B influenced compositional style without breaking them, wailing into upper octaves and approaching freedom before breaking off into a bluesy lick. Silver, as usual, has some outstanding solos but his compostitions are the most outstanding here, as they continued to push his sense of harmonic balance and groove. (The Natives are Restless and Que Pasa are some of the more memorable and unusual songs produced by this configuration of Silver's Quintet) Overall, it is hardbop at some of its most impressive and and enduring. If you dig Horace (and you should) it's something you must have."

– Customer Review on Amazon.com


Personnel:

Tracks 1 – 5
Horace Silver — piano
Carmell Jones — trumpet
Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone
Teddy Smith — bass
Roger Humphries — drums

Tracks 6 – 10
Horace Silver — piano
Blue Mitchell — trumpet
Junior Cook — tenor saxophone
Eugene Taylor — bass
Roy Brooks — drums

Recorded in 1963 and 1964
CD edition 1999

Song list


1. Song For My Father
2. The Natives Are Restless Tonight
3. Calcutta Cutie
4. Que Pasa
5. The Kicker
6. Lonely Woman
7. Sanctimonious Man
8. Que Pasa (Trio Version)
9. Sighin' And Cryin'
10. Silver Threads Among My Soul

time 62:26 mins

Sorry no Artwork

4 parts on RS, no pass