MEDIUM XRCD24
COVER Deluxe Digibook, sealed, M mint
BOOKLET M mint
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo, 18 page booklet
REQUIRED HARDWARE Standard CD Player
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE --
Horace Silver - piano
Joe Henderson - tenor sax
Woody Shaw - trumpet
J.J. Johnson - trombone
Bob Cranshaw - bass
Roger Humphries - drums
the cape verdean blues - 5:01
the african queen - 9:39
pretty eyes - 7:34
nutville - 7:17
bonita - 8:40
mo' joe - 5:44
Horace Silver, the influential hard bop / soul jazz pianist, songwriter and bandleader, was riding high in 1965
His "Song for My Father" had become a hit, he had put together a new and brilliant quintet, and he had the opportunity to use the masterful trombonist J.J. Johnson as a guest on his new album for Blue Note Records
On the resulting album, The Cape Verdean Blues, Johnson joins one of Silver's greatest bands, a group boasting two brilliant new stars... tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson and the young trumpeter Woody Shaw
Henderson and Shaw push Silver to take some of his most forward looking solos, and the pianist's compositions in turn push the soloists to think melodically and play with deep soul
"The Cape Verdean Blues" is a tribute to the West African homeland of Silver's father
"Pretty Eyes" was Silvers' first original waltz
"Nutville" is both complex and uniquely catchy
The Cape Verdean Blues is simply one of the most inspired sessions of Horace Silver's long and outstanding career
RECORDING October 1 and 25 1965 at van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
ENGINEERING Rudy van Gelder
LABEL Blue Note
RE MASTERING Alan Yoshida
RE RELEASED 2010
AVERAGE RATING 5 Stars out of 5
MADE IN USA
STYLE Jazz / Hard Bop / Post Bop / Latin Jazz
AVAILABLE as long as inventory stock
