Silver's Blue

Silver's Blue is a studio album by American jazz pianist Horace Silver recorded for the Epic label in 1956 featuring performances by Silver with Joe Gordon, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins, and Kenny Clarke and another session with Donald Byrd and Art Taylor replacing Gordon and Clarke.[4] Silver, Mobley, Watkins, and Byrd all had recently left The Jazz Messengers. These were Silver's first sessions as a leader after leaving the Messengers.[5]

Silver's Blue
Studio album by
Horace Silver
ReleasedAugust 1957[1]
RecordedJuly 2, 17-18, 1956
GenreJazz
LabelEpic
ProducerCal Lampley
Horace Silver chronology
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
(1955)		 Silver's Blue
(1957)		 6 Pieces of Silver
(1956)
Reissue cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Eugene Chadbourne awarded the album 3 stars and states "Two sessions in the mid-'50s produced the material for this album, which despite or perhaps because of being one of the historical early recordings of the Horace Silver Quintet, was later treated to a confusing mess of reissues, some of which never really mentioned what was so historic about the material in the first place. Maybe there was no reason to, since by the new millennium the type of groovy, funky jazz Silver was famous for had become so in demand that any recording of the authentic item was considered coated with golden fairy dust".[2]

Track listing
All compositions by Horace Silver except as indicated
  1. "Silver's Blue" - 7:44
  2. "To Beat or Not to Beat" - 4:03
  3. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:17
  4. "I'll Know" (Frank Loesser) - 7:24
  5. "Shoutin' Out" - 6:33
  6. "Hank's Tune" (Hank Mobley) - 5:26
  7. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin) - 11:28
  • Recorded in NYC on July 2 (tracks 2, 3 & 5), July 17 (tracks 1 & 4), and July 18 (tracks 6 & 7), 1956.

Personnel
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References
  1. Billboard Aug 19, 1957
  2. Chadbourne E. Allmusic Review accessed 16 November 2009.
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 181. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. Horace Silver discography accessed December 1, 2009.
  5. Feather, Leonard (1956). Silver's Blue (liner notes). Horace Silver Quintet. Epic Records.
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