• AUDIOPHILE VINYL REISSUES

• 180 GRAM LP

• MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG TAPE

• 4 1/2 STARS SLL MUSIC GUIDE

The Horace Silver Quintet of 1959 was a hard bop juggernaut featuring the pianist with trumpeter Blue Mitchell, saxophonist Junior Cook, bassist Gene Taylor & drummer Louis Hayes. Timeless originals like ‘Sister Sadie’, ‘Peace’, and the blustery title track make Blowin’ The Blues Away one of the finest entries in Silver’s formidable discography.

PERSONNEL:

• Blue Mitchell - (trumpet)
• Junior Cook - (tenor sax)
• Horace Silver - (piano)
• Eugene Taylor - (bass)
• Louis Hayes - (drums)

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 29, 1959

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1: Blowin' The Blues Away
• A2: The St. Vitus Dance
• A3: Break City
• A4: Peace

• SIDE B
• B1: Sister Sadie
• B2: The Baghdad Blues
• B3: Melancholy Mood (New Version)