Horace Silver

ALL TRACKS PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED !

This release presents all known material by a formation of the Horace Silver Quintet that left no studio recordings. The Brecker brothers had cut three studio tracks with Silver in 1972 (with Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Mickey Roker on drums) and would record the LP "A Prescription For the Blues" with the pianist in 1997 (backed by Ron Carter on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums).

However, Horace Silver’s 1973 touring quintet, featuring the three musicians plus Will Lee on bass, and Alvin Queen on drums, was practically unheard. Only a single track by this formation from a Pescara concert has been previously issued (on a long out of print compilation). This set adds to Silver’s discography three complete concerts by that edition of his group, all three unissued and with excellent sound quality. This edition also includes the aforementioned Pescara track as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

HORACE SILVER, piano & leader
RANDY BRECKER, trumpet
MICHAEL BRECKER, tenor sax & flute
WILL LEE, bass
ALVIN QUEEN, drums

CD 1 [1-3]: Live at The Jazz Workshop, Boston, March 27, 1973.
CD 1 [4-5] & CD2 [1]: Live at the 8th International Jazz Festival, Pori, Finland, April 14, 1973.
CD 2 [2-7]: Live at the Wollman Memorial Skating Rink, New York, July 3, 1973.

CD 2 [8] BONUS TRACK:
Same personnel. Live at Pescara Jazz, Pescara, Italy, July 15, 1973.

CD 1: Total Time: 70:18

01 LIBERATED BROTHER
02 IN PURSUIT OF THE 27th MAN
03 BIG BUSINESS
04 ACID, POT OR PILLS
05 GREGORY IS HERE

CD 2: Total Time: 68:57

01 SONG FOR MY FATHER
02 Introduction
03 LIBERATED BROTHER #2
04 Introduction
05 IN PURSUIT OF THE 27th MAN #2
06 GREGORY IS HERE #2
07 SONG FOR MY FATHER #2
08 GREGORY IS HERE #3