Horace Silver

2 LPs ON 1 CD

This release presents the complete original Horace Silver albums The Tokyo Blues (Blue Note BST 84110) and Horace-Scope (Blue Note BST 84042). Both LPs showcase the leader on piano in a quintet format with Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Junior Cook on tenor sax, and Gene Taylor on bass (the drummer on the former LP is Joe Harris, while Roy Brooks is featured on the latter). Horace-scope contains the first version of Silver’s celebrated “Nica’s Dream” recorded under his own name (his previous versions of the song were included on albums by Kenny Burrell and Art Blakey)

PERSONNEL:

BLUE MITCHELL, trumpet
JUNIOR COOK, tenor sax
HORACE SILVER, piano
GENE TAYLOR, bass
JOE HARRIS, drums (on 1-5)
ROY BROOKS, drums (on 6-12)

[1-5]: The Tokyo Blues (4 Stars Down Beat Magazine - 4 Stars All Music Guide)
Mitchell & Cook out on 4.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, July 13 & 14, 1962

[6-12]: Horace-scope (4 Stars Down Beat Magazine - 4 Stars All Music Guide)
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, July 8 & 9, 1960.
All original sessions recorded by Rudy Van Gelder & produced by Alfred Lion

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01. Too Much Sake
02. Sayonara Blues
03. The Tokyo Blues
04. Cherry Blossom
05. Ah! So
06. Strollin’
07. Where You At?
08. Without You
09. Horace-Scope
10. Yeah!
11. Me And My Baby
12. Nica’s Dream

Total Time: 79:28