Hideo Shiraki

The music of Horace Silver presented here by drummer Hideo Shiraki with almost the same approach to soul jazz you'd find on Silver's best Blue Note sides of the late 50s.

Shiraki's always had a bit of a Jazz Messengers approach in his music recreating some of the grooves made famous by Horace at Blue Note, but also bringing a bit of his own flavor to the tunes as well. Horace usually had a quintet - Hideo's group is a sextet with Hidehiko "Sleepy" Matsumoto on tenor and flute, Akira Fukuhara on trombone, and Hisaya Omata on trumpet giving the famliar tunes a bit of a twist. Great stuff.

PERSONNEL:

• Hachiro Kurita - (bass)
• Hideo Shiraki - (drums)
• Joe Sera* (Yuzuru Sera) - (piano)
• Hidehiko Matsumoto - (tenor sax, flute)
• Hisaya Omata - (trumpet)
• Akira Fukuhara - (valve trombone)

Recorded September 3, 4, 1962.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Senor Blues
• A2. Sister Sadie
• A3. Doing The Thing

• SIDE B
• B1. Blowing The Blues Away
• B2. Preacher
• B3. Swinging Samba
• B4. Filthy Mcnasty