6 Pieces of Silver

6 Pieces of Silver
Studio album by Horace Silver
Released January 1957[1]
Recorded November 10, 1956 (#1-8)
June 15, 1958 (#9-10)
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre Jazz
Length 38:56
Label Blue Note
Producer Alfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology
Silver's Blue
(1956)
6 Pieces of Silver
(1957)
The Stylings of Silver
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

6 Pieces of Silver is a studio album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1957 featuring performances by Silver with Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins and Louis Hayes.[4] The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and states "The early Silver quintet was essentially The Jazz Messengers of the year before but already the band was starting to develop a sound of its own. "Señor Blues" officially put Horace Silver on the map".[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Horace Silver, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Cool Eyes"5:55
2."Shirl"4:16
3."Camouflage"4:25
4."Enchantment"6:22
5."Señor Blues"7:01
6."Virgo"5:49
7."For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer)5:09
Bonus tracks on CD reissue
No.TitleLength
8."Señor Blues" (Alternative take)6:38
9."Tippin'"6:12
10."Señor Blues" (Vocal version)6:14

Personnel

References

  1. Billboard Feb 2, 1957
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 16 November 2009.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Horace Silver discography accessed 16 November 2009.
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