Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet is an album by American jazz pianist Horace Silver, recorded on January 13, 1958 and released on Blue Note in 1958. The quintet features horn section Art Farmer and Clifford Jordan and rhythm section Teddy Kotick and Louis Hayes.[2]
| Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet | ||||
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| Studio album by the Horace Silver Quintet | ||||
| Released | Early May 1958[1] | |||
| Recorded | January 13, 1958 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 42:20 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BLP 1589 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
| Horace Silver chronology | ||||
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Background
editSilver's tune "Safari" had been recorded by Blue Note before in 1952 and was re-issued as a single to coincide with the release of the album.[citation needed]
Reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [4] |
The AllMusic review by Steve Leggett states: "Further Explorations is a solid, even striking outing, and if it isn't maybe quite as flashy as some of its predecessors, it is no less substantive and revealing."[5]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Horace Silver, except as noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Outlaw" | 6:07 |
| 2. | "Melancholy Mood" | 6:35 |
| 3. | "Pyramid" | 6:38 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Moon Rays" | 10:56 | |
| 2. | "Safari" | 5:11 | |
| 3. | "Ill Wind" | 6:53 |
Personnel
editHorace Silver Quintet
edit- Horace Silver – piano
- Art Farmer – trumpet (except "Melancholy Mood")
- Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone (except "Melancholy Mood")
- Teddy Kotick – bass
- Louis Hayes – drums
Technical personnel
edit- Alfred Lion – production
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
References
edit- ^ Billboard May 19, 1958
- ^ Silver, Horace (August 2007). Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty: The Autobiography of Horace Silver - Horace Silver - Google Books. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520253926. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ AllMusic Review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Leggett, S. Allmusic Review accessed 16 November 2009.
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