Silver's Serenade is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1963 featuring performances by Silver with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor, and Roy Brooks.[5]

Silver's Serenade
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1963[1]
RecordedMay 7–8, 1963
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length37:44
LabelBlue Note
BST 84131
ProducerAlfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology
The Tokyo Blues
(1962)
Silver's Serenade
(1963)
Song for My Father
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Reception

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The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.[6]

Track listing

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All compositions by Horace Silver

  1. "Silver's Serenade" - 9:21
  2. "Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty" - 7:24
  3. "Sweet Sweetie Dee" - 7:34
  4. "The Dragon Lady" - 7:04
  5. "Nineteen Bars" - 6:21

Recorded on May 7 (1, 5) and 8 (2-4), 1963.

Personnel

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Production

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References

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  1. ^ Billboard Sept 14, 1963
  2. ^ Jurek, Thom (2011). "Silver's Serenade - Horace Silver | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 181. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Horace Silver discography accessed November 23, 2009.
  6. ^ Allmusic Review accessed November 23, 2009.