Silver's Serenade
| Silver's Serenade | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 1963[1] | |||
| Recorded | May 7–8, 1963 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:44 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BST 84131 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
| Horace Silver chronology | ||||
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Silver's Serenade is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, released on the Blue Note label in 1963 and featuring performances by Silver with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor, and Roy Brooks.[2]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [5] |
The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars.[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Horace Silver
- "Silver's Serenade" - 9:21
- "Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty" - 7:24
- "Sweet Sweetie Dee" - 7:34
- "The Dragon Lady" - 7:04
- "Nineteen Bars" - 6:21
Recorded on May 7 (1, 5) and 8 (2-4), 1963.
Personnel
- Horace Silver - piano
- Blue Mitchell - trumpet
- Junior Cook - tenor saxophone
- Gene Taylor - bass
- Roy Brooks - drums
Production
- Alfred Lion - production
- Rudy Van Gelder - engineering
- Reid Miles - design
- Francis Wolff - photography
References
- ^ Billboard Sept 14, 1963
- ^ Horace Silver discography accessed November 23, 2009.
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom (2011). "Silver's Serenade - Horace Silver | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 181. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.