Horace Silver Trio & Art Blakey–Sabu Album by Horace Silver
Introducing the Horace Silver Trio Released 1952 Recorded October 9 and 20, 1952 Studio WOR Studios, NYC Label Blue Note BLP 5018
Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey, Vol. 2 Released 1953 Recorded November 23, 1953 Studio WOR Studios, NYC Label Blue Note BLP 5034
Horace Silver Trio & Art Blakey–Sabu is an album by the Horace Silver Trio featuring drummer Art Blakey and conga player Sabu , recorded on October 9 & 20, 1952 and November 23, 1953 respectively and released on Blue Note in 1956.[ 3]
Background
The sessions were previously issued on two 10"s, Introducing the Horace Silver Trio (1952) and Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey, Vol. 2 (1953), respectively.[ 4] While the original 12" LP omitted four tracks from these earlier 10" LPs, the CD reissue includes all 16 tracks from the original sessions.[ 5] [ 6]
Track listing
Original release
CD reissue
All tracks are written by Horace Silver except where noted
Title Lyrics Music Date recorded 1. "Horace-Scope" October 9, 1952 3:47 2. "Safari" October 9, 1952 2:47 3. "Thou Swell " Lorenz Hart Richard Rodgers October 9, 1952 2:52 4. "Quicksilver" October 20, 1952 3:00 5. "Ecaroh" October 20, 1952 3:10 6. "Yeah" October 20, 1952 2:45 7. "Knowledge Box" October 20, 1952 2:46 8. "Prelude to a Kiss " Irving Gordon , Irving Mills Duke Ellington October 20, 1952 2:47 9. "I Remember You " Johnny Mercer Victor Schertzinger November 23, 1953 3:52 10. "Opus de Funk" November 23, 1953 3:26 11. "Day In, Day Out " Johnny Mercer Rube Bloom November 23, 1953 3:00 12. "Silverware" November 23, 1953 2:34 13. "How About You? " Ralph Freed Burton Lane November 23, 1953 3:40 14. "Buhaina" November 23, 1953 3:04 15. "Message from Kenya" Art Blakey November 23, 1953 4:30 16. "Nothing but the Soul" Art Blakey November 23, 1953 4:07 Total length: 50:08
Introducing the Horace Silver Trio – BLP 5018
Side 1 Title Date recorded 1. "Safari" October 9, 1952 2. "Ecaroh" October 20, 1952 3. "Prelude to a Kiss" October 20, 1952 4. "Thou Swell" October 9, 1952
Side 2 Title Date recorded 1. "Quicksilver" October 20, 1952 2. "Horoscope" October 9, 1952 3. "Yeah" October 20, 1952 4. "Knowledge Box" October 20, 1952
Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey, Vol. 2 – BLP 5034
Side 1 Title Writer(s) Date recorded 1. "How About You" November 23, 1953 2. "I Remember You" November 23, 1953 3. "Silverware" Silver November 23, 1953 4. "Message from Kenya" Blakey November 23, 1953
Side 2 Title Writer(s) Date recorded 1. "Opus de Funk" Silver November 23, 1953 2. "Nothing but the Soul" Blakey November 23, 1953 3. "Buhaina" Silver November 23, 1953 4. "Day In, Day Out" November 23, 1953
Personnel
Horace Silver Trio
October 9, 1952
October 20, 1952
November 23, 1953
Horace Silver – piano (except "Message from Kenya", "Nothing but the Soul")
Percy Heath – bass (except "Message from Kenya", "Nothing but the Soul")
Art Blakey – drums
Sabu – conga ("Message from Kenya")
Technical personnel
References
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release .
Blue Note albumsAlbums released on other labels Art Blakey /The Jazz Messengers With others
Introducing Nat Adderley (1955)
Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (Dee Dee Bridgewater , 1994)
Byrd's Eye View (Donald Byrd , 1955)
Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956)
Bohemia After Dark (Kenny Clarke , 1955)
Al Cohn's Tones (Al Cohn , 1950)
Miles Davis, Volume 3 (1954)
Miles Davis Quartet /Blue Haze /Miles Davis Quintet /Miles Davis All-Star Sextet /Walkin' (1953/54)
Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins /Bags' Groove (1954)
Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (Lou Donaldson , 1952)
Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham , 1955)
The Art Farmer Septet (1953–54)
When Farmer Met Gryce (Art Farmer/Gigi Gryce , 1955)
The Complete Roost Recordings (Stan Getz , 1950–51)
Nica's Tempo (Gigi Gryce, 1955)
Disorder at the Border (Coleman Hawkins , 1952)
Milt Jackson Quartet (1955)
Plenty, Plenty Soul (Milt Jackson , 1957)
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (J.J. Johnson , 1955)
Blowing in from Chicago (Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore , 1957)
Hank Mobley Quartet (1955)
Hank Mobley Sextet (1956)
Hank Mobley and His All Stars (1957)
Hank Mobley Quintet (1957)
J. R. Monterose (1956)
Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956)
Lee Morgan Sextet (1956)
Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957)
Clark Terry (1955)
Selected singles