Blowin' the Blues Away
| Blowin' the Blues Away | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by Horace Silver | ||||
| Released | Early November 1959[1] | |||
| Recorded |
August 29–30 & September 13, 1959 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 42:54 | |||
| Label |
Blue Note BST 84017 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
| Horace Silver chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Blowin' the Blues Away is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, released on the Blue Note label in 1959 featuring performances by Silver with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor, and Louis Hayes.[5]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars and states "Blowin' the Blues Away is one of Horace Silver's all-time Blue Note classics... one of Silver's finest albums, and it's virtually impossible to dislike".[6]
Track listing
- All compositions by Horace Silver except as indicated
- "Blowin' the Blues Away" - 4:44
- "The St. Vitus Dance" - 4:09
- "Break City" - 4:57
- "Peace" - 6:02
- "Sister Sadie" - 6:19
- "The Baghdad Blues" - 4:52
- "Melancholy Mood" - 7:10
- "How Did It Happen" (Don Newey) - 4:41 Bonus track on CD
Recorded August 29 (tracks 1, 6), August 30 (#3, 4, 5, 8) & September 13 (#2, 7), 1959.
Personnel
- Horace Silver - piano
- Blue Mitchell - trumpet (tracks 1, 3-6 & 8)
- Junior Cook - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3-6 & 8)
- Gene Taylor - bass
- Louis Hayes - drums
Production
- Alfred Lion - production
- Reid Miles - design
- Rudy Van Gelder - engineering
- Francis Wolff - photography
References
- ↑ Billboard Nov 23, 1959
- ↑ Allmusic Review
- ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1298. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 181. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ↑ Horace Silver discography accessed 17 November 2009.
- ↑ Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed 16 November 2009.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.