Horace Silver Song For My Father ( 180g vinyl LP) (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series )

Release date 15-01-2021 (Originally released in 1964)

2021 EU Blue Note's Classic vinyl Series reissue on 180g vinyl LP = include the instantly famous "Song For My Father" plus "Que Pasa," "The Kicker" and "Calcutta Cutie." This jazz-piano pacesetter brought hard bop to the masses when he put out this all-time Blue Note classic, which crossed over to the pop charts in 1965 .

Recording by Rudy Van Gelder.Song For My Father is an incredible record, the kind of album that only Blue Note could put out and one that will sound wonderful forever! Horace Silver is working here at the height of his powers; lyrical, free, yet also damn soulful, in a style that makes for some of the most evocative jazz-based grooves of all time. Carmell Jones plays some of his best trumpet ever here and Joe Henderson really drives the whole session home with some incredible tenor work. Other group members include Teddy Smith on bass and Roger Humphries on drums. Titles include the instantly famous "Song For My Father" plus "Que Pasa," "The Kicker" and "Calcutta Cutie."

Tracks:
A1 Song For My Father
A2 The Natives Are Restless Tonight
A3 Calcuta Cutie

B1 Que Pasa
B2 The Kicker
B3 Lonely Woman

Credits:
    Bass – Gene Taylor (tracks: A3, B3), Teddy Smith (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2)
    Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
    Drums – Roger Humphries (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), Roy Brooks (tracks: A3, B3)
    Liner Notes – Leonard Feather
    Photography By – Francis Wolff
    Piano – Horace Silver
    Producer – Alfred Lion
    Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
    Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), Junior Cook (tracks: A3, B3)
    Trumpet – Blue Mitchell (tracks: A3, B3), Carmell Jones (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2)