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The Best Of Horace Silver: The Blue Note Years,Horace Silver

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Horace Silver
Released 1988

Senor Blues
07:03
669 plays

Opus De Funk
03:30
282 plays

Doodlin'
06:47
266 plays

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- 1
- Opus De Funk
- 03:30
- 282 plays

- 2
- Doodlin'
- 06:47
- 266 plays

- 3
- Room 608
- 05:22
- 235 plays

- 4
- The Preacher
- 04:19
- 2,161 plays

- 5
- Senor Blues
- 07:03
- 669 plays

- 6
- Cool Eyes
- 05:57
- 214 plays

- 7
- Home Cookin'
- 06:31
- 195 plays

- 8
- Soulville
- 06:18
- 174 plays

- 9
- Cookin' At The Continental
- 04:54
- 168 plays

- 10
- Peace
- 06:02
- 168 plays

- 11
- Sister Sadie
- 06:18
- 245 plays

- 12
- Blowin' The Blues Away
- 04:41
- 198 plays

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album review

Taking in Horace Silver's fertile '50s stretch (volume two covers the '60s), this Blue Note best-of disc is the perfect introductory set for listeners new to the hard bop giant. One of the first of the soul-jazz innovators (listen to that gospel-fired left hand and all that dancefloor-friendly material), Silver also wrote some of the most original cuts of the period and -- like Art Blakey -- provided a home for many of the best young players of the era. In fact, Silver headed up the first incarnation of the Jazz Messengers with Blakey, some of the fruits of which are heard here ("Preachin'," "Doodlin'," "Room 608"). Moving on to such classic LPs as Six Pieces of Silver ("Cool Eyes," "Senor Blues") and Blowin' the Blues Away ("Peace," "Sister Sadie"), Silver delivers some of the most sophisticated modern swing around with help from the likes of Hank Mobley, Junior Cook, Donald Byrd, Blue Mitchell, Doug Watkins, and Louis Hayes. A jazz primer with plenty of memorable tunes to boot. ~ Stephen Cook, All Music Guide