Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Finger Poppin' With The Horace Silver Quintet
| Recorded | Jan 31, 1959 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BLP 4008 |
| Released | 1959 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 155006 |
The record
The first outing from this quintet lineup, with Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook settling into the frontline chemistry that would define Silver's early-60s run. Hard bop with a grin -- funky, blues-soaked, built for nodding heads at the bar.
Session personnel
- Gene Taylor — bass
- Louis Hayes — drums
- Horace Silver — piano
- Junior Cook — tenor saxophone
- Blue Mitchell — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 42 pressings on file.
| 1959 | Blue Note · BLP 4008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
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| 1959 | Blue Note · BST 4008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1959 | Blue Note · 4008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1959 | Blue Note · 4008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1960 | Blue Note · BLP 4008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; 47 W 63rd address; laminated sleeve |
| 1960 | Blue Note · BLP 4008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; 47 W 63rd address |
| 1960 | Blue Note · 4008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BST 4008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · deep groove; RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BST 4008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BST 4008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1965 | Blue Note · BLP-4008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, W63/NY transition · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1965 | Blue Note · BLP-4008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, W63/NY transition · deep groove; RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 4008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 4008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Liberty Pressing · RVG stamp |
Follow the players
Gene Taylor also plays on
Louis Hayes also plays on
Horace Silver also plays on