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Silver's Blue
| Recorded | Jul 1956 |
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| Label | Columbia Special Products |
| Released | 1956 |
| Personnel | 7 credited players |
| Discogs | master 258197 |
The record
Stepping outside Blue Note for one date, this quintet -- Mobley and Byrd joined by Joe Gordon -- keeps the gospel-inflected swing intact while Kenny Clarke sits in alongside Art Taylor for extra bebop pedigree.
Session personnel
- Doug Watkins — bass
- Art Taylor — drums
- Kenny Clarke — drums
- Horace Silver — piano
- Hank Mobley — saxophone
- Donald Byrd — trumpet
- Joe Gordon — trumpet
Contemporary reception
The Silver Quintet is composed of several jazzmen, including Silver, who formed the successful “Jazz Messengers.” They are Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Doug Watkins (bass) and Donald Byrd (trumpet). With keyboard artist Silver at the helm here, the boys play some neat contrapuntal and solo tricks on the set’s 7 mostly swinging numbers. Class jazz performances.
Pressings
The earliest pressing on file here is the 1956 US Epic mono, LN 3326; a Canadian copy of the same year is listed with a deep groove, and Philips handled Europe with B 07447 L. Epic renumbered the album LA 16005 for the 1960s, and those mono copies run from 1960 through 1964 -- perfectly playable, but a step removed. Japan got a limited mono reissue, ECPZ 2, in 1973.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 27 pressings on file.
| 1956 | Epic · LN 3326 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1956 | Epic · LN 3326 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep Groove · deep groove |
| 1962 | Epic · LA 16005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove |
| — | Epic · NP 513 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep Groove · deep groove |
| 1956 | Philips · B 07447 L — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1956 | Epic · LN3326 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono |
| 1957 | Philips · B07447L — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1958 | Philips · B 07.447 L — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1960 | Epic · LA 16005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1964 | Epic · LA 16005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1973 | Epic · ECPZ 2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono |
| 1989 | CBS · DMI-465469 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 2005 | Epic · 82876776352 — CD, Album, Reissue, Club Edition |
| 2005 | Epic · 520240 2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
Follow the players
Doug Watkins also plays on
Art Taylor also plays on
Kenny Clarke also plays on