Horace Silver - Essential Blue: The Classic of Horace Silver

Title: Essential Blue: The Classic of Horace Silver Artist: Horace Silver Release Date: 5/23/2007 Label: Toshiba EMI Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 4988006853034 Genre: Jazz Styles: Soul Jazz, Hard Bop Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Cheerful, Earthy, Exuberant, Freewheeling, Fun, Humorous, Joyous, Organic, Playful, Sophisticated, Stylish, Bravado, Carefree, Dramatic, Earnest, Energetic, Gritty, Happy, Literate, Lively, Party/Celebratory, Passionate, Rousing, Searching, Slick, Street-Smart, Uplifting, Warm, Witty, Wry Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Incentive
2. Nica's Dream
3. Safari
4. The Tokyo Bluse
5. Kathy
6. The Cape Verdean Blues
7. Song for My Father
8. I've Had a Little Talk
9. The Sophisticated Hippie
10. African Ascension Pt. 1 "The Gods of Yorub
11. Time and Effort
12. Togetherness
13. Friends

Year Type Label Catalog # ------ CD Toshiba EMI 70219

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Single-disc jazz retrospectives and best-ofs never seem to work because the complexity and scope of the music simply defies easy encapsulation -- while still too patchy to cohere as a listening experience, the Jazztronik-compiled Essential Blue: The Classic of Horace Silver nevertheless does touch on all the myriad facets of the legendary pianist's career from the signature radio hit "Song for My Father" to the weird, wooly vocal psychedelia of "I've Had a Little Talk." The omissions are numerous, of course, but what resonates is the true breadth of Silver's visions -- few if any of his Blue Note contemporaries embraced the mainstream so fervently or so fearlessly, and the twists and turns of this loving, knowledgeable anthology documents his reach in full. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

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