Horace Silver - Horace-Scope

Title: Horace-Scope Artist: Horace Silver Release Date: 7/9/1960 Re-Released On: 1/20/2009 Label: Blue Note, EMI Music Distribution, Blue Note Records Duration: 39:13 Album Type(s): Instrumental UPCs: 077778404224, 094633777521, 4988006688476, 4988006772021, 4988006862852, 0077778404255, 077778404255, 094633777552, 094635520729 Genre: Jazz Styles: Soul Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz 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: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Strollin'
2. Where You At?
3. Without You
4. Horace-Scope
5. Yeah!
6. Me and My Baby
7. Nica's Dream

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD EMI Music Distribution 7105 2006 CD Blue Note 2006 CD Blue Note 3552072 2005 CD Blue Note Records 37775 2004 CD Blue Note 4042 2004 CD Blue Note 9130 1990 CD Blue Note B2-84042

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Horace-Scope is the third album by Horace Silver's classic quintet -- or most of it, actually, as drummer Louis Hayes was replaced by Roy Brooks starting with this session. The rhythmic drive and overall flavor of the group are still essentially the same, though, and Horace-Scope continues the tight, sophisticated-yet-swinging blueprint for hard bop pioneered on its two classic predecessors. The program is as appealing as ever, and even though not as many tunes caught on this time -- at least not on the level of a "Juicy Lucy" or "Sister Sadie" -- Silver's writing is tuneful and tasteful. The best-known selections are probably the lovely closing number "Nica's Dream," which had been around for several years but hadn't yet been recorded on a Silver LP, and the genial, laid-back opener "Strollin'." But really, every selection is full of soulful grooves and well-honed group interplay, the qualities that made this band perhaps the top hard bop outfit of the early '60s. Silver was in the midst of a hot streak that wouldn't let up for another few years, and Horace-Scope is another eminently satisfying effort from that period. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alfred Lion Producer Barbara J. Gardner Liner Notes Billy Mitchell Sax (Tenor) Blue Mitchell Trumpet Bob Blumenthal Liner Notes Francis Wolff Photography Gene Taylor Bass Horace Silver Piano Junior Cook Sax (Tenor) Michael Cuscuna Reissue Producer Paula Donohue Cover Design Roy Brooks Drums Rudy Van Gelder Engineer, Remastering