The Horace Silver Quintet - Serenade to a Soul Sister

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Album Details

Title: Serenade to a Soul Sister
Artist: The Horace Silver Quintet
Release Date: 1968
Re-Released On: 1/13/2008
Label: Blue Note, Toshiba EMI, Blue Note Records
Duration: 37:25
Album Type(s): Instrumental, lyrics/libretto
UPCs: 077778427728, 4988006812116, 4988006840201, 724359432120, 0724359432151, 077778427742, 724359432151, 724359432229
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Soul Jazz, Fusion, 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
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Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Track Listings

  1. Psychedelic Sally
  2. Serenade to a Soul Sister
  3. Rain Dance
  4. Jungle Juice
  5. Kindred Spirits
  6. Next Time I Fall in Love

Additional Releases

YearTypeLabelCatalog #
2008CDToshiba EMI6685
2004CDBlue Note5943222
2004CDBlue Note Records94321
1995CDBlue Note84277
1988CDBlue NoteB2-84277

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Album Review

One of the last great Horace Silver albums for Blue Note, Serenade to a Soul Sister is also one of the pianist's most infectiously cheerful, good-humored outings. It was recorded at two separate early-1968 sessions with two mostly different quintets, both featuring trumpeter Charles Tolliver and alternating tenor saxophonists Stanley Turrentine and Bennie Maupin, bassists Bob Cranshaw and John Williams, and drummers Mickey Roker and Billy Cobham. (Williams and Cobham were making some of their first recorded appearances since exiting the military.) Silver's economical, rhythmic piano style had often been described as funky, but the fantastic opener "Psychedelic Sally" makes that connection more explicit and contemporary, featuring a jubilant horn theme and a funky bass riff that both smack of memphis soul. (In fact, it's kind of a shame he didn't pursue this idea more.) Keeping the album's playful spirit going, "Rain Dance" is a campy American Indian-style theme, and "Jungle Juice" has a mysterious sort of exotic, tribal flavor. "Kindred Spirits" has a different, more ethereal sort of mystery, and "Serenade to a Soul Sister" is a warm, loose-swinging tribute. You'd never know this album was recorded in one of the most tumultuous years in American history, but as Silver says in the liner notes' indirect jab at the avant-garde, he simply didn't believe in allowing "politics, hatred, or anger" into his music. Whether you agree with that philosophy or not, it's hard to argue with musical results as joyous and tightly performed as Serenade to a Soul Sister. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

Credits

NameCredits
Alfred LionAudio Production, Producer
Bennie MaupinReeds (Multiple), Sax (Tenor)
Billy CobhamEngineer, Cover Photo, Drums
Bob BlumenthalLiner Notes
Bob CranshawPiano, Bass
Charles TolliverTrumpet
Francis WolffPhotography, Producer
Gordon JeeCreative Director
Horace SilverLyricist, Piano, Liner Notes, Original Liner Notes
John "Buddy" WilliamsBass
John WilliamsBass, Bass
Micaela BolandArt Direction, Design
Michael CuscunaReissue Producer
Mickey RokerDrums
Ron McMasterDigital Transfers
Rudy Van GelderEngineer, Remastering, Audio Engineer
Stanley TurrentineSax (Tenor)