Horace Silver - It's Got to Be Funky

After a 13-year period in which he mostly recorded for his private Silveto label, pianist/composer Horace Silver was rediscovered by Columbia for this session. Rather than featuring a standard quintet as he did throughout his career, the funky pianist is heard with his trio, a six-piece brass ensemble and guest tenors Red Holloway, Eddie Harris and Branford Marsalis; Andy Bey contributes four vocals. All of the music (except for a remake of "Song for My Father") was new and served as proof that the master of jazz-funk had not lost his stuff. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Pryor Associate Producer Andy Bey Vocals Bernie Grundman Mastering Bob Maize Bass Bob McChesney Trombone Bob Summers Flugelhorn, Trumpet Branford Marsalis Sax (Tenor) Carl Burnette Drums Caroline Greyshock Photography Clint Eastwood Liner Notes Don Hahn Mixing, Engineer Dr. George Butler Executive Producer Eddie Harris Sax (Tenor) Horace Silver Producer, Orchestration, Piano, Arranger, Liner Notes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Liner Notes Maurice Spears Trombone (Bass) Nancy Donald Art Direction Oscar Brashear Flugelhorn, Trumpet Red Holloway Sax (Tenor), Sax (Alto) Ron Stout Trumpet, Flugelhorn Suzette Moriarty French Horn