Horace Silver - Pencil Packin' Papa

This CD's main assets are the many new compositions by Horace Silver and his colorful arrangements for the six-piece brass section. Although not enough is heard from the brass players on an individual basis (the greatly underrated trumpeter Oscar Brashear and trombonist George Bohanon get just one solo apiece), this is partly alleviated by the guest tenors. Red Holloway solos on seven songs while James Moody, Eddie Harris and Rickey Woodard each pop up twice. In addition, O.C. Smith does a fine job on his four vocals although Silver's abilities as a lyricist are still open to question. However his piano solos are typically exciting and inventive and Silver has obviously lost none of his enthusiasm even after four decades of music making. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Pryor Associate Producer Bernie Brundman Mastering Bruce Silver Producer Carl Burnette Drums Caroline Greyshock Photography David Schiffman Assistant Engineer Don Hahn Mixing, Engineer Doug Erb Design Dr. George Butler Executive Producer Eddie Harris Sax (Tenor) George Bohannon Trombone Horace Silver Liner Notes, Producer, Piano James Moody Sax (Tenor) Mark Guilbeault Assistant Engineer Maurice Spears Trombone (Bass) Nancy Donald Art Direction O.C. Smith Sax (Tenor) Oscar Brashear Flugelhorn, Trumpet Red Holloway Sax (Tenor) Rickey Woodard Sax (Tenor) Ron Stout Flugelhorn, Trumpet Suzette Moriarty French Horn