Further Explorations
Album by Horace Silver
| Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet | ||||
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| Studio album by the Horace Silver Quintet | ||||
| Released | Early May 1958[1] | |||
| Recorded | January 13, 1958 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 42:20 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BLP 1589 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet is an album by American jazz pianist Horace Silver, recorded on January 13, 1958 and released on Blue Note in 1958. The quintet features horn section Art Farmer and Clifford Jordan and rhythm section Teddy Kotick and Louis Hayes.[2]
Background
Silver's tune "Safari" had been recorded by Blue Note before in 1952 and was re-issued as a single to coincide with the release of the album.[citation needed]
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [4] |
The AllMusic review by Steve Leggett states: "Further Explorations is a solid, even striking outing, and if it isn't maybe quite as flashy as some of its predecessors, it is no less substantive and revealing."[5]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Horace Silver, except as noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Outlaw" | 6:07 |
| 2. | "Melancholy Mood" | 6:35 |
| 3. | "Pyramid" | 6:38 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Moon Rays" | 10:56 | |
| 2. | "Safari" | 5:11 | |
| 3. | "Ill Wind" | 6:53 |
Personnel
Horace Silver Quintet
- Horace Silver – piano
- Art Farmer – trumpet (except "Melancholy Mood")
- Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone (except "Melancholy Mood")
- Teddy Kotick – bass
- Louis Hayes – drums
Technical personnel
- Alfred Lion – production
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
References
- ^ Billboard May 19, 1958
- ^ Silver, Horace (August 2007). Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty: The Autobiography of Horace Silver - Horace Silver - Google Books. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520253926. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ AllMusic Review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Leggett, S. Allmusic Review accessed 16 November 2009.
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Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
Note
albums
- New Faces New Sounds (Introducing the Horace Silver Trio) (1952)/Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey-Sabu (1952–53)
- Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1954–55)
- 6 Pieces of Silver (1956–58)
- The Stylings of Silver (1957)
- Further Explorations (1958)
- Live at Newport '58 (1958)
- Finger Poppin' with the Horace Silver Quintet (1959)
- Blowin' the Blues Away (1959)
- Horace-Scope (1960)
- Doin' the Thing (1961)
- The Tokyo Blues (1962)
- Silver's Serenade (1963)
- Song for My Father (1963–64)
- The Cape Verdean Blues (1965)
- The Jody Grind (1966)
- Serenade to a Soul Sister (1968)
- You Gotta Take a Little Love (1969)
- That Healin' Feelin', The United States of Mind, Phase 1 (1970)
- Total Response, The United States of Mind,
Phase 2 (1970–71) - All, The United States of Mind, Phase 3 (1972)
- The United States of Mind (compilation of the 3 'Phase' albums, 1970–72)
- In Pursuit of the 27th Man (1972)
- Silver 'n Brass (1975)
- Silver 'n Wood (1975–76)
- Silver 'n Voices (1976)
- Silver 'n Percussion (1977)
- Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres (1978–79)
released
on
other
labels
- Silver's Blue (1956)
- Live 1964 (1964)
- Guides to Growing Up (1981)
- Spiritualizing the Senses (1983)
- There's No Need to Struggle (1983)
- The Continuity of Spirit (1985)
- Music to Ease Your Disease (1988)
- Rockin' with Rachmaninoff (1991)
- It's Got to Be Funky (1993)
- Pencil Packin' Papa (1994)
- The Hardbop Grandpop (1996)
- A Prescription for the Blues (1997)
- Jazz Has a Sense of Humor (1998)
Blakey/The
Jazz
Messengers
- A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (1954)
- A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (1954)
- A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 (1954)
- At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (1955)
- At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (1955)
- The Jazz Messengers (1956)
- The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956)
- Originally (1956)
others
- Introducing Nat Adderley (1955)
- Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (Dee Dee Bridgewater, 1994)
- Byrd's Eye View (Donald Byrd, 1955)
- Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956)
- Bohemia After Dark (Kenny Clarke, 1955)
- Al Cohn's Tones (Al Cohn, 1950)
- Miles Davis, Volume 3 (1954)
- Miles Davis Quartet/Blue Haze/Miles Davis Quintet/
Miles Davis All-Star Sextet/Walkin' (1953/54) - Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins/Bags' Groove (1954)
- Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (Lou Donaldson, 1952)
- Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955)
- The Art Farmer Septet (1953–54)
- When Farmer Met Gryce (Art Farmer/Gigi Gryce, 1955)
- The Complete Roost Recordings (Stan Getz, 1950–51)
- Nica's Tempo (Gigi Gryce, 1955)
- Disorder at the Border (Coleman Hawkins, 1952)
- Milt Jackson Quartet (1955)
- Plenty, Plenty Soul (Milt Jackson, 1957)
- The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (J.J. Johnson, 1955)
- Blowing in from Chicago (Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore, 1957)
- Hank Mobley Quartet (1955)
- Hank Mobley Sextet (1956)
- Hank Mobley and His All Stars (1957)
- Hank Mobley Quintet (1957)
- J. R. Monterose (1956)
- Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956)
- Lee Morgan Sextet (1956)
- Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957)
- Clark Terry (1955)
singles
- "Opus de Funk" (1953)
- "The Preacher"/"Doodlin'" (1955/54)
- "Señor Blues" (1956)
- "Sister Sadie" (1959)
- "Nica's Dream" (1960)
- "Song for My Father" (1964)
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