The Cape Verdean Blues

1966 studio album by The Horace Silver Quintet Plus J.J. Johnson
The Cape Verdean Blues
Studio album by
The Horace Silver Quintet Plus J.J. Johnson
ReleasedEarly January 1966[1]
RecordedOctober 1 & 22, 1965
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length43:43
LabelBlue Note
BST 84220
ProducerAlfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology
Song for My Father
(1964) 		The Cape Verdean Blues
(1966) 		The Jody Grind
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

The Cape Verdean Blues is a 1966 album by a jazz quintet led by pianist Horace Silver. The quintet is augmented on the last three tracks on the album by trombonist J. J. Johnson. The album was inspired by Silver's father, John Tavares Silva, who was born in Cape Verde.[4]

Track listing

All tracks by Horace Silver, unless otherwise noted

  1. "The Cape Verdean Blues" - 4:59
  2. "The African Queen" - 9:36
  3. "Pretty Eyes" - 7:30
  4. "Nutville" - 7:15
  5. "Bonita" - 8:37
  6. "Mo' Joe" (Joe Henderson) - 5:46

Recorded on October 1 (#1-3) and 22 (#4-6), 1965.

Personnel

Source:[5]

References

  1. ^ Billboard Jan 15, 1966
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 181. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ At Discogs
  5. ^ "Horace Silver Catalog". jazzdisco. Retrieved March 29, 2020.

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