6 Pieces of Silver
1956 studio album by the Horace Silver Quintet
| 6 Pieces of Silver | ||||
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| Studio album by the Horace Silver Quintet | ||||
| Released | late 1956[1][2] | |||
| Recorded | November 10, 1956 (#1-8) June 15, 1958 (#9-10) | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:56 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BLP 1539 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
| Horace Silver chronology | ||||
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6 Pieces of Silver is an album by the Horace Silver Quintet, recorded on November 10, 1956 and released on Blue Note later that year. The quintet features brass section Donald Byrd and Hank Mobley and rhythm section Doug Watkins and Louis Hayes.[3]
Background
The front cover photograph was taken at Central Park West, Upper West Side.[4]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [6] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The early Silver quintet was essentially The Jazz Messengers of the year before but already the band was starting to develop a sound of its own. 'Señor Blues' officially put Horace Silver on the map."[5]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Horace Silver, except as noted.
| No. | Title | Date recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cool Eyes" | November 10, 1956 | 5:55 |
| 2. | "Shirl" | November 10, 1956 | 4:16 |
| 3. | "Camouflage" | November 10, 1956 | 4:25 |
| 4. | "Enchantment" | November 10, 1956 | 6:22 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Date recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Señor Blues" | November 10, 1956 | 7:01 | |
| 2. | "Virgo" | November 10, 1956 | 5:49 | |
| 3. | "For Heaven's Sake" |
| November 10, 1956 | 5:09 |
| No. | Title | Date recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8. | "Señor Blues" (alternative take) | November 10, 1956 | 6:38 |
| 9. | "Tippin'" | June 15, 1958 | 6:12 |
| 10. | "Señor Blues" (vocal version) | June 15, 1958 | 6:14 |
Personnel
Horace Silver Quintet
November 10, 1956
- Donald Byrd – trumpet (except "Shirl", "For Heaven's Sake")
- Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone (except "Shirl", "For Heaven's Sake")
- Horace Silver – piano
- Doug Watkins – bass
- Louis Hayes – drums
June 15, 1958
- Donald Byrd – trumpet
- Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
- Horace Silver – piano
- Gene Taylor – bass
- Louis Hayes – drums
- Bill Henderson – vocals (except "Tippin'")
Technical personnel
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Leonard Feather – liner notes
References
- ^ "Blue Note Records Catalog: 1500 series - album index". www.jazzdisco.org.
- ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 2, 1957 – via Google Books.
- ^ Horace Silver discography accessed 16 November 2009.
- ^ "Musical Maps".
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 16 November 2009.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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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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