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| 1. | Song For My Father
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| 2. | The Natives Are Restless Tonight
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| 3. | Calcutta Cutie [+]
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| 4. | Que Pasa
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| 5. | The Kicker
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| 6. | Lonely Woman [+]
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| 7. | Sanctimonious Sam [+][*]
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| 8. | Que Pasa? [+][*]
Trio version
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| 9. | Sighin' and Cryin' [+][*]
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| 10. | Silver Treads Among My Soul [+][*]
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Jazz / Soul-Jazz; Hard Bop
The Rudy Van Gelder Edition
Recorded: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
* Tracks 3,6,7,8: Oct 31, 1963
* Tracks 9,10: Jan 28, 1964
* Tracks 1,2,4,5: Oct 26, 1964
Remastering by Rudy Van Gelder
Horace Silver - Piano
Carmell Jones - Trumpet
Joe Henderson - Sax (Tenor)
Teddy Smith - Bass
Roger Humphries - Drums
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Horace Silver - Piano
Blue Mitchell - Trumpet
Junior Cook - Sax (Tenor)
Gene Taylor - Bass
Roy Brooks - Drums
* Alfred Lion - Producer
* Francis Wolff - Cover Photo, Photography
* Leonard Feather - Liner Notes
* MGN - Liner Notes
* Michael Cuscuna - Producer, Reissue Producer
* Reid Miles - Cover Design
* Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer, Remastering
A visit to Brazil prompted Horace Silver's interest in his Portuguese roots and led to the magnificent "Song For My Father," his most enduring composition. This album also introduced his new band with Joe Henderson and Carmell Jones and features the classic band with Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook.
One of Blue Note's greatest mainstream hard bop dates, Song for My Father is Horace Silver's signature LP and the peak of a discography already studded with classics. Silver was always a master at balancing jumping rhythms with complex harmonies for a unique blend of earthiness and sophistication, and Song for My Father has perhaps the most sophisticated air of all his albums. Part of the reason is the faintly exotic tint that comes from Silver's flowering fascination with rhythms and modes from overseas -- the bossa nova beat of the classic "Song for My Father," for example, or the Eastern-flavored theme of "Calcutta Cutie," or the tropical-sounding rhythms of "Que Pasa?" Subtle touches like these alter Silver's core sound just enough to bring out its hidden class, which is why the album has become such a favorite source of upscale ambience. Song for My Father was actually far less focused in its origins than the typical Silver project; it dates from the period when Silver was disbanding his classic quintet and assembling a new group, and it features performances from both bands (and, on the CD reissue with bonus tracks, three different sessions). Still, it hangs together remarkably well, and Silver's writing is at its tightest and catchiest. The title cut became Silver's best-known composition, partly because it provided the musical basis for jazz-rock group Steely Dan's biggest pop hit "Rikki Don't Lose That Number." Another hard bop standard is introduced here in the lone non-Silver tune, tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson's "The Kicker," covered often for the challenge of its stuttering phrases and intricate rhythms. Yet somehow it comes off as warm and inviting as the rest of the album, which is necessary for all jazz collections -- mainstream hard bop rarely comes as good as Song for My Father
---Steve Huey, allmusic
[*] Not part of the original album |
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