Silver's Blue

Silver's Blue
Studio album by
Horace Silver
ReleasedAugust 1957[1]
RecordedJuly 2, 17–18, 1956
GenreJazz
Length44:23
LabelEpic
ProducerCal Lampley
Horace Silver chronology
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
(1955) 		Silver's Blue
(1957) 		6 Pieces of Silver
(1956)
Reissue cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
DownBeat[4]

Silver's Blue is a studio album by American jazz pianist Horace Silver recorded for the Epic label in 1956 featuring performances by Silver with Joe Gordon, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins, and Kenny Clarke and another session with Donald Byrd and Art Taylor replacing Gordon and Clarke.[5] Silver, Mobley, Watkins, and Byrd all had recently left The Jazz Messengers. These were Silver's first sessions as a leader after leaving the Messengers.[6]

  1. ^ Billboard Aug 19, 1957
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference allmusic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 181. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hentoff was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Horace Silver discography accessed December 1, 2009.
  6. ^ Feather, Leonard (1956). Silver's Blue (liner notes). Horace Silver Quintet. Epic Records.