| The United States of Mind | |
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| Compilation album by | |
| Released | October 5, 2004 |
| Recorded | April 8 & June 18, 1970, November 15, 1970 & January 29, 1971, January 17 & February 14, 1972 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 119:19 |
| Label | Blue Note |
| Producer | Francis Wolff & George Butler |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [2] |
| Tom Hull | B+[3] |
The United States of Mind is a compilation album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, released on the Blue Note label in 2004 compiling the three separate 'Phases' previously released as That Healin' Feelin' (1970), Total Response (1971) and All (1972). It features performances by Silver with Randy Brecker, George Coleman, Houston Person, Cecil Bridgewater, Harold Vick, Richie Resnicoff, Bob Cranshaw, Jimmy Lewis, Mickey Roker and Idris Muhammad, with vocals by Andy Bey, Salome Bey, Gail Nelson and Jackie Verdell.[4]
In a 1974 radio interview published in 2009, Silver stated "I got interested in writing lyrics about that time and, well, became interested in Metaphysics and Indian philosophies, and Yoga philosophies. I have always been interested in health foods, vitamins; you know, the health thing. So, I was trying to get the physical thing, the mental thing, and the spiritual thing altogether. I was doing a lot of reading, a lot of soul-searching, a lot of meditation; and I put it altogether and came up with The United States of Mind, which deals with all of that which I just mentioned; dealing with the physical, the mental and the spiritual things".[5]
- ^ Allmusic Review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Hull, Tom (May 2005). "Recycled Goods (19)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ Horace Silver discography accessed November 26, 2009.
- ^ Hamilton, E. Horace Silver: Blue Note Records and His Lady Music, All About Jazz, March 29, 2009