6 Pieces of Silver

6 Pieces of Silver
Studio album by
the Horace Silver Quintet
Releasedlate 1956[1][2]
RecordedNovember 10, 1956 (#1–8)
June 15, 1958 (#9–10)
StudioVan Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length38:56
LabelBlue Note
BLP 1539
ProducerAlfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology
Silver's Blue
(1956)
6 Pieces of Silver
(1956)
The Stylings of Silver
(1957)

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]

  1. ^ "Blue Note Records Catalog: 1500 series - album index". www.jazzdisco.org.
  2. ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 2, 1957 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Horace Silver discography accessed 16 November 2009.