The Horace Silver Quintet With Art Farmer ‎– Complete Recordings

This release contains the complete recorded collaborations of pianist Horace Silver with trumpeter Art FarmerFirst, we focus on their quintet dates, including the complete original albums Hank Mobley Quintet (Blue Note BN1550), The Stylings of Silver (Blue Note BLP 1562), which received a five-star rating in its original Down Beat review, and Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet (Blue Note BLP 1589), as well as two earlier quintet sessions. Farmer and Silver’s collaborative works are completed at the end of CD3 with two further dates, one in a septet format, and the other featuring an all-star nonet.

Includes 24-page booklet

Personnel:

HORACE SILVER, piano – ART FAMER, trumpet, on all tracks, plus:

CD 1 [1-4] Sonny Rollins (ts, out on 1), Percy Heatheath (b), Kenny Clarke (d)
Hackensack, New Jersey, January 20, 1954.
CD 1 [5-8] Gigi Gryce (as), Percy Heatheath (b), Kenny Clarke (d).
Hackensack, New Jersey, May 19, 1954.
CD 1 [9-13] & CD 2 [1-3] Hank Mobley (ts), Doug Watkinsatkins (b), Art Blakey (d).
Hackensack, New Jersey, March 8, 1957.
[Originally issued as Hank Mobley Quintet (Blue Note BN1550).]

CD 2 [4-9] Hank Mobley (ts), Teddy Kotick (b), Louis Hayesayes (d).
Hackensack, New Jersey, May 8, 1957.
[Originally issued as The Stylings of Silver (Blue Note BLP 1562).]

CD 2 [10-11] & CD 3 [1-4] Clifford Jordan (ts), Teddy Kotick (b), Louis Hayesayes (d).
Hackensack, New Jersey, January 13, 1958.
[Originally issued as Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet (Blue Note BLP 1589).

Bonus Tracks: CD 3

[5-8] Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Charlie Rouse (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Percy Heatheath (b), Kenny Clarke (d).
Hackensack, New Jersey, June 7, 1954.
[9-10] Eddie Bert (tb), Julius Watkinsatkins (fhr), Bill Barber (tu), Gigi Gryce (as), Cecil Payne (bar),
Oscar Pettiford (b), Art Blakey (d), Ernestine Anderson (vcl).
New York, October 22, 1954.
[11-14] Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Gunter Schuller (fhr), Bill Barber (tu), Gigi Gryce (as),
Danny Bank (bar), Oscar Pettiford (b), Kenny Clarke (d).
New York, October 22, 1954.

CD 1: Total Time: 73:17
01. Wisteria
02. Soft Shoe
03. Confab In Tempo
04. I’ll Take Romance
05. A Night At Tony’s
06 . Blue Concept
07. Deltitnu
08. Stupendous Lee
09. Funk In Deep Freeze
10. Wham And They’re Off
11. Fin De L’affaire
12. Startin’ From Scratch
13. Stella-Wise

CD 2: Total Time: 73:49
01. Base On Balls
02. Funk In Deep Freeze (Alternative take)
03. Wham And They’re Off (Alternative take)
04. No Smokin’
05. The Back Seat
06. Soulville
07. HoMe Cookin’
08. Metamorphosis
09. My One And Only Love
10. The Outlaw
11. Melancholy Mood

CD 3: Total Time: 63:03
01. Pyramid
02. Moon Rays
03. Safari
04. Ill Wind
05. Evening In Paris
06. Wildwood
07. Elephant Walk
08. Tiajuana
09. Social Call
10. You’ll Always Be The One I Love
11. Smoke Signal
12. In A Meditating Mood
13. Speculation
14. Kerry Dance