Horace Silver discography

This is a discography of the recordings of Horace Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014), an American hard bop jazz pianist. His major discography consists of 36 studio albums, 3 live albums and 7 compilations.

Horace Silver discography
Studio albums36
Live albums3
Compilation albums7

Silver was initially a sideman, first recording in 1950, then a leader of mainly small groups. He was a founding member of The Jazz Messengers, originally run cooperatively, later by drummer Art Blakey alone. After leaving the Messengers, Silver led a five-piece combo into the 1980s. The vast majority of Silver's recordings as a leader were for the Blue Note label.

Studio albums

Album Album Details Peak chart positions
US[1] Top
Jazz Albums
[1]
Top
R&B Albums
[1]
New Faces New Sounds (Introducing the Horace Silver Trio)
  • "New Faces New Sounds" was a common name used by Blue Note for the first albums of Lou Donaldson and Kenny Drew, among others
  • Released: December 1952
  • Recorded: October 9 and 20, 1952
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 5018)
  • Format: 10" LP
Horace Silver Quintet
  • Released: March 1955
  • Recorded: November 13, 1954
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 5058))
  • Format: 10" LP
Horace Silver Quintet, Vol. 2
  • Released: September 1955
  • Recorded: February 6, 1955
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 5062))
  • Format: 10" LP
Silver's Blue
  • Released: 1956
  • Recorded: July 2, 17 and 18, 1956
  • Label: Epic (LN 3326)
  • Format: LP
6 Pieces of Silver
  • Released: November 1956
  • Recorded: November 10, 1956
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 1539)
  • Format: LP
The Stylings of Silver
  • Released: July 1957
  • Recorded: May 8, 1957
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 1562)
  • Format: LP
Further Explorations
  • Released: March 1958
  • Recorded: January 13, 1958
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 1562)
  • Format: LP
Finger Poppin'
  • Released: February 1959
  • Recorded: January 31, 1959
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 4008 [Mono], BST 4008 [Stereo])
  • Format: LP
Blowin' the Blues Away
  • Released: October 1959
  • Recorded: August 29, 30 and September 13, 1959
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 4017 [Mono], BST 84017 [Stereo])
  • Format: LP
Horace-Scope
  • Released: September 1960
  • Recorded: July 8 and 9, 1960
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 4042 [Mono], BST 84042 [Stereo])
  • Format: LP
The Tokyo Blues
  • Released: September 1962
  • Recorded: July 13 and 14, 1962
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 4110 [Mono], BST 84110 [Stereo])
  • Format: LP
Silver's Serenade
  • Released: July 1963
  • Recorded: May 7 and 8, 1963
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 4131 [Mono], BST 84131 [Stereo])
  • Format: LP
Song for My Father
  • Released: December 1964
  • Recorded: October 31, 1963; January 28 and October 26, 1964
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 4185 [Mono], BST 84185 [Stereo])
  • Format: LP
95 8
The Cape Verdean Blues
  • Released: December 1965
  • Recorded: October 1 and 22, 1965
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 4185 [Mono], BST 84185 [Stereo])
  • Format: LP
130
The Jody Grind
  • Released: 1966
  • Recorded: November 2 and 23, 1966
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 4250 [Mono], BST 84250 [Stereo])
  • Format: LP
8[2]
Serenade to a Soul Sister
  • Released: 1968
  • Recorded: February 23 and March 29, 1968
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 4277 [Mono], BST 84277 [Stereo])
  • Format: LP, 4 Track Cartridge
8[3] 41
You Gotta Take a Little Love
  • Released: 1969
  • Recorded: January 10 and 17, 1969
  • Label: Blue Note (BST 84309)
  • Format: LP
That Healin' Feelin'
The United States of Mind Phase 1
  • Released: 1970
  • Recorded: April 8 and June 18, 1970
  • Label: Blue Note (BST 84342)
  • Format: LP
Total Response
The United States of Mind Phase 2
  • Released: 1971
  • Recorded: November 15, 1970 and January 29, 1971
  • Label: Blue Note (BST 84368)
  • Format: LP
All
The United States of Mind Phase 3
  • Released: 1972
  • Recorded: January 17 and February 14, 1972
  • Label: Blue Note (BST 84420)
  • Format: LP
In Pursuit of the 27th Man
  • Released: 1972
  • Recorded: October 6 and November 10, 1972
  • Label: Blue Note (BN-LA054-F)
  • Format: LP
36
Silver 'n Brass
  • Released: 1975
  • Recorded: January 10 and 17, 1975
  • Label: Blue Note (BN-LA406-G)
  • Format: LP, 8 Track Cartridge
15[4]
Silver 'n Wood
  • Released: 1976
  • Recorded: November 7 and 14, 1975 and January 2 and 3, 1976
  • Label: Blue Note (BN-LA581-G)
  • Format: LP
35[5]
Silver 'n Voices
  • Released: 1976
  • Recorded: September 24, October 1, 19 and 22, 1976
  • Label: Blue Note (BN-LA708-G)
  • Format: LP
39
Silver 'n Percussion
  • Released: 1978
  • Recorded: November 12, 17, 25 and 30, 1977
  • Label: Blue Note (BN-LA853-H)
  • Format: LP
Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres
  • Released: 1980
  • Recorded: November 3 and 10, 1978; October 26, November 2 and December 10, 1979
  • Label: Blue Note (LBW-1033)
  • Format: LP
Guides to Growing Up
  • Released: 1981
  • Recorded: September 18 and 19, 1981
  • Label: Silveto (SPR 101)
  • Format: LP
Spiritualizing the Senses
  • Released: 1983
  • Recorded: January 19, 1983
  • Label: Silveto (SPR 102)
  • Format: LP
There's No Need to Struggle
  • Released: 1983
  • Recorded: September 1, 1983
  • Label: Silveto (SPR 103)
  • Format: LP
The Continuity of Spirit
  • Released: 1985
  • Recorded: March 25, 1985
  • Label: Silveto (SPR 104)
  • Format: LP
Music to Ease Your Disease
  • Released: 1988
  • Recorded: March 31, 1988
  • Label: Silveto (SPR 105)
  • Format: LP
It's Got to Be Funky
  • Released: 1993
  • Recorded: February 8 and 9, 1993
  • Label: Columbia (CK 53812)
  • Format: CD
2
Pencil Packin' Papa
  • Released: 1994
  • Recorded: January 10 and 11, 1994
  • Label: Columbia (CK 64210)
  • Format: CD
The Hardbop Grandpop
  • Released: 1996
  • Recorded: February 29 and March 1, 1996
  • Label: Impulse! (IMPD 192)
  • Format: CD
A Prescription for the Blues
  • Released: 1997
  • Recorded: May 29 and 30, 1997
  • Label: Impulse! (IMPD 238)
  • Format: CD
25
Jazz...Has...A Sense of Humor
  • Released: 1999
  • Recorded: December 17 and 18, 1998
  • Label: Verve (IMPD 293)
  • Format: CD
22
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Live albums

Album Album Details Peak chart positions
US[1] Top
Jazz Albums
[1]
Top
R&B Albums
[1]
Live at Newport '58
  • Released: 2008
  • Recorded: July 6, 1958
  • Label: Blue Note (0946 3 98070 2 4)
  • Format: CD
9
Doin' the Thing
  • Released: August 1961
  • Recorded: May 19 and 20, 1961
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 4076 [Mono], BST 84076 [Stereo])
  • Format: LP
Live 1964
  • Released: 1984
  • Recorded: June 6, 1964
  • Label: Emerald (EMR 1001)
  • Format: LP
June 1977 (Bremen, Germany)
  • Released: 2014
  • Recorded: June 28, 1977
  • Label: Promising Music
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Album Album Details Peak chart positions
US[1] Top
Jazz Albums
[1]
Top
R&B Albums
[1]
Horace Silver Trio, Vol. 2 / Art Blakey-Sabu
  • Released: February 1954
  • Recorded: November 23, 1953
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 5034))
  • Format: 10" LP
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
  • Released: July 1956
  • Recorded: November 12, 1954 and February 6, 1955
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 1518))
  • Format: LP
Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey-Sabu
  • Released: October 1956
  • Recorded: October 9 and 20, 1952 and November 23, 1953
  • Label: Blue Note (BLP 1520))
  • Format: LP
The Trio Sides
  • Released: 1974
  • Recorded: Between 1953 and 1968
  • Label: Blue Note (BN-LA474-H2))
  • Format: LP
Sterling Silver
  • Released: 1979
  • Recorded: Between 1956 and 1964
  • Label: Blue Note (BN-LA945-H)
  • Format: LP
The Natives are Restless Tonight
  • Released: 1985
  • Recorded: April 16, 1965 and February 11 and 18, 1966
  • Label: Emerald (EMR 1003)
  • Format: LP
The United States of Mind
  • Released: October 5, 2004
  • Recorded: Between 1970 and 1972
  • Label: Blue Note (7243 8 66745 2 4)
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Singles (78s and 45s)

Year Format A-side B-side Catalog
number
Label
1952 10" 78rpm "Safari" "Thou Swell" 1608 Blue Note
1953 10" 78rpm "Opus de Funk" "Day In, Day Out" 1625 Blue Note
1955 7" 45rpm "The Preacher" "Doodlin'" 1630 Blue Note
1955 7" 45rpm "Room 608" "Creepin' In" 1631 Blue Note
1956 7" 45rpm "Enchantment" "Camouflage" 1654 Blue Note
1956 7" 45rpm "Senor Blues" "Cool Eyes" 1655 Blue Note
1957 7" 45rpm "Home Cookin'" "The Back Beat" 1672 Blue Note
1957 7" 45rpm "Soulville" "No Smokin'" 1673 Blue Note
1958 7" 45rpm "Safari" "The Outlaw" 1705 Blue Note
1958 7" 45rpm "Senor Blues" "Tippin'" 1710 Blue Note
1959 7" 45rpm "Come on Home" "Finger Poppin" 1740 Blue Note
1959 7" 45rpm "Juicy Lucy" "Cookin' at the Continental" 1741 Blue Note
1959 7" 45rpm "Swinging the Samba" "Mellow D" 1742 Blue Note
1959 7" 45rpm "Sister Sadie" "Break City" 1750 Blue Note
1959 7" 45rpm "Blowin' the Blues Away" "The Baghdad Blues" 1751 Blue Note
1960 7" 45rpm "Strollin'" "Nica's Dream" 1784 Blue Note
1960 7" 45rpm "Me and My Baby" "Where You At" 1785 Blue Note
1961 7" 45rpm "Filthy McNasty, Part 1" "Filthy McNasty, Part 2" 1817 Blue Note
1961 7" 45rpm "Doin' the Thing, Part 1" "Doin' the Thing, Part 2" 1818 Blue Note
1962 7" 45rpm "Tokyo Blues, Part 1" "Tokyo Blues, Part 2" 1871 Blue Note
1962 7" 45rpm "Sayonara Blues, Part 1" "Sayonara Blues, Part 2" 1872 Blue Note
1962 7" 45rpm "Too Much Sake, Part 1" "Too Much Sake, Part 2" 1873 Blue Note
1963 7" 45rpm "Silver's Serenade" "Let's Go to the Nitty Gritty" 1902 Blue Note
1963 7" 45rpm "Sweet Sweetie Dee" "The Dragon Lady" 1903 Blue Note
1964 7" 45rpm "Song for My Father, Part 1" "Song for My Father, Part 2" 1912 Blue Note
1964 7" 45rpm "Que Pasa, Part 1" "Que Pasa, Part 2" 1913 Blue Note
1965 7" 45rpm "The Cape Verdean Blues" "Pretty Eyes" 1923 Blue Note
1965 7" 45rpm "The African Queen, Part 1" "The African Queen, Part 2" 1924 Blue Note
1966 7" 45rpm "The Jody Grind, Part 1" "The Jody Grind, Part 2" 1932 Blue Note
1968 7" 45rpm "Psychedelic Sally" "Serenade to a Soul Sister" 1939 Blue Note
1969 7" 45rpm "You Gotta Take a Little Love" "Down and Out" 1946 Blue Note
1970 7" 45rpm "The Show Has Begun" "There's Much to be Done" 1964 Blue Note
1970 7" 45rpm "I've Had a Little Talk" "Acid, Pot or Pills" 1975 Blue Note
1972 7" 45rpm "Horn of Life" "The Cause and Effect" 1978 Blue Note
1972 7" 45rpm "Nothing Can Stop Me Now" "The Liberated Brother" BN-XW325-W Blue Note
1976 7" 45rpm "Slow Down" "Time and Effort" BN-XW905-Y Blue Note
1976 7" 45rpm "Togetherness" "Out of the Night Came You" BN-XW1032 Blue Note

Albums recorded with The Jazz Messengers

In addition to Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers listed above, Silver recorded two live albums, a studio album and portions of two more compilation albums as co-leader of the original Jazz Messengers with Art Blakey.

Year Title
1955 At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1
1955 At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2
1956 The Jazz Messengers
1956 The Cool Voice of Rita Reys
1956 Originally

Albums recorded as a sideman

Year Title Leader Label
1950 Stan Getz Vol. 1 Stan Getz Roost (RLP 402)
1951 Chamber Music Stan Getz Roost (RLP 417)
1951 Split Kick Stan Getz Roost (RLP 423)
Above albums on The Complete Roost Recordings (Blue Note, 1950–54 [1997])
1952 New Faces New Sounds Lou Donaldson Blue Note (BLP 5021)
1952 Disorder at the Border Coleman Hawkins Spotlite (SPJ 121) [1973]
1953 Sonny Stitt Playing Arrangements from the Pen of Johnny Richards Sonny Stitt Roost (RLP 415)
1953 Howard McGhee Vol. 2 Howard McGhee Blue Note (BLP 5024)
1953 Al Cohn's Tones Al Cohn Savoy (MG 120488)
1954 Early Art Art Farmer Prestige (PRLP 177)
1954 A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 Art Blakey Blue Note (BLP 5037)
1954 A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 Art Blakey Blue Note (BLP 5038)
1954 A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 Art Blakey Blue Note (BLP 5039)
1954 Miles Davis, Volume 3 Miles Davis Blue Note (BLP 5040)
1954 Miles Davis Quartet Miles Davis Prestige (PRLP 161)
1954 Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis Prestige (PRLP 185)
1954 Miles Davis All-Star Sextet Miles Davis Prestige (PRLP 182)
1954 The Philosophy of Urso Phil Urso Savoy (MG 12056)
1954 When Farmer Met Gryce Art Farmer Prestige (PRLP 181)
1954 Cats vs. Chicks Clark Terry and Terry Pollard MGM (E 255)
1954 The Art Farmer Septet Art Farmer Prestige (PRLP 7031)
1954 Milt Jackson Quartet Milt Jackson Prestige (PRLP 183)
1954 Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins Miles Davis Prestige (PRLP 187)
1955 Clark Terry Clark Terry EmArcy (MG 36007)
1955 Afro-Cuban Kenny Dorham Blue Note (BLP 1535)
1955 Hank Mobley Quartet Hank Mobley Blue Note (BLP 5066)
1955 Milt Jackson Quartet Milt Jackson Prestige (PRLP 7003)
1955 The Eminent J. J. Johnson Vol. 3 J. J. Johnson Blue Note (BLP 5070)
1955 Bohemia After Dark Kenny Clarke Savoy (MG 12017)
1955 Introducing Nat Adderley Nat Adderley Wing (MGW 60000)
1955 Nica's Tempo Gigi Gryce Savoy (MG 12137)
1955 Byrd's Eye View Donald Byrd Transition (TRLP J-4)
1956 Whims of Chambers Paul Chambers Blue Note (BLP 1534)
1956 J. R. Monterose J. R. Monterose Blue Note (BLP 1536)
1956 Lee Morgan Indeed! Lee Morgan Blue Note (BLP 1538)
1956 Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan Hank Mobley Blue Note (BLP 1540)
1956 Lee Morgan Vol. 2 Lee Morgan Blue Note (BLP 1541)
1957 Plenty, Plenty Soul Milt Jackson Atlantic (LP 1269)
1957 Hank Mobley and His All Stars Hank Mobley Blue Note (BLP 1544)
1957 Blowing in from Chicago Cliff Jordan and John Gilmore Blue Note (BLP 1549)
1957 Hank Mobley Quintet Hank Mobley Blue Note (BLP 1550)
1957 Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 Sonny Rollins Blue Note (BLP 1558)
1994 Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver Dee Dee Bridgewater Verve (314 527 470-2)

Notes

  1. "Horace Silver Awards". allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  2. "The Jody Grind Awards". allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  3. "Serenade to a Soul Sister Awards". allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  4. "Silver 'N Brass Awards". allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  5. "Silver 'N Wood Awards". allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

References

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