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This release contains a complete previously unissued Horace Silver performance recorded live at a New York club (probably Birdland) in 1953. He is featured in a quartet format with the celebrated Lou Donaldson on alto sax, bassist Jimmy Schenck (a virtually unknown player who would, nevertheless, participate on Max Roach’s classic LP We Insist! – Freedom Now Suite), and drummer Lloyd Turner. Besides presenting versions of songs he rarely recorded, as well as Silver’s only known reading of “You Go to My Head”, this rare previously unheard set showcases the musicians in extended performances, which were still unusual to find on record in those days (Jazz Messengers).

Track listing:

1 You Go To My Head
Written-By – Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots
4:08
2 Rifftide
Written-By – Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk
12:10
3 The Things We Did Last Summer
Written-By – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
6:31
4 I’ll Remember April
Written-By – Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston
14:25
5 Lou’s Blues
Written-By – Lou Donaldson
18:28
6 Billie’s Bounce
Written-By – Charlie Parker
14:30
7 The Way You Look Tonight
Written-By – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
8:31

Personnel:

Horace Silver – piano
Lou Donaldson – alto sax
Jimmy Schenck – bass
Lloyd Turner – drums

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Label: Solar Records (4) – 4569945
Format: CD, Album, Remastered
Released: 2014