Blowin' the Blues Away
by Horace Silver
- Type: Album
- Released: 1959
- Label: Blue Note
- Country: United States
- Length: 26:11
- Community rating: 4.1/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Gene Taylor, Junior Cook, Blue Mitchell, Louis Hayes
Album Notes & Community Reviews
This album features one of Horace Silver's most famous 'funky' jazz compositions, 'Sister Sadie.' It's a classic example of soul-jazz, with a driving, gospel-tinged groove and an incredibly catchy, riff-based melody.
Genres
Descriptors: piano, soulful, bluesy, funky, melodic
Tracklist
- Blowin' the Blues Away (4:44)
- The St. Vitus Dance (4:09)
- Break City (4:57)
- Peace (6:02)
- Sister Sadie (6:19)
Credits
- The Horace Silver Quintet - primary artist
- The Horace Silver Trio - primary artist
- Gene Taylor - bass
- Reid Miles - design [cover]
- Louis Hayes - drums
- Paula Donohue - illustration [cover drawing]
- Rudy Van Gelder - lacquer cut by, recorded by [recording by]
- Ira Gitler - liner notes
- Horace Silver - piano, written-by
- Alfred Lion - producer
- Junior Cook - tenor saxophone
- Blue Mitchell - trumpet