Horace-Scope
by The Horace Silver Quintet
- Type: Album
- Released: November 1960
- Label: Blue Note
- Country: United States
- Length: 39:22
- Community rating: 3.91/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: Junior Cook, Blue Mitchell, Alfred Lion, Horace Silver, Gene Taylor, Roy Brooks
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The recording formalized the pianist's classic early-sixties quintet lineup, prominently featuring trumpeter Blue Mitchell and tenor saxophonist Junior Cook. The compositions heavily integrate Latin percussion and bright, danceable horn vamps, further defining the highly accessible, rhythmic blueprint of modern hard bop.
Genres
Descriptors: acoustic, improvisation, instrumental, melodic
Tracklist
- Strollin' (4:59)
- Where You At? (5:37)
- Without You (4:50)
- Horace-Scope (4:42)
- Yeah! (6:26)
- Me and My Baby (5:58)
- Nica's Dream (6:48)
Credits
- The Horace Silver Quintet - primary artist
- Gene Taylor - bass
- Roy Brooks - drums
- Paula Donohue - illustration [cover drawning]
- Rudy Van Gelder - lacquer cut by, recorded by [recording by]
- Barbara Gardner - liner notes
- Francis Wolff - photography by
- Horace Silver - piano, written-by
- Alfred Lion - producer
- Junior Cook - tenor saxophone
- Blue Mitchell - trumpet
- Don Newey - written-by