6 Pieces of Silver

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6 Pieces of Silver
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Studio album by
the Horace Silver Quintet
Releasedlate 1956 [1] [2]
RecordedNovember 10, 1956 (#1–8)
June 15, 1958 (#9–10)
Studio Van Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length38:56
Label Blue Note
BLP 1539
Producer Alfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology
Silver's Blue
(1956)
6 Pieces of Silver
(1956)
The Stylings of Silver
(1957)

6 Pieces of Silver is an album by the Horace Silver Quintet, recorded on November 10, 1956 and released on Blue Note later that year. The quintet features brass section Donald Byrd and Hank Mobley and rhythm section Doug Watkins and Louis Hayes. [3]

Contents

Background

The front cover photograph was taken at Central Park West, Upper West Side. [4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The early Silver quintet was essentially The Jazz Messengers of the year before but already the band was starting to develop a sound of its own. 'Señor Blues' officially put Horace Silver on the map." [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Horace Silver, except as noted.

Side 1
No.TitleDate recordedLength
1."Cool Eyes"November 10, 19565:55
2."Shirl"November 10, 19564:16
3."Camouflage"November 10, 19564:25
4."Enchantment"November 10, 19566:22
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Date recordedLength
1."Señor Blues" November 10, 19567:01
2."Virgo" November 10, 19565:49
3."For Heaven's Sake"
  • Elise Bretton
  • Sherman Edwards
  • Donald Meyer
November 10, 19565:09
CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleDate recordedLength
8."Señor Blues" (alternative take)November 10, 19566:38
9."Tippin'"June 15, 19586:12
10."Señor Blues" (vocal version)June 15, 19586:14

Personnel

Horace Silver Quintet

November 10, 1956

June 15, 1958

Technical personnel

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References

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  2. "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 2, 1957 via Google Books.
  3. Horace Silver discography accessed 16 November 2009.
  4. "Musical Maps".
  5. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 16 November 2009.
  6. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.