Doin' the Thing

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Doin' the Thing
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Live album by
the Horace Silver Quintet
Released1961
RecordedMay 19 & May 20, 1961
Venue Village Gate, New York City
Genre Jazz, hard bop
Length43:39original LP
53:56 CD reissue
Label Blue Note
BST 84076
Producer Alfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology
Horace-Scope
(1960)		Doin' the Thing
(1961)		 The Tokyo Blues
(1962)

Doin' the Thing is a live album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, released on the Blue Note label in 1961. It was the only live album released featuring the "classic" Horace Silver Quintet.

Contents

The album was recorded at the Village Gate nightclub in New York City and features performances by Silver with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor, and Roy Brooks. [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "This live set finds pianist/composer Horace Silver and his most acclaimed quintet stretching out". [4] The All About Jazz review of the CD rerelease by Hrayr Attarian called the album "especially unique, not only because of its quality, but because it is the only live recording of his most famous quintet. Recorded in 1961, this CD has the power to transport one back in time to the smoky room at Village Gate where one feels the raw energy of the live performance". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Horace Silver.

  1. "Filthy McNasty" – 11:02
  2. "Doin' the Thing" – 11:16
  3. "Kiss Me Right" – 9:18
  4. "The Gringo/Cool Eyes (The Theme)" – 12:03

Bonus tracks not included on original LP

  1. "It Ain't S'posed to Be Like That" – 6:21
  2. "Cool Eyes" (complete version) – 3:56

All tracks recorded at the Village Gate, NYC, on May 19 & 20, 1961.

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ Horace Silver discography. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  2. ↑ Allmusic Review
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 181. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. ↑ Yanow, S. AllMusic Review. Retrieved November 20, 2009.
  5. ↑ Attarian, H. Review: Doin' the Thing at the Village Gate, All About Jazz , October 9, 2006.
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