Silver's Serenade

Silver's Serenade
Studio album by Horace Silver
Released	August 1963 [1]
Recorded	May 7–8, 1963
Studio	Van Gelder, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:44
Label	Blue Note BST 84131
Producer	Alfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology
The Tokyo Blues (1962) Silver's Serenade (1963) Song for My Father (1963)

Silver's Serenade is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, released on the Blue Note label in 1963 and featuring performances by Silver with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor, and Roy Brooks. ^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[5]

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars. ^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Horace Silver

1. "Silver's Serenade" - 9:21
2. "Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty" - 7:24
3. "Sweet Sweetie Dee" - 7:34
4. "The Dragon Lady" - 7:04
5. "Nineteen Bars" - 6:21

Recorded on May 7 (1, 5) and 8 (2-4), 1963.

Personnel

• Horace Silver - piano
• Blue Mitchell - trumpet
• Junior Cook - tenor saxophone
• Gene Taylor - bass
• Roy Brooks - drums

Production

• Alfred Lion - production
• Rudy Van Gelder - engineering
• Reid Miles - design
• Francis Wolff - photography

References

1. Billboard Sept 14, 1963
2. Horace Silver discography accessed November 23, 2009.
3. Jurek, Thom (2011). "Silver's Serenade - Horace Silver | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 181. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.