The United States of Mind

Last updated
The United States of Mind
The United States of Mind.jpg
Compilation album by
Horace Silver
ReleasedOctober 5, 2004
RecordedApril 8 & June 18, 1970, November 15, 1970 & January 29, 1971, January 17 & February 14, 1972
Genre Jazz
Length119:19
Label Blue Note
Producer Francis Wolff & George Butler
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Tom Hull B+ [3]

The United States of Mind is a compilation album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, released on the Blue Note label in 2004 compiling the three separate 'Phases' previously released as That Healin' Feelin' (1970), Total Response (1971) and All (1972). It features performances by Silver with Randy Brecker, George Coleman, Houston Person, Cecil Bridgewater, Harold Vick, Richie Resnicoff, Bob Cranshaw, Jimmy Lewis, Mickey Roker and Idris Muhammad, with vocals by Andy Bey, Salome Bey, Gail Nelson and Jackie Verdell. [4]

Contents

In a 1974 radio interview published in 2009, Silver stated "I got interested in writing lyrics about that time and, well, became interested in Metaphysics and Indian philosophies, and Yoga philosophies. I have always been interested in health foods, vitamins; you know, the health thing. So, I was trying to get the physical thing, the mental thing, and the spiritual thing altogether. I was doing a lot of reading, a lot of soul-searching, a lot of meditation; and I put it altogether and came up with The United States of Mind, which deals with all of that which I just mentioned; dealing with the physical, the mental and the spiritual things". [5]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars (a higher rating than any of the individual albums received) and states "To say that these albums were misunderstood is to understate the case. Silver had been one of Blue Note's most reliable and steady hard- and post-bop artists since the late 1950s. There was nothing in his catalog that prepared listeners for this adventurous undertaking that linked spiritual concepts and social consciousness to modern jazz as it encountered soul, funk, and pop at the dawn of a new decade... Ultimately, these records deserve a new hearing. Perhaps Silver's traditional fans who worship the hard bop material still won't get them, and that's fine. But those investigating jazz funk, '70s soul, or seeking out lost grooves from back in the day would do well to listen hard because the reward is bountiful. The quality and vision of the music here is unquestionable, and the bigger message found on these albums is as timely and eternal". [6]

Track listing

All compositions by Horace Silver

Disc One:

  1. "That Healin' Feelin" - 3:54
  2. "The Happy Medium" - 4:58
  3. "The Show Has Begun" - 4:11
  4. "Love Vibrations" - 4:03
  5. "Peace" - 3:26
  6. "Permit Me to Introduce You to Yourself" - 3:13
  7. "Wipe Away the Evil" - 4:15
  8. "Nobody Knows" - 4:12
  9. "There's Too Much to Be Done" - 4:11
  10. "Acid, Pot or Pills" - 4:26
  11. "What Kind of Animal Am I" - 3:38
  12. "Won't You Open up Your Senses" - 3:56
  13. "I've Had a Little Talk" - 3:46
  14. "Soul Searching" - 4:15

Disc Two:

  1. "Big Business" - 5:22
  2. "I'm Aware of the Animals Within Me" - 3:45
  3. "Old Mother Nature Calls" - 6:17
  4. "Total Response" - 5:22
  5. "The Merger of the Minds" - 4:47
  6. "Cause and Effect" - 4:14
  7. "Forever Is a Long Long Time" - 3:50
  8. "My Soul Is My Computer" - 4:38
  9. "How Much Does Matter Really Matter" - 3:09
  10. "Horn of Life" - 6:27
  11. "Who Has the Answer" - 3:42
  12. "From the Heart Through the Mind" - 3:28
  13. "All" - 5:39
  14. "Summary" - 2:35
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on April 8, 1970 (Disc One tracks 1-5), June 18, 1970 (Disc One tracks 6-9), November 15, 1970 (Disc One tracks 10 & 11, Disc Two tracks 1 & 4), January 29, 1971 (Disc One tracks 12-14, Disc Two track 2 & 3), January 17, 1972 (Disc Two tracks 6, 7, 9, 11 & 12) and February 14, 1972 (Disc Two tracks 5, 9, 10, 13 & 14).

Personnel

Related Research Articles

<i>L.A. Is My Lady</i> 1984 studio album by Frank Sinatra

L.A. Is My Lady is the fifty-seventh and final solo studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1984 and produced by Quincy Jones. While the album was Sinatra's last, he recorded five further songs, only four of which have been officially released.

<i>Reach Out!</i> (Hank Mobley album) 1968 studio album by Hank Mobley

Reach Out! is an album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley recorded and released by the Blue Note label in 1968. It features performances by Mobley with trumpeter Woody Shaw, guitarist George Benson, pianist LaMont Johnson, bassist Bob Cranshaw, and drummer Billy Higgins.

<i>Things to Come from Those Now Gone</i> 1975 studio album by Muhal Richard Abrams

Things to Come from Those Now Gone is the third album by Muhal Richard Abrams which was released on the Delmark label in 1975 and features performances of seven of Abrams' compositions by Abrams with varying line-ups that include Wallace McMillan, Edwin Daugherty, Richard Brown, Emanuel Cranshaw, Reggie Willis, Rufus Reid, Steve McCall and Wilbur Campbell with vocals by Ella Jackson.

<i>The Standard Sonny Rollins</i> 1965 studio album by Sonny Rollins

The Standard Sonny Rollins is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, his last release for RCA Victor, featuring performances by Rollins with Herbie Hancock, Jim Hall, David Izenzon, Teddy Smith, Stu Martin, Bob Cranshaw and Mickey Roker.

<i>Serenade to a Soul Sister</i> 1968 studio album by Horace Silver

Serenade to a Soul Sister is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1968, featuring performances by Silver with Charles Tolliver, Stanley Turrentine, Bennie Maupin, Bob Cranshaw, John Williams, Mickey Roker and Billy Cobham.

<i>That Healin Feelin</i> (Horace Silver album) 1970 studio album by Horace Silver Quintet

That Healin' Feelin' is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1970, featuring performances by Silver with Randy Brecker, George Coleman, Houston Person, Bob Cranshaw, Jimmy Lewis, Mickey Roker and Idris Muhammad with vocals by Andy Bey, Gail Nelson and Jackie Verdell. It is the first of a trilogy of albums later compiled on CD as The United States of Mind.

<i>Total Response</i> 1972 studio album by Horace Silver Quintet/Sextet With Vocals

Total Response is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1972 featuring performances by Silver with Cecil Bridgewater, Harold Vick, Richie Resnicoff, Bob Cranshaw and Mickey Roker, with vocals by Salome Bey and Andy Bey. In 2004, it was included as the second of a trilogy of albums compiled on CD as The United States of Mind.

<i>All</i> (Horace Silver album) 1972 studio album by Horace Silver Quintet/Sextet

All is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1972, featuring performances by Silver with Cecil Bridgewater, Harold Vick, Richie Resnicoff, Bob Cranshaw and Mickey Roker, with vocals by Andy Bey, Salome Bey and Gail Nelson. It is the third of a trilogy of albums later compiled on CD as The United States of Mind.

<i>In Pursuit of the 27th Man</i> 1973 studio album by Horace Silver

In Pursuit of the 27th Man is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1973, featuring performances by Silver with David Friedman, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Bob Cranshaw, and Mickey Roker.

<i>Rough n Tumble</i> 1966 studio album by Stanley Turrentine

Rough 'n' Tumble is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine issued in 1966 on Blue Note Records. The album reached No. 20 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.

<i>Easy Walker</i> 1968 studio album by Stanley Turrentine

Easy Walker is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine recorded for the Blue Note label in 1966 and performed by Turrentine with McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw and Mickey Roker. One additional track from an unreleased session arranged by Duke Pearson was added to the original CD release and another four bonus tracks recorded in 1969 and originally released on Ain't No Way were added to the 1997 CD reissue.

<i>Little Big Horn</i> (album) 1963 studio album by Nat Adderley

Little Big Horn is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley released on the Riverside label featuring performances by Adderley with Junior Mance, Kenny Burrell/Jim Hall Bob Cranshaw, and Mickey Roker.

<i>How Insensitive</i> (album) 1969 studio album by Duke Pearson

How Insensitive is the fourteenth album by American pianist and arranger Duke Pearson featuring performances by Pearson's band augmented by a choir, recorded over three sessions in 1969 and released on the Blue Note label.

<i>I Dont Care Who Knows It</i> 1996 studio album by Duke Pearson

I Don't Care Who Knows It is an album by American pianist and arranger Duke Pearson featuring performances recorded between 1968 and 1970. The album was released on the Blue Note label in 1996.

<i>Experience and Judgment</i> 1974 studio album by Andy Bey

Experience and Judgment is an album by vocalist and pianist Andy Bey recorded in 1973 and released on the Atlantic label.

<i>Soul Duo</i> 1966 studio album by Shirley Scott and Clark Terry

Soul Duo is an album by American jazz organist Shirley Scott and flugelhornist Clark Terry recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.

<i>The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World</i> 1975 compilation album

The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World is a 1967 live album featuring Duke Ellington and his orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, T-Bone Walker, Coleman Hawkins, Clark Terry and Zoot Sims. It was released in 1975.

<i>Goodies</i> (George Benson album) 1969 studio album by George Benson

Goodies is the sixth album by jazz guitarist George Benson recorded in 1968 and released on the Verve label.

<i>The Complete Roost Recordings</i> 1997 compilation album by Stan Getz

The Complete Roost Recordings is a 1997 compilation 3-CD set of sessions led by saxophonist and bandleader Stan Getz recorded for the Roost Records label between 1950 and 1954. The compilation includes material previously released on Getz's Roost LPs The Sound, The Getz Age, the two volumes of Stan Getz at Storyville and the album with guitarist Johnny Smith - Moonlight in Vermont along with alternate takes and previously unreleased performances.

<i>I/We Had a Ball</i> 1965 studio album

I/We Had a Ball is an album consisting of jazz versions of songs from Jack Lawrence and Stan Freeman's musical I Had a Ball performed by Art Blakey, Milt Jackson, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones and Chet Baker which was released by Limelight in 1965.

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic Review
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ Hull, Tom (May 2005). "Recycled Goods (19)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  4. ↑ Horace Silver discography accessed November 26, 2009.
  5. ↑ Hamilton, E. Horace Silver: Blue Note Records and His Lady Music, All About Jazz , March 29, 2009
  6. ↑ Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 26, 2009.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.