HORACE SILVER:NLive At The Half Note (2CD) by Horace Silver Feat. Woody Shaw

Live At The Half Note  (2CD)

• Brilliant performance live at the Half Note

• Includes the entire broadcast

• Digitally remastered for greatly enhanced sound quality

• Background liners

Having played with and written for Stan Getz, Art Blakey, Miles Davis and many others, by the late 50s saxophonist and pianist Horace Silver was pioneering hard bop, incorporating elements of gospel and R&B into his funky, rhythmic compositions. The superb sets captured here were taped at New York’s Half Note club for FM radio broadcast, and include material from his influential 1965 Song For My Father LP, as well as boasting a searing guest appearance from the hugely gifted trumpeter Woody Shaw. It’s presented here complete with background notes and images.

DISC ONE

1. Mo’ Joe

2. African Queen

3. Cape Verdean Blues

4. Nutville

DISC TWO

1. Que Pasa

2. The Kicker

3. Song For My Father

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