Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey-Sabu

Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey - Sabu
Compilation album by Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Sabu
Released	1955
Recorded	October 9 and 20, 1952 and November 23, 1953 WOR Studios, NYC
Genre	Jazz, Hard bop
Length	40:26
Label	Blue Note BLP 1520
Producer	Alfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology
Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey - Sabu (1955) Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1955)

Introducing the Horace Silver Trio
Studio album by Horace Silver
Released	1952
Recorded	October 9 and 20, 1952 WOR Studios, NYC
Label	Blue Note BLP 5018

Horace Silver Trio Vol. 2 and Art Blakey-Sabu
Compilation album by Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Sabu
Released	1953
Recorded	November 23, 1953 WOR Studios, NYC
Label	Blue Note BLP 5034

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Source	Rating
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[1]

Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey - Sabu is a 1955 compiliation album, featuring, primarily the Horace Silver Trio, but also includes two percussion-centric tracks featuring drummer Art Blakey and conga player Sabu. The tracks on this album are compiled from three sessions which were Silver's first as a leader.^[2] Originally released as an LP, it has subsequently been reissued on CD several times, including additional tracks not present on the original LP.^[3]

Background

Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey - Sabu was the second 12" Blue Note album released under Silver's name, but was recorded earlier. The album compiles tracks from three sessions in 1953 and 1954 featuring Silver, Blakey and three different bassists: Gene Ramey, Curly Russell and Percy Heath. All of these tracks were previously released on two earlier 10" LPs – Introducing the Horace Silver Trio (BLP 5018) and Horace Silver Trio, Vol. 2 and Art Blakey - Sabu (BLP 5034).^[4] While the original 12" LP omitted four tracks from these earlier 10" LPs, the CD reissue includes all 16 tracks from the original sessions.^[3][5]

Track Listing

Original LP

All songs written and composed by Horace Silver except where noted. 

Side A
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Safari" (*)			2:47
2.	"Ecaroh" (*)			3:10
3.	"Prelude to a Kiss" (*)	Irving Gordon, Irving Mills	Duke Ellington	2:47
4.	"Message from Kenya" (**)		Art Blakey	2:47
5.	"Horoscope" (*)			3:47
6.	"Yeah" (*)			2:45

Side B
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"How About You?" (**)	Ralph Freed	Burton Lane	3:40
2.	"I Remember You" (**)	Johnny Mercer	Victor Schertzinger	3:52
3.	"Opus de Funk" (**)			3:26
4.	"Nothing But the Soul" (**)		Art Blakey	4:07
5.	"Silverware" (**)			2:34
6.	"Day In, Day Out" (**)	Johnny Mercer	Rube Bloom	3:00

CD reissue

All songs written and composed by Horace Silver except where noted. 

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Horoscope" (*)			3:47
2.	"Safari" (*)			2:47
3.	"Thou Swell" (*)	Lorenz Hart	Richard Rogers	2:52
4.	"Quicksilver" (*)			3:00
5.	"Ecaroh" (*)			3:10
6.	"Yeah" (*)			2:45
7.	"Knowledge Box" (*)			2:46
8.	"Prelude to a Kiss" (*)	Irving Gordon, Irving Mills	Duke Ellington	2:47
9.	"I Remember You" (**)	Johnny Mercer	Victor Schertzinger	3:52
10.	"Opus De Funk" (**)			3:26
11.	"Day In, Day Out" (**)	Johnny Mercer	Rube Bloom	3:00
12.	"Silverware" (**)			2:34
13.	"How About You?" (**)	Ralph Freed	Burton Lane	3:40
14.	"Buhaina" (**)			3:04
15.	"Message From Kenya" (**)		Art Blakey	4:30
16.	"Nothing But The Soul" (**)		Art Blakey	4:07
Total length:				50:08

(*) Originally Released on Introducing the Horace Silver Trio (BLP 5018)
(**) Originally Released on Horace Silver Trio, Vol. 2 and Art Blakey - Sabu (BLP 5034)

Personnel

Performance

• Horace Silver - piano (except tracks A4, B4 LP; 15, 16 CD)
• Art Blakey - drums
• Gene Ramey - double bass (tracks A1, A5 LP; 1-3 CD)
• Curley Russell - double bass (tracks A2, A3, A6 LP; 4-8 CD)
• Percy Heath - double bass (tracks B1-B4, B6 LP; 9-14 CD)
• Sabu - conga (track A4 LP; 15 CD)

Production

• Alfred Lion - production
• Reid Miles - design
• Francis Wolff - photography
• Rudy Van Gelder - remastering
• Leonard Feather - liner notes

References

1. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 181. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
2. Yanow, Scott. "Horace Silver Trio, Vol. 1: Spotlight on Drums". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
3. "Horace Silver Trio". discogs.com. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
4. "Horace Silver Discography Project". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
5. "Horace Silver Trio". discogs.com. Retrieved 3 December 2014.