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Released
  
November 1960

Horace-Scope (1960)
  
Doin' the Thing (1961)

Release date
  
1960

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Length
  
39:13

Artist
  
Horace Silver

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
July 8–9, 1960 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Similar
  
The Horace Silver Quintet albums, Jazz albums

Horace-Scope is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1960 featuring performances by Silver with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor, and Roy Brooks.

Contents

Steve Huey, reviewing for Allmusic, described the album as "full of soulful grooves and well-honed group interplay" and ultimately an "eminently satisfying effort".

Track listing

All compositions by Horace Silver except as indicated
  1. "Strollin'" - 4:59
  2. "Where You At?" - 5:37
  3. "Without You" (Don Newey) - 4:50
  4. "Horace-Scope" - 4:43
  5. "Yeah!" - 6:28
  6. "Me and My Baby" - 5:58
  7. "Nica's Dream" - 6:48
Recorded July 8 (tracks 1-3) & July 9 (tracks 4-7), 1960.

Personnel

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

    • Production

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

    • Songs

    1Strollin'4:59
    2Where You At?5:39
    3Without You4:51

    References

    Horace-Scope Wikipedia
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