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Serenade to a Soul Sister

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Released
  
Early June 1968

Artist
  
Horace Silver

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
37:54

Release date
  
1968

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
February 23 & March 29, 1968 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Serenade to a Soul Sister (1968)
  
You Gotta Take a Little Love (1969)

Similar
  
Horace Silver albums, Jazz albums

The horace silver quintet serenade to a soul sister 1968


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.

Contents

The album was re-mastered, for the CD release in the 24-bit series, by Rudy Van Gelder, in 2004.

The horace silver quintet next time i fall in love 1968


Reception

The AllMusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars and described it:

"One of the last great Horace Silver albums for Blue Note, Serenade to a Soul Sister is also one of the pianist's most infectiously cheerful, good-humored outings... You'd never know this album was recorded in one of the most tumultuous years in American history, but as Silver says in the liner notes' indirect jab at the avant-garde, he simply didn't believe in allowing "politics, hatred, or anger" into his music. Whether you agree with that philosophy or not, it's hard to argue with musical results as joyous and tightly performed as Serenade to a Soul Sister."

Track listing

All compositions by Horace Silver

  1. "Psychedelic Sally" - 7:14
  2. "Serenade to a Soul Sister" - 6:19
  3. "Rain Dance" - 6:21
  4. "Jungle Juice" - 6:46
  5. "Kindred Spirits" - 5:55
  6. "Next Time I Fall in Love" - 5:19

Personnel

on tracks 1 - 3 (February 23, 1968)
  • Horace Silver - piano
  • Charles Tolliver - trumpet
  • Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
  • Bob Cranshaw - bass, electric bass (on track 1)
  • Mickey Roker - drums
  • on tracks 4 - 6 (March 29, 1968)
  • Horace Silver - piano
  • Charles Tolliver - trumpet (exc. track 6)
  • Bennie Maupin - tenor saxophone (exc. track 6)
  • John Williams - bass
  • Billy Cobham - drums
  • Production

  • Alfred Lion - production
  • Rudy Van Gelder - engineering
  • Reid Miles - design
  • Billy Cobham (Cover), Francis Wolff (Interior) - photography
  • Songs

    1Psychedelic SallyStanley Turrentine7:15
    2Serenade to a Soul SisterStanley Turrentine6:21
    3Rain DanceStanley Turrentine6:22

    References

    Serenade to a Soul Sister Wikipedia