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The Cape Verdean Blues

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Released
  
Early January 1966

Cape Verdean Blues (1965)
  
The Jody Grind (1966)

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Genres
  
Jazz, Hard bop

Length
  
43:43

Release date
  
1965

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

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Recorded
  
October 1 & 22, 1965 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Artists
  
Horace Silver, J. J. Johnson

Similar
  
Horace Silver albums, Jazz albums

The Cape Verdean Blues is an album by the Horace Silver Quintet, led by jazz pianist Horace Silver. The quintet is joined on half of these tracks by trombonist J.J. Johnson, with whom Silver had been eager to work for some time. The album was inspired by Silver's father, John Tavares Silva, who was born in Cape Verde.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Horace Silver, unless otherwise noted.
  1. "The Cape Verdean Blues" - 4:59
  2. "The African Queen" - 9:36
  3. "Pretty Eyes" - 7:30
  4. "Nutville" - 7:15
  5. "Bonita" - 8:37
  6. "Mo' Joe" (Joe Henderson) - 5:46

Recorded on October 1 (#1-3) and 22 (#4-6), 1965.

Personnel

  • Horace Silver - piano
  • Woody Shaw - trumpet
  • Joe Henderson - tenor sax
  • J.J. Johnson - trombone on tracks 4 - 6
  • Bob Cranshaw - bass
  • Roger Humphries - drums

    • Songs

    1The Cape Verdean Blues5:00
    2The African Queen9:37
    3Pretty Eyes7:31

    References

    The Cape Verdean Blues Wikipedia
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