Released Early January 1966 | Length 43:43 Release date 1965 | |
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Recorded October 1 & 22, 1965Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs 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.- "The Cape Verdean Blues" - 4:59
- "The African Queen" - 9:36
- "Pretty Eyes" - 7:30
- "Nutville" - 7:15
- "Bonita" - 8:37
- "Mo' Joe" (Joe Henderson) - 5:46
Recorded on October 1 (#1-3) and 22 (#4-6), 1965.
Personnel
Songs
1The Cape Verdean Blues5:00
2The African Queen9:37
3Pretty Eyes7:31
References
The Cape Verdean Blues Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA