The Stylings Of Silver

Performer: Horace Silver
Artist: Hank Mobley; Art Farmer
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Producer: Alfred Lion; Michael Cuscuna (Reissue)
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Horace Silver (piano); Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone); Art Farmer (trumpet); Teddy Kotick (bass); Louis Hayes (drums). Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on May 8, 1957. Orifinally released on Bluenote (1562). Includes liner notes by Bob Blumenthal. Digitally remastered by Rudy Van Gelder. This is part of Blue Note's RVG series. Personnel: Horace Silver (piano); Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone); Art Farmer (trumpet); Louis Hayes (drums). Audio Remasterer: Rudy Van Gelder. Liner Note Authors: Nat Hentoff; Bob Blumenthal. Recording information: New York, NY (05/08/1957); Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, NJ (05/08/1957). Photographer: Francis Wolff. The 1957 Horace Silver Quintet (featuring trumpeter Art Farmer and tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley) is in top form on this date, particularly on "My One and Only Love" and their famous version of "Home Cookin'." All of Silver's Blue Note quintet recordings are consistently superb and swinging and, although not essential, this is a very enjoyable set. ~ Scott Yanow

Pianist and composer Horace Silver was, along with Art Blakey, one of the primary instigators of the hard-bop jazz movement of the 1950s. Silver turned a limited piano technique to his advantage, welding simple but memorable phrases to driving, muscular rhythms, molding a style whose influence has only grown stronger with the years.

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