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A decade into his recording career, pianist Horace Silver made the album that would endure as the crown jewel of a catalogue that boasts numerous hard bop classics. Song For My Father captured the transition of his quintet with two tracks taken from an October 1963 session with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor, and Roy Brooks. A year later Silver entered Val Gelder Studio again with a new band featuring Carmell Jones, Joe Henderson, Teddy Smith, and Roger Humphries for a session that yielded four more cuts including what would become his signature tune, Song for My Father, a dedication to his father that was inspired by both his Cape Verdean heritage and the music Silver had heard on a recent trip to Brazil. 

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Horace Silver

Song For My Father

Blue Note
Blue Vinyl Series
Blue
Released13/09/2024Catalogue Number6511732Learn more
180 Gram Vinyl. All-Analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes.
Black
Released30/06/2021Catalogue Number744043Customer Limit1Estimated dispatch between Wed 25 Jun and Fri 27 JunLearn more