Horace Silver discography

Horace Silver discography
Studio albums	36
Live albums	3
Compilation albums	7

Horace Silver was a hard bop jazz pianist. His major discography consists of 36 studio albums, 3 live albums and 7 compilations.

Silver worked as a sideman and leader starting in the 1950's. He was a founding member and co-leader of The Jazz Messengers with Art Blakey. After leaving the Messengers he led a five-piece combo of his own into the 1980's. The vast majority of Silver's recordings as a leader were for the Blue Note label.

Studio albums

Album	Album Details	Peak chart positions
Album	Album Details	US^[1]	Top Jazz Albums^[1]	Top R&B Albums^[1]
Introducing the Horace Silver Trio	Released: December 1952 Recorded: October 9 and 20, 1952 Label: Blue Note (BLP 5018) Format: 10" LP	—	—	—
Horace Silver Quintet	Released: March 1955 Recorded: November 13, 1954 Label: Blue Note (BLP 5058)) Format: 10" LP	—	—	—
Horace Silver Quintet, Vol. 2	Released: September 1955 Recorded: February 6, 1955 Label: Blue Note (BLP 5062)) Format: 10" LP	—	—	—
Silver's Blue	Released: 1956 Recorded: July 2, 17 and 18, 1956 Label: Epic (LN 3326) Format: LP	—	—	—
6 Pieces of Silver	Released: November 1956 Recorded: November 10, 1956 Label: Blue Note (BLP 1539) Format: LP	—	—	—
The Stylings of Silver	Released: July 1957 Recorded: May 8, 1957 Label: Blue Note (BLP 1562) Format: LP	—	—	—
Further Explorations	Released: March 1958 Recorded: January 13, 1958 Label: Blue Note (BLP 1562) Format: LP	—	—	—
Finger Poppin'	Released: February 1959 Recorded: January 31, 1959 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4008 [Mono], BST 4008 [Stereo]) Format: LP	—	—	—
Blowin' the Blues Away	Released: October 1959 Recorded: August 29, 30 and September 13, 1959 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4017 [Mono], BST 84017 [Stereo]) Format: LP	—	—	—
Horace-Scope	Released: September 1960 Recorded: July 8 and 9, 1960 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4042 [Mono], BST 84042 [Stereo]) Format: LP	—	—	—
The Tokyo Blues	Released: September 1962 Recorded: July 13 and 14, 1962 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4110 [Mono], BST 84110 [Stereo]) Format: LP	—	—	—
Silver's Serenade	Released: July 1963 Recorded: May 7 and 8, 1963 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4131 [Mono], BST 84131 [Stereo]) Format: LP	—	—	—
Song for My Father	Released: December 1964 Recorded: October 31, 1963; January 28 and October 26, 1964 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4185 [Mono], BST 84185 [Stereo]) Format: LP	95	—	8
The Cape Verdean Blues	Released: December 1965 Recorded: October 1 and 22, 1965 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4185 [Mono], BST 84185 [Stereo]) Format: LP	130	—	—
The Jody Grind	Released: 1966 Recorded: November 2 and 23, 1966 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4250 [Mono], BST 84250 [Stereo]) Format: LP	—	8^[2]	—
Serenade to a Soul Sister	Released: 1968 Recorded: February 23 and March 29, 1968 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4277 [Mono], BST 84277 [Stereo]) Format: LP, 4 Track Cartridge	—	8^[3]	41
You Gotta Take a Little Love	Released: 1969 Recorded: January 10 and 17, 1969 Label: Blue Note (BST 84309) Format: LP	—	—	—
That Healin' Feelin' The United States of Mind Phase 1	Released: 1970 Recorded: April 8 and June 18, 1970 Label: Blue Note (BST 84342) Format: LP	—	—	—
Total Response The United States of Mind Phase 2	Released: 1971 Recorded: November 15, 1970 and January 29, 1971 Label: Blue Note (BST 84368) Format: LP	—	—	—
All The United States of Mind Phase 3	Released: 1972 Recorded: January 17 and February 14, 1972 Label: Blue Note (BST 84420) Format: LP	—	—	—
In Pursuit of the 27th Man	Released: 1972 Recorded: October 6 and November 10, 1972 Label: Blue Note (BN-LA054-F) Format: LP	—	36	—
Silver 'n Brass	Released: 1975 Recorded: January 10 and 17, 1975 Label: Blue Note (BN-LA406-G) Format: LP, 8 Track Cartridge	—	15^[4]	—
Silver 'n Wood	Released: 1976 Recorded: November 7 and 14, 1975 and January 2 and 3, 1976 Label: Blue Note (BN-LA581-G) Format: LP	—	35^[5]	—
Silver 'n Voices	Released: 1976 Recorded: September 24, October 1, 19 and 22, 1976 Label: Blue Note (BN-LA708-G) Format: LP	—	39	—
Silver 'n Percussion	Released: 1978 Recorded: November 12, 17, 25 and 30, 1977 Label: Blue Note (BN-LA853-H) Format: LP	—	—	—
Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres	Released: 1980 Recorded: November 3 and 10, 1978; October 26, November 2 and December 10, 1979 Label: Blue Note (LBW-1033) Format: LP	—	—	—
Guides to Growing Up	Released: 1981 Recorded: September 18 and 19, 1981 Label: Silveto (SPR 101) Format: LP	—	—	—
Spiritualizing the Senses	Released: 1983 Recorded: January 19, 1983 Label: Silveto (SPR 102) Format: LP	—	—	—
There's No Need to Struggle	Released: 1983 Recorded: September 1, 1983 Label: Silveto (SPR 103) Format: LP	—	—	—
The Continuity of Spirit	Released: 1985 Recorded: March 25, 1985 Label: Silveto (SPR 104) Format: LP	—	—	—
Music to Ease Your Disease	Released: 1988 Recorded: March 31, 1988 Label: Silveto (SPR 105) Format: LP	—	—	—
It's Got to Be Funky	Released: 1993 Recorded: February 8 and 9, 1993 Label: Columbia (CK 53812) Format: CD	—	2	—
Pencil Packin' Papa	Released: 1994 Recorded: January 10 and 11, 1994 Label: Columbia (CK 64210) Format: CD	—	—	—
The Hardbop Grandpop	Released: 1996 Recorded: February 29 and March 1, 1996 Label: Impulse! (IMPD 192) Format: CD	—	—	—
A Prescription for the Blues	Released: 1997 Recorded: May 29 and 30, 1997 Label: Impulse! (IMPD 238) Format: CD	—	25	—
Jazz...Has...A Sense of Humor	Released: 1999 Recorded: December 17 and 18, 1998 Label: Verve (IMPD 293) Format: CD	—	22	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Live albums

Album	Album Details	Peak chart positions
Album	Album Details	US^[1]	Top Jazz Albums^[1]	Top R&B Albums^[1]
Live at Newport '58	Released: 2008 Recorded: July 6, 1958 Label: Blue Note (0946 3 98070 2 4) Format: CD	—	9	—
Doin' the Thing	Released: August 1961 Recorded: May 19 and 20, 1961 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4076 [Mono], BST 84076 [Stereo]) Format: LP	—	—	—
Live 1964	Released: 1984 Recorded: June 6, 1964 Label: Emerald (EMR 1001) Format: LP	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Album	Album Details	Peak chart positions
Album	Album Details	US^[1]	Top Jazz Albums^[1]	Top R&B Albums^[1]
Horace Silver Trio, Vol. 2 / Art Blakey-Sabu	Released: February 1954 Recorded: November 23, 1953 Label: Blue Note (BLP 5034)) Format: 10" LP	—	—	—
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers	Released: July 1956 Recorded: November 12, 1954 and February 6, 1955 Label: Blue Note (BLP 1518)) Format: LP	—	—	—
Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey-Sabu	Released: October 1956 Recorded: October 9 and 20, 1952 and November 23, 1953 Label: Blue Note (BLP 1520)) Format: LP	—	—	—
The Trio Sides	Released: 1974 Recorded: Between 1953 and 1968 Label: Blue Note (BN-LA474-H2)) Format: LP	—	—	—
Sterling Silver	Released: 1979 Recorded: Between 1956 and 1964 Label: Blue Note (BN-LA945-H) Format: LP	—	—	—
The Natives are Restless Tonight	Released: 1985 Recorded: April 16, 1965 and February 11 and 18, 1966 Label: Emerald (EMR 1003) Format: LP	—	—	—
The United States of Mind	Released: October 5, 2004 Recorded: Between 1970 and 1972 Label: Blue Note (7243 8 66745 2 4) Format: CD	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Singles (78s and 45s)

Year	Format	A-side	B-side	Catalog number	Label
1952	10" 78rpm	"Safari"	"Thou Swell"	1608	Blue Note
1953	10" 78rpm	"Opus de Funk"	"Day In, Day Out"	1625	Blue Note
1955	7" 45rpm	"The Preacher"	"Doodlin'"	1630	Blue Note
1955	7" 45rpm	"Room 608"	"Creepin' In"	1631	Blue Note
1956	7" 45rpm	"Enchantment"	"Camouflage"	1654	Blue Note
1956	7" 45rpm	"Senor Blues"	"Cool Eyes"	1655	Blue Note
1957	7" 45rpm	"Home Cookin'"	"The Back Beat"	1672	Blue Note
1957	7" 45rpm	"Soulville"	"No Smokin'"	1673	Blue Note
1958	7" 45rpm	"Safari"	"The Outlaw"	1705	Blue Note
1958	7" 45rpm	"Senor Blues"	"Tippin'"	1710	Blue Note
1959	7" 45rpm	"Come on Home"	"Finger Poppin"	1740	Blue Note
1959	7" 45rpm	"Juicy Lucy"	"Cookin' at the Continental"	1741	Blue Note
1959	7" 45rpm	"Swinging the Samba"	"Mellow D"	1742	Blue Note
1959	7" 45rpm	"Sister Sadie"	"Break City"	1750	Blue Note
1959	7" 45rpm	"Blowin' the Blues Away"	"The Baghdad Blues"	1751	Blue Note
1960	7" 45rpm	"Strollin'"	"Nica's Dream"	1784	Blue Note
1960	7" 45rpm	"Me and My Baby"	"Where You At"	1785	Blue Note
1961	7" 45rpm	"Filthy McNasty, Part 1"	"Filthy McNasty, Part 2"	1817	Blue Note
1961	7" 45rpm	"Doin' the Thing, Part 1"	"Doin' the Thing, Part 2"	1818	Blue Note
1962	7" 45rpm	"Tokyo Blues, Part 1"	"Tokyo Blues, Part 2"	1871	Blue Note
1962	7" 45rpm	"Sayonara Blues, Part 1"	"Sayonara Blues, Part 2"	1872	Blue Note
1962	7" 45rpm	"Too Much Sake, Part 1"	"Too Much Sake, Part 2"	1873	Blue Note
1963	7" 45rpm	"Silver's Serenade"	"Let's Go to the Nitty Gritty"	1902	Blue Note
1963	7" 45rpm	"Sweet Sweetie Dee"	"The Dragon Lady"	1903	Blue Note
1964	7" 45rpm	"Song for My Father, Part 1"	"Song for My Father, Part 2"	1912	Blue Note
1964	7" 45rpm	"Que Pasa, Part 1"	"Que Pasa, Part 2"	1913	Blue Note
1965	7" 45rpm	"The Cape Verdean Blues"	"Pretty Eyes"	1923	Blue Note
1965	7" 45rpm	"The African Queen, Part 1"	"The African Queen, Part 2"	1924	Blue Note
1966	7" 45rpm	"The Jody Grind, Part 1"	"The Jody Grind, Part 2"	1932	Blue Note
1968	7" 45rpm	"Psychedelic Sally"	"Serenade to a Soul Sister"	1939	Blue Note
1969	7" 45rpm	"You Gotta Take a Little Love"	"Down and Out"	1946	Blue Note
1970	7" 45rpm	"The Show Has Begun"	"There's Much to be Done"	1964	Blue Note
1970	7" 45rpm	"I've Had a Little Talk"	"Acid, Pot or Pills"	1975	Blue Note
1972	7" 45rpm	"Horn of Life"	"The Cause and Effect"	1978	Blue Note
1972	7" 45rpm	"Nothing Can Stop Me Now"	"The Liberated Brother"	BN-XW325-W	Blue Note
1976	7" 45rpm	"Slow Down"	"Time and Effort"	BN-XW905-Y	Blue Note
1976	7" 45rpm	"Togetherness"	"Out of the Night Came You"	BN-XW1032	Blue Note

Albums recorded with The Jazz Messengers

Main article: Jazz Messengers discography

In addition to Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers listed above, Silver recorded two live albums, a studio album and portions of two more compilation albums as co-leader of the original Jazz Messengers with Art Blakey.

Year	Title
1955	At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1
1955	At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2
1956	The Jazz Messengers
1956	The Cool Voice of Rita Reys
1956	Originally

Albums recorded as a sideman

Year	Title	Leader	Label
1950	Stan Getz Vol. 1	Stan Getz	Roost (RLP 402)
1951	Chamber Music	Stan Getz	Roost (RLP 417)
1951	Split Kick	Stan Getz	Roost (RLP 423)
Above albums on The Complete Roost Recordings (Blue Note, 1950–54 [1997])
1952	Lou Donaldson - New Faces-New Sounds	Lou Donaldson	Blue Note (BLP 5021)
1953	Sonny Stitt Playing Arrangements from the Pen of Johnny Richards	Sonny Stitt	Roost (RLP 415)
1953	Howard McGhee Vol. 2	Howard McGhee	Blue Note (BLP 5024)
1953	Al Cohn's Tones	Al Cohn	Savoy (MG 120488)
1954	Art Farmer	Art Farmer	Prestige (PRLP 177)
1954	A Night at Birdland Vol. 1	Art Blakey	Blue Note (BLP 5037)
1954	A Night at Birdland Vol. 2	Art Blakey	Blue Note (BLP 5038)
1954	A Night at Birdland Vol. 3	Art Blakey	Blue Note (BLP 5039)
1954	Miles Davis, Volume 3	Miles Davis	Blue Note (BLP 5040)
1954	Miles Davis Quartet	Miles Davis	Prestige (PRLP 161)
1954	Miles Davis Quintet	Miles Davis	Prestige (PRLP 185)
1954	Miles Davis All-Star Sextet	Miles Davis	Prestige (PRLP 182)
1954	The Philosophy of Urso	Phil Urso	Savoy (MG 12056)
1954	Art Farmer Quintet	Art Farmer	Prestige (PRLP 181)
1954	Cats vs. Chicks	Clark Terry and Terry Pollard	MGM (E 255)
1954	The Art Farmer Septet	Art Farmer	Prestige (PRLP 7031)
1954	Milt Jackson Quartet	Milt Jackson	Prestige (PRLP 183)
1954	Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins	Miles Davis	Prestige (PRLP 187)
1955	Clark Terry	Clark Terry	EmArcy (MG 36007)
1955	Afro-Cuban	Kenny Dorham	Blue Note (BLP 1535)
1955	Hank Mobley Quartet	Hank Mobley	Blue Note (BLP 5066)
1955	Milt Jackson Quartet	Milt Jackson	Prestige (PRLP 7003)
1955	The Eminent J. J. Johnson Vol. 3	J. J. Johnson	Blue Note (BLP 5070)
1955	Bohemia After Dark	Kenny Clarke	Savoy (MG 12017)
1955	Introducing Nat Adderley	Nat Adderley	Wing (MGW 60000)
1955	Nica's Tempo	Gigi Gryce	Savoy (MG 12137)
1955	Byrd's Eye View	Donald Byrd	Transition (TRLP J-4)
1956	Whims of Chambers	Paul Chambers	Blue Note (BLP 1534)
1956	J. R. Monterose	J. R. Monterose	Blue Note (BLP 1536)
1956	Lee Morgan Indeed!	Lee Morgan	Blue Note (BLP 1538)
1956	Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan	Hank Mobley	Blue Note (BLP 1540)
1956	Lee Morgan Vol. 2	Lee Morgan	Blue Note (BLP 1541)
1957	Plenty, Plenty Soul	Milt Jackson	Atlantic (LP 1269)
1957	Hank Mobley and His All Stars	Hank Mobley	Blue Note (BLP 1544)
1957	Blowing in from Chicago	Cliff Jordan and John Gilmore	Blue Note (BLP 1549)
1957	Hank Mobley Quintet	Hank Mobley	Blue Note (BLP 1550)
1957	Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2	Sonny Rollins	Blue Note (BLP 1558)
1994	Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver	Dee Dee Bridgewater	Verve (314 527 470-2)

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Horace Silver Awards". allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
↑ "The Jody Grind Awards". allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
↑ "Serenade to a Soul Sister Awards". allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
↑ "Silver 'N Brass Awards". allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
↑ "Silver 'N Wood Awards". allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

References

"Horace Silver Discography Project". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
"Blue Note Records Discography Project". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
Kelsey, Chris. "Horace Silver Biography". allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

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