Horace Silver: Further Explorations LP (Tone Poet Series) BREC-56 Saint James Infirmary Blues

Saint James Infirmary Blues

Charles Moore on trumpet

D1: Something Is Calling You tabla version

Sonny Rollins first appeared on a Blue Note recording session in 1949 as part of Bud Powell's Modernists during a period when the saxophonist was coming up on the scene and cutting his teeth alongside bebop innovators including Thelonious Monk

Horace Silver: Further Explorations LP (Tone Poet Series) BREC-56 Saint James Infirmary BluesBlue Note, 1958 Further Explorations documents hard bop pioneer Horace Silvers quintet featuring Art Farmer on trumpet, Clifford Jordan on tenor saxophone, Teddy Kotick on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums. One can always expect a Horace Silver date to groove, but this session from January 1958 is particularly inspired, with the pianist penning all but one of the compositions. The Outlaw is one of Silvers most irrepressible creations with brilliant solos