Additional Information about Song for My Father by Horace Silver (CD, Mar-1989, Blue Note Records) Portions of this page Copyright 1948 - 2012 Muze Inc. All rights reserved. TEN TRACKS Album Features UPC: 077778418528 Artist: Horace Silver Format: CD Release Year: 1989 Record Label: Blue Note Records Genre: Jazz Instrument, Piano Details Playing Time: 61 min. Contributing Artists: Grant Green, John Patton, Joe Henderson, Blue Mitchell Distributor: EMI Music Distribution Recording Type: Studio Recording Mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a Album Notes Personnel: Horace Silver (piano); Carmell Jones, Blue Mitchell (trumpet); Joe Henderson, Junior Cook (tenor saxophone); Teddy Smith, Gene Taylor (bass); Roger Humphries, Roy Brooks (drums).Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna.Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey on October 31, 1963, January 28, 1964 and October 26, 1964. Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather and Michael Cuscuna.Yet another jazz steal; this time, Steely Dan borrowed the title track for "Rikki Don't Lose That Number." Horace Silver should take heart, this is his most successful album and one that finds its way onto many recommended lists, not just for the jazz fraternity. Its strength is its accessibility, and in keeping with many piano leader albums Silver does not seek to dominate. The reissued CD version contains four extra tracks from the same 1963/4 sessions. The Rudy Van Gelder Edition of SONG FOR MY FATHER includes an essay by Bob Blumenthal.Personnel: Horace Silver (piano); Carmell Jones, Blue Mitchell (trumpet); Joe Henderson, Junior Cook (tenor saxophone); Teddy Smith, Gene Taylor (bass); Roger Humphries, Roy Brooks (drums).Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey on October 31, 1963, January 28, 1964 and October 26, 1964. Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather.Digitally remastered by Rudy Van Gelder.This is part of the Blue Note Rudy Van Gelder Editions series.Yet another jazz steal; this time, Steely Dan borrowed the title track for "Rikki Don't Lose That Number." Horace Silver should take heart, this is his most successful album and one that finds its way onto many recommended lists, not just for the jazz fraternity. Its strength is its accessibility, and in keeping with many piano leader albums Silver does not seek to dominate. The reissued CD version contains four extra tracks from the same 1963/4 sessions.