Horace Silver (keyboards)

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY:

Fantastic pianist and composer, Horace Silver was born Ward Martin Tavares Silva on September 2nd, 1928 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA.

This is a brief biography, compiling the facts that I have. Any additional info with lineups featuring Horace Silver will be very welcomed.

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STAN GETZ GROUP

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When Horace Silver joined Stan Getz Group, this was the personnel:

STAN GETZ GROUP #?			?
Stan Getz † sax	Jimmy Raney guitar	Tommy Potter bass	Horace Silver † piano	Roy Haynes drums

Other info on members of Stan Getz Group (I know up to 46 members)
Already covered (5):	Bob Brookmeyer, Larry Bunker, John Guerin, Al Harewood, Hank Jones
To be covered (31):	Bill Anthony, Kenny Barron, Alex Blake, Joanne Brackeen, Brian Bromberg, Terri Lyne Carrington, Sonny Clark, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Bill Crow, Jack DeJohnette, Eduardo Del Barrio, Ray Drummond, Al Foster, Stan Getz, Danny Gottlieb, Billy Hart, Roy Haynes, Frank Isola, Andy LaVerne, Victor Lewis, Art Mardigan, Larry Nash, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Jimmy Raney,... up to 31 musicians.
Not enough info (9):	Jeff Brillinger, George Gray, Bob Harrison, Clint Houston, Duke Jordan, Al Levitt, Tommy Potter, John Williams, Frank Zottoli

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TONY SCOTT GROUP

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This was the Tony Scott Group in 1954:

TONY SCOTT GROUP #?		1954
Tony Scott † clarinet, sax	Percy Heath † bass	Horace Silver † piano	Kenny Clarke † drums

Other info on members of Tony Scott Group (I know up to 38 members)
Already covered (2):	Bill Eyden, Paul Motian
To be covered (23):	Alan Broadbent, Jaki Byard, Kenny Clarke, Eddie Daniels, Richard Davis, Jack DeJohnette, Bill Evans, Henry Grimes, Percy Heath, Spike Heatley, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson, Teddy Kotick, Bill Le Sage, Mundell Lowe, Eddie Marshall, Ron Matthewson, Tony Oxley, Horace Parlan, Tony Scott, Leon Thomas, Collin Walcott, Eugene Wright
Not enough info (12):	Steve Addis, Walter Bolden, Sid Bulkin, Bill Crofut, Dick Hyman, Joe Jones, Dick Katz, Garry Mapp, Jack Moffett, Bill Rubenstein, Hank Shaw, Jeremy Steig

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ART BLAKEY GROUP

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Along with drummer Art Blakey, Horace Silver co-founded The Jazz Messengers around 1954.

This was the powerful Art Blakey Quintet that recorded the live albums A night at Birland vol 1, A night at Birland vol 2 and A night at Birland vol 3 in February 1954:

ART BLAKEY GROUP #?			1954
Art Blakey † drums	Curley Russell † bass	Horace Silver † piano	Clifford Brown † trumpet	Lou Donaldson sax

This was the new Art Blakey Quintet that recorded the live albums At the Cafe Bohemia vol 1 and At the Cafe Bohemia vol 2 in November 1955:

ART BLAKEY GROUP #?			1955
Art Blakey † drums	Doug Watkins bass	Horace Silver † piano	Kenny Dorham † trumpet	Hank Mobley † sax

When Horace Silver left the band in 1956, Art Blakey became the only leader of the Messengers for many years.

Other info on members of Art Blakey Group (I know up to 78 members)
Already covered (1):	Freddie Hubbard
To be covered (76):	Christopher Amberger, Mickey Bass, Walter Bishop Jr, Art Blakey, Terence Blanchard, Juini Booth, Joanne Brackeen, Randy Brecker, Cameron Brown, Clifford Brown, Donald Brown, Jaki Byard, Donald Byrd, George Cables, Olu Dara, Nathan Davis, Walter Davis, Sam Dockery, Lou Donaldson, Kenny Dorham, Kevin Eubanks, Robin Eubanks, Lawrence Evans, Charles Fambrough, Curtis Fuller,... up to 76 musicians.

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HORACE SILVER GROUP

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In 1956 Horace started his own bands (usually quintets). These are some of the lineups I know...

This was the Horace Silver Quintet that recorded the live album Live at Newport ´58 in July 1958:

HORACE SILVER GROUP #?			1958
Horace Silver † piano	Gene Taylor bass	Louis Smith trumpet	Junior Cook † sax	Louis Hayes drums

This was the Horace Silver Quintet that recorded the live album Doin´ the thing in May 1961:

HORACE SILVER GROUP #?			1961-1962
Horace Silver † piano	Gene Taylor bass	Blue Mitchell † trumpet	Junior Cook † sax	Roy Brooks drums

There´s another live album, Paris blues recorded by this lineup in October 1962.

This was the Horace Silver Quintet in 1964:

HORACE SILVER GROUP #?			1964
Horace Silver † piano	Teddy Smith bass	Carmell Jones † trumpet	Joe Henderson † sax	Roger Humphries drums

This was the Horace Silver Group in 1965:

HORACE SILVER GROUP #?			1965
Horace Silver † piano	Teddy Smith bass	Carmell Jones † trumpet	Joe Henderson † sax	Roger Humphries drums

This was the Horace Silver Group in 1966:

HORACE SILVER GROUP #?			1966
Horace Silver † piano	Larry Ridley bass	Woody Shaw † trumpet	Joe Henderson † sax	Roger Humphries drums

This was the Horace Silver Quintet in 1968:

HORACE SILVER GROUP #?			1968
Horace Silver † piano	John Williams bass	Bill Hardman trumpet	Bennie Maupin sax	Billy Cobham drums

This was the fabulous Horace Silver Group in November 1968:

HORACE SILVER GROUP #?			1968
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Horace Silver † piano	John Williams bass	Randy Brecker trumpet	Bennie Maupin sax	Billy Cobham drums

This was the fabulous Horace Silver Group in July 1973:

HORACE SILVER GROUP #?			1973
Horace Silver † piano	Will Lee bass	Randy Brecker trumpet	Michael Brecker † sax	Alvin Queen drums

This was the Horace Silver Quintet in July 1976:

HORACE SILVER GROUP #?			1976
Horace Silver † piano	Steve Beskrone bass	Tom Harrell trumpet	Bob Berg † sax	Eddie Gladden drums

This was the Horace Silver Group in July 1985:

HORACE SILVER GROUP #?			1985
Horace Silver † piano	Luther Hughes bass	Brian Lynch trumpet	Ralph Moore sax	Carl Burnett drums

This was the Horace Silver Group in June 1987:

HORACE SILVER GROUP #?			1987
Horace Silver † piano	Brian Bromberg bass	Dave Douglas trumpet	Vincent Herring sax	Carl Burnett drums

This was the Horace Silver Sextet in 1988:

HORACE SILVER GROUP #?				1988
Horace Silver † piano	Andy Bey vocals	Phil Bowler bass	Vinnie Cutro trumpet	Ralph Bowen sax	Carl Burnett drums

This was the Horace Silver Group in 1990:

HORACE SILVER GROUP #?			1990
Horace Silver † piano	Clarence Seay bass	Michael Mossman trumpet	Ralph Bowen sax	Yoron Israel drums

This was the Horace Silver Quintet in 1994:

HORACE SILVER GROUP #?			1994
Horace Silver † piano	Bob Maize † bass	Red Holloway † sax	George Bohanon trombone	Sherman Ferguson † drums

This was the Horace Silver Septet that played in Spain in July 1996:

HORACE SILVER GROUP #?				1996
Horace Silver † piano	Bob Maize † bass	Ron Stout trumpet	Phil Vieux sax	Doug Webb sax	Steve Baxter trombone

Harold Mason drums

Other info on members of Horace Silver Group (I know up to 57 members)
To be covered (42):	Steve Baxter, Bob Berg, Steve Beskrone, George Bohanon, Ralph Bowen, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Brian Bromberg, Carl Burnett, Donald Byrd, Billy Cobham, Junior Cook, Vinnie Cutro, Art Farmer, Sherman Ferguson, Jimmy Greene, Bill Hardman, Tom Harrell, Louis Hayes, Joe Henderson, Red Holloway, Yoron Israel, Carmell Jones, Clifford Jordan, Will Lee,... up to 42 musicians.
Not enough info (14):	Andy Bey, Phil Bowler, Roy Brooks, Dave Douglas, Eddie Gladden, Vincent Herring, Luther Hughes, Roger Humphries, Larry Ridley, Clarence Seay, Teddy Smith, Gene Taylor, Phil Vieux, Doug Webb

Horace Silver passed away due to natural causes on June 18th, 2014 in New Rochelle, New York.

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   6 BANDS (WITH 66 SELECTED RECORDINGS):

BAND / ARTIST	.	RECORDINGS
Art Blakey Group		9 RECORDINGS: A Night at Birdland vol 3 - Art Blakey Quintet (1954) (LIVE) Members: Lou Donaldson (RIP: Art Blakey + Clifford Brown, Curley Russell, Horace Silver) Comments: Recorded live in February 1954. When the albums were reissued on CD, the tracks on this volume were added to vol 1 & 2 as bonus tracks. A Night at Birdland vol 2 - Art Blakey Quintet (1954) (LIVE) Members: Lou Donaldson (RIP: Art Blakey + Clifford Brown, Curley Russell, Horace Silver) Producer: Michael Cuscuna (RIP: Alfred Lion) Technical: Ron McMaster, Rudy Van Gelder Comments: Recorded live in February 1954. Some CD reissue contains 2 bonus tracks. A Night at Birdland vol 1 - Art Blakey Quintet (1954) (LIVE) Members: Lou Donaldson (RIP: Art Blakey + Clifford Brown, Curley Russell, Horace Silver) Producer: Michael Cuscuna (RIP: Alfred Lion) Technical: Ron McMaster, Rudy Van Gelder Comments: Recorded live in February 1954. Some CD reissue contains 2 bonus tracks. At the Cafe Bohemia vol 2 - The Jazz Messengers (1955) (LIVE) Members: Doug Watkins (RIP: Art Blakey + Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver) Producer: Michael Cuscuna (RIP: Alfred Lion) Technical: Rudy Van Gelder Comments: Recorded live in November 1955. reissue contains 3 bonus tracks. At the Cafe Bohemia vol 1 - The Jazz Messengers (1955) (LIVE) Members: Doug Watkins (RIP: Art Blakey + Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver) Producer: Michael Cuscuna (RIP: Alfred Lion) Technical: Rudy Van Gelder Comments: Recorded live in November 1955. reissue contains 3 bonus tracks. The Jazz Messengers - The Jazz Messengers (1956) Members: Doug Watkins (RIP: Art Blakey + Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver) Producer: Michael Cuscuna Comments: Recorded in April and May 1956. This album was reissued with the title Art Blakey with the original Jazz Messengers. CD reissue contains 5 bonus tracks. Live Messengers - Art Blakey (1978) (LIVE) Members: Lou Donaldson, Curtis Fuller, Jymie Merritt, Wayne Shorter (RIP: Art Blakey + Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Curley Russell, Horace Silver, Cedar Walton) Producer: Michael Cuscuna (RIP: Alan Douglas, Alfred Lion) Comments: Live album containing tracks recorded in February 1954, August 1961 and March 1962. Europa jazz - Art Blakey - Horace Silver - Max Roach (1981) (LIVE) Members: Curtis Fuller, Julian Priester, Wayne Shorter, Reggie Workman (RIP: Art Blakey, Max Roach, Horace Silver + Junior Cook, Freddie Hubbard, Blue Mitchell, Cedar Walton) Guests: (RIP: Stanley Turrentine, Tommy Turrentine) Comments: Live sampler featuring 1 track by Art Blakey Jazz Messenger (recorded in 1961 with Cedar Walton and Freddie Hubbard), 1 track by Horace Silver Quintet (recorded in 1960) and 2 tracks by Max Roach Sextet (recorded in 1960). Originally - Art Blakey (1982) Members: Sam Dockery, Bill Hardman, Doug Watkins (RIP: Art Blakey + Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Wilbur Ware) Guests: Kenny Drew Producer: (RIP: Alan Douglas) Comments: Recorded in different sessions in April, May, June and December 1956, but first released in 1982. This album has served to fill bonus tracks to other reissues of Art Blakey albums. 2 COMPILATIONS: The History of Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers (1991) Members: Mickey Bass, Walter Davis, Sam Dockery, Lou Donaldson, Kevin Eubanks, Robin Eubanks, Curtis Fuller, Benny Golson, Bill Hardman, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Jymie Merritt, Bill Pierce, Valerie Ponomarev, John Ramsey, Dave Schnitter, Wayne Shorter, Doug Watkins, Bobby Watson, Reggie Workman (RIP: Art Blakey + Walter Bishop Jr, Clifford Brown, Kenny Dorham, Charles Fambrough, Freddie Hubbard, Carter Jefferson, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Curley Russell, Woody Shaw, Horace Silver, Bobby Timmons, Cedar Walton, James Williams) Guests: Dennis Irwin (RIP: Sahib Shihab) Producer: Michael Cuscuna, Orrin Keepnews (RIP: Alan Douglas, Alfred Lion) Technical: Ron McMaster, Dave Richards, Jim Stern, Rudy Van Gelder Comments: 3CD compilation with tracks recorded in the period between 1947 and 1981. Ken Burns jazz - Art Blakey (November 2000) Members: Lou Donaldson, Curtis Fuller, Benny Golson, Bill Hardman, Wynton Marsalis, Jymie Merritt, Bill Pierce, Wayne Shorter, Doug Watkins, Bobby Watson, Reggie Workman (RIP: Art Blakey + Clifford Brown, Kenny Dorham, Charles Fambrough, Johnny Griffin, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Curley Russell, Horace Silver, Bobby Timmons, Cedar Walton, James Williams) Guests: (RIP: Thelonious Monk) Producer: (RIP: Richard Seidel) Other info on members of Art Blakey Group (I know up to 78 members) Already covered (1): Freddie Hubbard To be covered (76): Christopher Amberger, Mickey Bass, Walter Bishop Jr, Art Blakey, Terence Blanchard, Juini Booth, Joanne Brackeen, Randy Brecker, Cameron Brown, Clifford Brown, Donald Brown, Jaki Byard, Donald Byrd, George Cables, Olu Dara, Nathan Davis, Walter Davis, Sam Dockery, Lou Donaldson, Kenny Dorham, Kevin Eubanks, Robin Eubanks, Lawrence Evans, Charles Fambrough, Curtis Fuller,... up to 76 musicians.
Miles Davis Group		4 RECORDINGS: Tallest trees - Miles Davis (1953) Members: Sonny Rollins (RIP: Miles Davis + Art Blakey, Paul Chambers, Kenny Clarke, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Percy Heath, Milt Jackson, Philly Joe Jones, John Lewis, Max Roach, Horace Silver) Guests: (RIP: Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk) Blue haze - Miles Davis (1954) Members: (RIP: Miles Davis + Art Blakey, Kenny Clarke, Percy Heath, John Lewis, Max Roach, Horace Silver) Guests: (RIP: Charles Mingus, Dave Schildkraut) Producer: (RIP: Bob Weinstock) Comments: Recorded in May 1953, March 1954 and April 1954. Miles Davis vol 2 - Miles Davis (1958) Members: Gil Coggins, Jimmy Heath (RIP: Miles Davis + Art Blakey, Percy Heath, J J Johnson, Jackie McLean, Horace Silver) Guests: (RIP: Oscar Pettiford) Oleo - Miles Davis (1975) Members: Sonny Rollins (RIP: Miles Davis + Kenny Clarke, Percy Heath, Horace Silver) 5 COMPILATIONS: Miles Davis vol 1 - Miles Davis (1956) Members: Gil Coggins (RIP: Miles Davis + Art Blakey, Kenny Clarke, Percy Heath, J J Johnson, Jackie McLean, Horace Silver) Guests: (RIP: Oscar Pettiford) Producer: Michael Cuscuna (RIP: Alfred Lion) Comments: Compilation of tracks recorded in May 1952 and March 1954. Bags groove - Miles Davis (1957) Members: Sonny Rollins (RIP: Miles Davis + Kenny Clarke, Percy Heath, Milt Jackson, Horace Silver) Guests: (RIP: Thelonious Monk) Comments: Compilation of tracks recorded in June & December 1954, with two unreleased tracks. Walkin´ - Miles Davis All Stars (1957) Members: (RIP: Miles Davis + Kenny Clarke, Percy Heath, J J Johnson, Horace Silver) Guests: (RIP: Dave Schildkraut, Lucky Thompson) Producer: (RIP: Bob Weinstock) Comments: Compilation of tracks recorded in April 1954, with one unreleased track. The Essential Miles Davis - Miles Davis (2001) Members: Jack DeJohnette, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Heath, Dave Holland, Keith Jarrett, Lee Konitz, Marcus Miller, Airto Moreira, Sonny Rollins, John Scofield, Wayne Shorter (RIP: Miles Davis + Cannonball Adderley, Paul Chambers, Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Cleveland, John Coltrane, Red Garland, J J Johnson, Philly Joe Jones, Hank Mobley, Gerry Mulligan, Jerome Richardson, Max Roach, Ernie Royal, Horace Silver, Art Taylor, Kai Winding) Guests: Paulinho Da Costa (RIP: Charlie Parker + Dizzy Gillespie) Producer: Bob Belden, Michael Cuscuna (RIP: Alfred Lion, Teo Macero, Pete Rugolo, Bob Weinstock) Technical: Rudy Van Gelder Comments: Compilation including tracks recorded between 1945 and 1986. The Best of Miles Davis: the Capitol / Blue Note years - Miles Davis ( - ) Members: Bill Barber, Gil Coggins, Junior Collins, Al Haig, Jimmy Heath, Lee Konitz, Joe Shulman (RIP: Miles Davis + Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey, Kenny Clarke, Percy Heath, J J Johnson, Hank Jones, Jackie McLean, Gerry Mulligan, Max Roach, Horace Silver, Kai Winding) Guests: (RIP: Sam Jones, Oscar Pettiford) Producer: Michael Cuscuna (RIP: Alfred Lion, Pete Rugolo) Technical: Rudy Van Gelder Comments: It contains track recorded in January 1949, May 1952 and April 1953. Other info on members of Miles Davis Group (I know up to 152 members) Already covered (5): Hank Jones, Buddy Montgomery, James Moody, Ricky Wellman, Mike Zwerin To be covered (146): Cannonball Adderley, Kei Akagi, Danny Bank, Bill Barber, Tom Barney, Gary Bartz, John Beasley, Joe Beck, Bob Berg, Emmett Berry, Rudy Bird, Walter Bishop Jr, Art Blakey, Rocky Boyd, Harvey Brooks, Frank Butler, Eddie Caine, Ron Carter, Paul Chambers, Leon Ndugu Chancler, Mino Cinelu, Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Cleveland, Jimmy Cobb, Billy Cobham,... up to 146 musicians.
Lou Donaldson Group		1 RECORDINGS: Quartet, quintet, sextet - Lou Donaldson (1989) Members: Lou Donaldson (RIP: Horace Silver) Guests: Matthew Gee, Gene Ramey (RIP: Art Blakey + Kenny Dorham, Percy Heath, Elmo Hope, Blue Mitchell, Art Taylor) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Technical: Rudy Van Gelder Comments: Recorded in June 1952, November 1952 and August 1954. 1 COMPILATIONS: The Artist selects - Lou Donaldson ( - ) Members: Lou Donaldson (RIP: Horace Silver) Guests: George Benson (RIP: Art Blakey, Clifford Brown, Grant Green) Comments: Compilation with tracks recorded between 1952 and 1968. Other info on members of Lou Donaldson Group (I know up to 7 members) Already covered (1): Al Harewood To be covered (3): Lou Donaldson, Charles Earland, Cedar Walton Not enough info (2): Richie Ferrer, Herman Foster
Stan Getz Group		1 RECORDINGS: Birdland sessions - Stan Getz ( - ) (LIVE) Members: Jimmy Raney (RIP: Duke Jordan, Horace Silver) Guests: Gene Ramey (RIP: Connie Kay, Charles Mingus) Comments: Recorded live in 1952. 2 COMPILATIONS: West Coast jazz - Stan Getz (2009) Members: Bill Crow (RIP: Stan Getz + Bob Brookmeyer, Larry Bunker, Frank Isola, Horace Silver) Guests: Curtis Counce, Jon Eardley, Bob Enevoldsen, Teddy Kotick, Carson Smith, Bob Whitlock (RIP: Cal Tjader + Chet Baker, Billy Bauer, Monty Budwig, Bob Cooper, Russ Freeman, Chico Hamilton, Percy Heath, Philly Joe Jones, Lou Levy, Shelly Manne, Warne Marsh, Al McKibbon, Joe Mondragon, Sal Mosca, Marty Paich, Armando Peraza, Dave Schildkraut, Stu Williamson) Complete studio sessions (1948-53) - Stan Getz & Jimmy Raney ( - ) Members: Jimmy Raney + Roy Haynes (RIP: Stan Getz + Frank Isola, Duke Jordan, Horace Silver) Guests: (RIP: Blossom Dearie, Curley Russell) Comments: 2CD compilation, with tracks recorded between 1948 and 1953. Other info on members of Stan Getz Group (I know up to 46 members) Already covered (5): Bob Brookmeyer, Larry Bunker, John Guerin, Al Harewood, Hank Jones To be covered (31): Bill Anthony, Kenny Barron, Alex Blake, Joanne Brackeen, Brian Bromberg, Terri Lyne Carrington, Sonny Clark, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Bill Crow, Jack DeJohnette, Eduardo Del Barrio, Ray Drummond, Al Foster, Stan Getz, Danny Gottlieb, Billy Hart, Roy Haynes, Frank Isola, Andy LaVerne, Victor Lewis, Art Mardigan, Larry Nash, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Jimmy Raney,... up to 31 musicians. Not enough info (9): Jeff Brillinger, George Gray, Bob Harrison, Clint Houston, Duke Jordan, Al Levitt, Tommy Potter, John Williams, Frank Zottoli
Tony Scott Group		Other info on members of Tony Scott Group (I know up to 38 members) Already covered (2): Bill Eyden, Paul Motian To be covered (23): Alan Broadbent, Jaki Byard, Kenny Clarke, Eddie Daniels, Richard Davis, Jack DeJohnette, Bill Evans, Henry Grimes, Percy Heath, Spike Heatley, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson, Teddy Kotick, Bill Le Sage, Mundell Lowe, Eddie Marshall, Ron Matthewson, Tony Oxley, Horace Parlan, Tony Scott, Leon Thomas, Collin Walcott, Eugene Wright Not enough info (12): Steve Addis, Walter Bolden, Sid Bulkin, Bill Crofut, Dick Hyman, Joe Jones, Dick Katz, Garry Mapp, Jack Moffett, Bill Rubenstein, Hank Shaw, Jeremy Steig
Horace Silver Group		41 RECORDINGS: Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers - Horace Silver (1955) Members: (RIP: Horace Silver + Hank Mobley) Guests: Doug Watkins (RIP: Art Blakey + Kenny Dorham) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Technical: Rudy Van Gelder Comments: Recorded in December 1954 and February 1955. Silver´s blue - The Horace Silver Quintet (1956) Members: (RIP: Horace Silver + Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley) Guests: Doug Watkins (RIP: Kenny Clarke, Joe Gordon, Art Taylor) Producer: (RIP: Cal Lampley) Comments: Recorded in July 1956. 6 pieces of silver - Horace Silver (1957) Members: Louis Hayes (RIP: Horace Silver + Donald Byrd, Junior Cook, Hank Mobley) Guests: Doug Watkins Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Comments: Recorded in November 1956. CD reissue contains 3 bonus tracks (one from the same session as well as two tracks recorded in November 1958 with Junior Cook, Gene Taylor and Bill Henderson). The Stylings of Silver - Horace Silver (1957) Members: Louis Hayes (RIP: Horace Silver + Art Farmer, Hank Mobley) Guests: Teddy Kotick Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Comments: Recorded in May 1957. Further explorations - Horace Silver Quintet (1958) Members: Louis Hayes (RIP: Horace Silver + Art Farmer, Clifford Jordan) Guests: Teddy Kotick Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Technical: Rudy Van Gelder Blowin´ the blues away - The Horace Silver Quintet & Trio (1959) Members: Louis Hayes (RIP: Horace Silver + Junior Cook, Blue Mitchell) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Technical: Rudy Van Gelder Comments: Recorded in August and September 1959. Finger poppin´ with - The Horace Silver Quintet (1959) Members: Louis Hayes (RIP: Horace Silver + Junior Cook, Blue Mitchell) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Technical: Rudy Van Gelder Comments: Recorded in January 1959. Horace-scope - The Horace Silver Quintet (1960) Members: (RIP: Horace Silver + Junior Cook, Blue Mitchell) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Technical: Rudy Van Gelder Comments: Recorded in July 1960. Doin´ the thing - The Horace Silver Quintet (1961) (LIVE) Members: (RIP: Horace Silver + Junior Cook, Blue Mitchell) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Technical: Rudy Van Gelder Comments: Recorded live in two concerts in May 1961. CD reissue contains 2 bonus tracks. The Tokyo blues - The Horace Silver Quintet (1962) Members: (RIP: Horace Silver + Junior Cook, Blue Mitchell) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Technical: Rudy Van Gelder Comments: Recorded in July 1962. Silver´s serenade - The Horace Silver Quintet (1963) Members: (RIP: Horace Silver + Junior Cook, Blue Mitchell) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Technical: Rudy Van Gelder Comments: Recorded in May 1963. The Cape Verdean blues - Horace Silver Quintet plus J J Johnson (1965) Members: (RIP: Horace Silver + Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw) Guests: Bob Cranshaw (RIP: J J Johnson) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Comments: Recorded in October 1955. Song for my father - The Horace Silver Quintet (1965) Members: (RIP: Horace Silver + Junior Cook, Joe Henderson, Carmell Jones, Blue Mitchell) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Comments: Recorded in different sessions in October 1963 and October 1964. CD reissue contains 4 bonus tracks (some recorded in the same sessions and others recorded in January 1964). The Jody grind - Horace Silver Quintet-Sextet (1966) Members: Tyrone Washington (RIP: Horace Silver + Woody Shaw) Guests: James Spaulding Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Comments: Recorded in November 1966. Serenade to a soul sister - The Horace Silver Quintet (1968) Members: Billy Cobham, Bennie Maupin, John Williams (RIP: Horace Silver) Guests: Bob Cranshaw, Mickey Roker (RIP: Stanley Turrentine) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Technical: Rudy Van Gelder Comments: Recorded in February and March 1968. You gotta take a little love - The Horace Silver Quintet (1969) Members: Randy Brecker, Billy Cobham, Bennie Maupin, John Williams (RIP: Horace Silver) Producer: (RIP: Francis Wolff) Comments: Recorded in January 1969. Total response - Horace Silver (1971) Members: (RIP: Horace Silver) Guests: Bob Cranshaw, Richie Resnicoff, Mickey Roker, Harold Vick Producer: (RIP: George Butler, Francis Wolff) Comments: Recorded in November 1970 and January 1971. All - Horace Silver (1972) Members: (RIP: Horace Silver) Guests: Bob Cranshaw, Richie Resnicoff, Mickey Roker, Harold Vick Producer: (RIP: George Butler, Francis Wolff) Comments: Recorded in January and February 1972. In pursuit of the 27th man - Horace Silver (1973) Members: Randy Brecker (RIP: Horace Silver + Michael Brecker) Guests: Bob Cranshaw, David Friedman, Mickey Roker Producer: Michael Cuscuna (RIP: George Butler) Technical: Rudy Van Gelder Comments: Recorded in October and November 1972. Silver ´n brass - Horace Silver (1975) Members: Tom Harrell (RIP: Horace Silver + Bob Berg) Guests: Oscar Brashear, Bobby Bryant, Ron Carter, Bob Cranshaw, Vincent DeRosa, Al Foster, Bernard Purdie, Maurice Spears (RIP: Buddy Collette, Jerome Richardson, Frank Rosolino) Producer: (RIP: George Butler) Comments: Recorded in January 1975. Silver ´n voices - Horace Silver (1976) Members: Tom Harrell (RIP: Horace Silver + Bob Berg) Guests: Ron Carter, Al Foster, Richard Page Producer: (RIP: George Butler) Comments: Recorded in September and October 1976. Silver ´n wood - Horace Silver (1976) Members: Tom Harrell (RIP: Horace Silver + Bob Berg) Guests: Garnett Brown, Ron Carter, Al Foster, Bill Green, Lanny Morgan (RIP: Buddy Collette, Jack Nimitz, Jerome Richardson, Frank Rosolino) Producer: (RIP: George Butler) Comments: Recorded in November 1975 and January 1976. Silver ´n percussion - Horace Silver (1977) Members: Tom Harrell, Larry Schneider (RIP: Horace Silver) Guests: Ron Carter, Al Foster (RIP: Babatunde Olatunji) Comments: Recorded in November 1977. Silver ´n strings play the music of the spheres - Horace Silver (1979) Members: Tom Harrell, Larry Schneider (RIP: Horace Silver) Guests: Seymour Barab, Eugene ´Gene´ Bianco, Ron Carter, Al Foster, Guy Lumia Comments: Recorded in 1978 and 1979. Guides to growing up - Horace Silver (1981) Members: (RIP: Horace Silver) Guests: Bob Magnusson, Roy McCurdy (RIP: Eddie Harris) Comments: Recorded in September 1981. Spiritualizing the senses - Horace Silver (1983) Members: Carl Burnett, Ralph Moore, Bobby Shew (RIP: Horace Silver + Bob Maize) Guests: (RIP: Eddie Harris) Comments: Recorded in January 1983. There´s no need to struggle - Horace Silver (1983) Members: Carl Burnett, Ralph Moore, Bobby Shew (RIP: Horace Silver + Bob Maize) Guests: (RIP: Eddie Harris) Comments: Recorded in August and September 1983. Live 1964 - Horace Silver (1984) (LIVE) Members: (RIP: Horace Silver + Joe Henderson, Carmell Jones) Comments: Recorded live in June 1964. The Continuity of spirit - Horace Silver (1985) Members: Carl Burnett (RIP: Horace Silver + Bob Maize) Guests: Don Menza, Carl Saunders, Julia Tillman Waters, Ernie Watts, Maxine Willard Waters (RIP: Buddy Collette, Chuck Niles) Comments: Recorded in March 1985. Music to ease your disease - Horace Silver (1988) Members: (RIP: Horace Silver + Junior Cook) Guests: Ray Drummond, Billy Hart, Clark Terry Comments: Recorded in March 1988. Senor blues - Horace Silver (1992) Members: (RIP: Horace Silver) It´s got to be funky - Horace Silver (1993) Members: Carl Burnett, Ron Stout (RIP: Horace Silver + Red Holloway, Bob Maize) Guests: Oscar Brashear, Branford Marsalis, Maurice Spears, Bob Summers (RIP: Eddie Harris) Comments: Recorded in February 1993. That healin´ feelin´ - Horace Silver Quintet (1994) Members: Randy Brecker (RIP: Horace Silver) Guests: George Coleman, Bob Cranshaw, Idris Muhammad, Houston Person, Mickey Roker Producer: (RIP: George Butler, Francis Wolff) Comments: Recorded in April and June 1970. Pencil packin´ papa - Horace Silver (1994) Members: George Bohanon, Carl Burnett, Ron Stout (RIP: Horace Silver + Red Holloway, Bob Maize) Guests: Oscar Brashear, Maurice Spears (RIP: Eddie Harris, James Moody, O C Smith) Comments: Recorded in January 1994. The Hardbop grandpop - Horace Silver (1996) Members: (RIP: Horace Silver + Michael Brecker) Guests: Ron Carter, Ronnie Cuber, Lewis Nash, Claudio Roditi, Steve Turre Comments: Recorded in February and March 1996. A Prescription for the blues - Horace Silver (1997) Members: Randy Brecker, Louis Hayes (RIP: Horace Silver + Michael Brecker) Guests: Ron Carter Comments: Recorded in May 1997. Jazz has a sense of humor - Horace Silver (1998) Members: Jimmy Greene (RIP: Horace Silver) Guests: Ryan Kisor Comments: Recorded in December 1998. Rockin´ with Rachmaninoff - Horace Silver (October 2003) Members: Ralph Bowen, Carl Burnett, Michael Mossman (RIP: Horace Silver + Bob Maize) Guests: Andy Martin, Bob Summers Comments: Recorded in July and August 1991, but released in 2003. Live at Newport ´58 - Horace Silver (February 2008) (LIVE) Members: Louis Hayes, Louis Smith (RIP: Horace Silver + Junior Cook) Producer: Michael Cuscuna Comments: Recorded live in July 1958. Paris blues - Horace Silver ( - ) (LIVE) Members: (RIP: Horace Silver + Junior Cook, Blue Mitchell) Comments: Recorded live in October 1962. At The Village Gate - The Horace Silver Quintet ( - ) Members: (RIP: Horace Silver + Junior Cook, Blue Mitchell) Other info on members of Horace Silver Group (I know up to 57 members) To be covered (42): Steve Baxter, Bob Berg, Steve Beskrone, George Bohanon, Ralph Bowen, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Brian Bromberg, Carl Burnett, Donald Byrd, Billy Cobham, Junior Cook, Vinnie Cutro, Art Farmer, Sherman Ferguson, Jimmy Greene, Bill Hardman, Tom Harrell, Louis Hayes, Joe Henderson, Red Holloway, Yoron Israel, Carmell Jones, Clifford Jordan, Will Lee,... up to 42 musicians. Not enough info (14): Andy Bey, Phil Bowler, Roy Brooks, Dave Douglas, Eddie Gladden, Vincent Herring, Luther Hughes, Roger Humphries, Larry Ridley, Clarence Seay, Teddy Smith, Gene Taylor, Phil Vieux, Doug Webb

   13 ALBUMS FOR 7 BANDMATES AND FRIENDS:

BAND / ARTIST	.	RECORDINGS
Donald Byrd Group		1 RECORDINGS: Byrd´s eye view - Donald Byrd (1956) Members: (RIP: Donald Byrd) Guests: Doug Watkins (RIP: Art Blakey, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver + Joe Gordon) Producer: (RIP: Tom Wilson) Comments: Recorded in December 1955. CD reissue contains 1 bonus track. Other info on members of Donald Byrd Group (I know up to 3 members) To be covered (3): Donald Byrd, Walter Davis, Herbie Hancock
Kenny Clarke Group		1 COMPILATIONS: Bohemia after dark - Kenny Clarke - Cannonball Adderley (1955) Members: (RIP: Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Clarke + Nat Adderley) Guests: (RIP: Horace Silver + Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers, Hank Jones, Jerome Richardson) Comments: Recorded in June & July 1955. Other info on members of Kenny Clarke Group (I know up to 6 members) To be covered (6): Francy Boland, Kenny Clarke, Joe Harris, Abraham Laboriel, Fats Sadi, Sahib Shihab
Kenny Dorham Group		1 RECORDINGS: Afro-cuban - Kenny Dorham (1955) Members: (RIP: Kenny Dorham) Guests: (RIP: Art Blakey, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver + Percy Heath, J J Johnson, Cecil Payne, Oscar Pettiford, Patato Valdes) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Comments: Recorded in January and March 1955. CD reissue contains 2 bonus tracks. Other info on members of Kenny Dorham Group (I know up to 17 members) Already covered (1): Butch Warren To be covered (9): Paul Chambers, Kenny Dorham, Tommy Flanagan, Joe Henderson, Ernie Henry, Sam Jones, Art Taylor, Bobby Timmons, Cedar Walton Not enough info (7): Charles Davis, Buddy Enlow, Steve Kuhn, J R Monterose, John Ore, Sonny Red, Hugh Walker
Art Farmer Group		2 RECORDINGS: When Farmer met Gryce - Art Farmer - Gigi Gryce (1955) Members: (RIP: Art Farmer, Gigi Gryce) Guests: (RIP: Horace Silver + Kenny Clarke, Addison Farmer, Percy Heath, Art Taylor) Producer: (RIP: Bob Weinstock) Comments: Recorded in May 1954 and May 1955. The Art Farmer Septet - Art Farmer (1956) Members: (RIP: Art Farmer + Gigi Gryce) Guests: Quincy Jones (RIP: Horace Silver + Danny Bank, Jimmy Cleveland, Percy Heath, Monk Montgomery, Charlie Rouse, Clifford Solomon, Art Taylor) Producer: (RIP: Bob Weinstock) Comments: Recorded in July 1953 and June 1954. Other info on members of Art Farmer Group (I know up to 27 members) Already covered (3): Jim Hall, Al Harewood, James Moody To be covered (21): Walter Booker, Richard Davis, Art Farmer, Tommy Flanagan, Curtis Fuller, Benny Golson, Gigi Gryce, Billy Hart, Jimmy Heath, Tootie Heath, Billy Higgins, Dennis Irwin, Sam Jones, Clifford Jordan, Roy McCurdy, Tom McIntosh, Jackie McLean, Mickey Roker, Steve Swallow, McCoy Tyner, Cedar Walton Not enough info (3): Fred Hersch, Pete La Roca, Fritz Pauer
Clifford Jordan Group		1 RECORDINGS: Blowing in from Chicago - Cliff Jordan - John Gilmore (1957) Members: (RIP: John Gilmore, Clifford Jordan) Guests: (RIP: Horace Silver + Art Blakey, Curley Russell) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Comments: Recorded in March 1957. CD reissue contains 1 bonus tracks. Other info on members of Clifford Jordan Group (I know up to 20 members) To be covered (10): Junior Cook, Kenny Dorham, Tootie Heath, Sam Jones, Clifford Jordan, Ronnie Mathews, Charlie Persip, Dean Pratt, Jerome Richardson, Cedar Walton Not enough info (10): Charles Davis, Stephen Furtado, Bernard McKinney, Lou Orensteen, Dizzy Reece, Brad Shigeta, Don Sickler, Susan Terry, David Williams, Willie Williams
Hank Mobley Group		5 RECORDINGS: Hank Mobley Quartet - Hank Mobley Quartet (1955) Members: (RIP: Hank Mobley) Guests: Doug Watkins (RIP: Art Blakey, Horace Silver) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Comments: Recorded in March 1955. The Jazz message of Hank Mobley - Hank Mobley (1956) Members: (RIP: Hank Mobley) Guests: Doug Watkins (RIP: Horace Silver + Donald Byrd, Kenny Clarke, John LaPorta, Wendell Marshall) Producer: (RIP: Ozzie Cadena) Comments: Recorded in January & February 1956. Hank Mobley with Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan - Hank Mobley (1957) Members: (RIP: Hank Mobley) Guests: Charlie Persip (RIP: Horace Silver + Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers, Lee Morgan) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Comments: Recorded in November 1956. The album was also reissued as Hank Mobley Sextet. CD reissue contains 1 bonus track. Hank Mobley Quintet - Hank Mobley (1957) Members: (RIP: Hank Mobley) Guests: Doug Watkins (RIP: Art Blakey, Horace Silver + Art Farmer) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Comments: Recorded in March 1957. CD reissue contains 2 bonus tracks. Hank Mobley and His All Stars - Hank Mobley (1957) Members: (RIP: Hank Mobley) Guests: Doug Watkins (RIP: Art Blakey, Horace Silver + Milt Jackson) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Comments: Recorded in January 1957. Other info on members of Hank Mobley Group (I know up to 4 members) To be covered (4): Kenny Drew, Tootie Heath, Hank Mobley, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen
Lee Morgan Group		2 RECORDINGS: Lee Morgan indeed! - Lee Morgan (1956) Members: (RIP: Lee Morgan) Guests: (RIP: Horace Silver + Philly Joe Jones, Wilbur Ware) Comments: Recorded in November 1956. CD reissue contains 1 bonus track. Lee Morgan Sextet - Lee Morgan (1957) Members: (RIP: Lee Morgan) Guests: Charlie Persip (RIP: Horace Silver + Paul Chambers, Hank Mobley) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Comments: Recorded in December 1956. Other info on members of Lee Morgan Group (I know up to 3 members) To be covered (3): Harold Mabern, Lee Morgan, Mickey Roker

   3 COLLECTIVE ALBUMS:

BAND / ARTIST	.	RECORDINGS
VVAA		2 RECORDINGS: Jazz-club trombone - VVAA (1989) Guests: Fred Atwood, Kenny Burrell, Buddy Catlett, Buddy Clark, Curtis Fuller, Benny Golson, Urbie Green, Slide Hampton, Louis Hayes, Tony Inzalaco, Gus Johnson, Quincy Jones, Joe Lopes, Harold Mabern, Sam Marowitz, Roy McCurdy, Charlie Persip, Frank Rehak, Les Spann, Clark Terry, Bart Varsalona, Doug Watkins, Julius Watkins, Jiggs Whigham, Phil Woods (RIP: Pepper Adams, Eddie Bert, Patti Bown, Bob Brookmeyer, Ray Brown, Ralph Burns, Billy Byers, Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Cleveland, Herb Ellis, Bill Evans, Tal Farlow, Art Farmer, Med Flory, Barry Galbraith, Al Grey, George Gruntz, Jake Hanna, Bill Harris, Percy Heath, Chubby Jackson, Budd Johnson, J J Johnson, Osie Johnson, Elvin Jones, Hank Jones, Connie Kay, Wynton Kelly, Porter Kilbert, Jimmy Knepper, Don Lamond, Yusef Lateef, Lou Levy, Herbie Lewis, Mel Lewis, Melba Liston, Albert Mangelsdorff, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Maxwell, Jay Migliori, Lee Morgan, Jamil Nasser, Jack Nimitz, Cecil Payne, Ake Persson, Oscar Peterson, Oscar Pettiford, Benny Powell, Jerome Richardson, Frank Rosolino, Jimmy Rowles, Ernie Royal, Sahib Shihab, Horace Silver, Lucky Thompson, Ross Tompkins, Nick Travis, Kai Winding) Producer: Creed Taylor (RIP: Leonard Feather, Norman Granz, Jack Tracy) The Many faces of the blues - VVAA ( - ) Guests: Gene Allen, Ronnell Bright, Kenny Burrell, Curtis Fuller, Louis Hayes, Bill Hughes, Bobby Jaspar, Art Pepper, Seldon Powell, Clyde Reasinger, Frank Rehak, Phil Woods (RIP: Don Abney, Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley, Harold ´Shorty´ Baker, Billy Bauer, Larry Bunker, Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers, Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Cleveland, Henry Coker, Eddie Costa, Miles Davis, Bobby Donaldson, George Duvivier, Art Farmer, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Green, Bill Harris, Hampton Hawes, Percy Heath, Andre Hodeir, Milt Jackson, J J Johnson, Eddie Jones, Hank Jones, Yusef Lateef, John Lewis, Herbie Mann, Wendell Marshall, Hal McKusick, Charles Mingus, Joe Mondragon, Frank Morgan, Joe Newman, Charlie Parker, Benny Powell, Jerome Richardson, Max Roach, Curley Russell, Charlie Shavers, Horace Silver, Idrees Sulieman, Ed Thigpen, Lucky Thompson, Billy VerPlanck, Frank Wess, Gerald Wiggins, Joe Wilder, Ernie Wilkins, Kai Winding) Comments: Jazz sampler. 1 COMPILATIONS: The Giants of jazz - VVAA (1963) Guests: Paul Bley, Garnett Brown, Bob Bushnell, Ron Carter, Jimmy Cobb, Chuck Connors, Frankie Dunlop, Urbie Green, Tootie Heath, Jon Hendricks, Jimmy Johnson, Quincy Jones, Virgil Jones, Charles Lloyd, Stu Martin, Bucky Pizzarelli, Frank Rehak, Wayne Shorter, Albert Stinson, Steve Swallow, Clark Terry, Sam Woodyard, Eugene Wright (RIP: Cat Anderson, Fred Assunto, Aaron Bell, Art Blakey, Lawrence Brown, Dave Brubeck, Harry Carney, Paul Chambers, Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Cleveland, Al Cohn, Eddie Condon, Willie Cook, Miles Davis, Paul Desmond, Bill Doggett, Duke Ellington, Jimmy Giuffre, Bernie Glow, Paul Gonsalves, Bobby Hackett, Jim Hall, Chico Hamilton, Jimmy Hamilton, Lionel Hampton, Roland Hanna, Arthur Harper, Johnny Hodges, Freddie Hubbard, Peanuts Hucko, J J Johnson, Clifford Jordan, Carmen McRae, Pierre Michelot, Thelonious Monk, Joe Morello, Ray Nance, Jack Nimitz, Jimmy Nottingham, Marty Paich, Oscar Pettiford, Al Porcino, Bud Powell, Russell Procope, Charlie Rouse, Ernie Royal, Dave Schildkraut, Gene Schroeder, Arvell Shaw, Horace Silver, Floyd Smith, Sonny Stitt, Gabor Szabo, Cedar Walton, George Wettling, Kai Winding) Producer: (RIP: Cannonball Adderley, Teo Macero) Comments: Compilation featuring tracks by The Dave Brubeck Quartet (with Joe Morello), Chico Hamilton, Carmen McRae, Miles Davis, Lionel Hampton, Quincy Jones And The All Stars, Jimmy Giuffre, Duke Ellington, Eddie Condon, Thelonious Monk, Lambert Hendricks & Ross, Bill Doggett And His Combo, J J Johnson (with Cedar Walton and Freddie Hubbard), Dukes Of Dixieland, Bud Powell Trio.

   1 SOUNDTRACKS:

BAND / ARTIST	.	RECORDINGS
OST		1 RECORDINGS: Working girl OST - OST (1989) Guests: Gary Barnacle, John Barnes, Tony Beard, Michael Boddicker, Vivian Cherry, Mickey Curry, Paulinho Da Costa, Chris De Burgh, George Doering, Sue Evans, Chuck Findley, John Giblin, Nick Glennie-Smith, Gary Grant, Gordon Grody, Lani Groves, Gary Herbig, Jim Horn, Dick ´Slyde´ Hyde, Charles Jackson, Chip Jackson, Robbie Kilgore, Ian Kojima, Trevor Lawrence, Al Marnie, Rob Mounsey, Pino Palladino, Phil Palmer, Greg Phillinganes, Jeff Phillips, Anita Pointer, Andy Richards, Lee Ritenour, John Robinson, Sonny Rollins, Jim Ryan, Don Sebesky, Frank Simms, Carly Simon, William ´Smitty´ Smith, Grady Tate, Vaneese Thomas, Peter Van Hooke, Nathan Watts, George Young (RIP: Art Blakey, Paul Chambers, Kacey Cisyk, Frank Floyd, J J Johnson, Danny McBride, Thelonious Monk, Glenn Morrow, Horace Silver) Producer: Richard Perry (RIP: Alfred Lion) Technical: Steve Chase, Frank Filipetti, Chris Lord-Alge, Stephen Marcussen, Rudy Van Gelder

   21 SESSIONS (FOR 15 ARTISTS):

BAND / ARTIST	.	RECORDINGS
Nat Adderley Group		1 RECORDINGS: Introducing Nat Adderley - Nat Adderley (1955) Members: (RIP: Nat Adderley) Guests: Roy Haynes (RIP: Cannonball Adderley + Paul Chambers, Horace Silver) Producer: (RIP: Bob Shad) Comments: Recorded in September 1955. The album was reissued under the title Them Adderleys. Other info on members of Nat Adderley Group (I know up to 1 members) Already covered (1): Nat Adderley
Dee Dee Bridgewater Group		1 RECORDINGS: Love and peace - a tribute to Horace Silver - Dee Dee Bridgewater (September 1995) Members: Andre Ceccarelli Guests: (RIP: Horace Silver) Comments: Recorded in December 1994. Other info on members of Dee Dee Bridgewater Group (I know up to 8 members) To be covered (1): Andre Ceccarelli Not enough info (7): Stephane Belmondo, Thomas Bramerie, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Harold Danko, Thierry Eliez, Ali Jackson, Hein Van De Gueyn
Kenny Burrell Group		3 RECORDINGS: K B blues - Kenny Burrell (1979) Members: Kenny Burrell Guests: Louis Hayes, Doug Watkins (RIP: Hank Mobley, Horace Silver) Comments: Recorded in February 1957 but released in 1979. Introducing Kenny Burrell - Kenny Burrell ( - ) Members: Kenny Burrell (RIP: Tommy Flanagan) Guests: Candido Camero, Louis Hayes, Doug Watkins (RIP: Paul Chambers, Kenny Clarke, Frank Foster, Hank Mobley, Oscar Pettiford, Horace Silver, Shadow Wilson) Vol 3 - Kenny Burrell ( - ) Members: Kenny Burrell (RIP: Tommy Flanagan) Guests: Louis Hayes, Louis Smith, Doug Watkins (RIP: Art Blakey, Tina Brooks, Junior Cook, Frank Foster, Roland Hanna, Sam Jones, Duke Jordan, Hank Mobley, Oscar Pettiford, Horace Silver, Bobby Timmons, Ben Tucker, Shadow Wilson) Producer: Michael Cuscuna (RIP: Alfred Lion) Technical: Rudy Van Gelder Other info on members of Kenny Burrell Group (I know up to 16 members) To be covered (11): Pepper Adams, Bobby Broom, Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Cobb, Sherman Ferguson, Tommy Flanagan, David Jackson, Reggie Johnson, Elvin Jones, Rodney Jones, George Tucker Not enough info (5): Dave Chambers, Larry Gales, Daniel Lessard, Kenny Washington, Richard Wyands
Paul Chambers Group		2 RECORDINGS: Whims of Chambers - Paul Chambers Sextet (December 1956) Members: (RIP: Paul Chambers) Guests: Kenny Burrell (RIP: Donald Byrd, John Coltrane, Philly Joe Jones, Horace Silver) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Technical: Ron McMaster, Rudy Van Gelder Comments: Recorded in September 1956. Mosaic select - Paul Chambers ( - ) Members: (RIP: Paul Chambers) Guests: Kenny Burrell, Kenny Drew, Curtis Fuller (RIP: Pepper Adams, Art Blakey, Donald Byrd, John Coltrane, Tommy Flanagan, Elvin Jones, Hank Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Clifford Jordan, Horace Silver, Art Taylor) Comments: 3CD boxset. Other info on members of Paul Chambers Group (I know up to 1 members) To be covered (1): Paul Chambers
Al Cohn Group		1 RECORDINGS: The Progressive Al Cohn - Al Cohn (1979) Members: (RIP: Al Cohn) Guests: (RIP: Tiny Kahn, Max Roach, Horace Silver, Nick Travis) Comments: Recorded in July 1950 and June 1953. Other info on members of Al Cohn Group (I know up to 5 members) To be covered (4): John Bunch, Al Cohn, Roger Kellaway, Frank Tusa Not enough info (1): Vince Lateano
Gigi Gryce Group		1 RECORDINGS: Nica´s tempo - Gigi Gryce (1955) Members: (RIP: Gigi Gryce) Guests: Bill Barber, Gunther Schuller, Julius Watkins (RIP: Art Farmer + Danny Bank, Eddie Bert, Art Blakey, Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Cleveland, Percy Heath, Thelonious Monk, Cecil Payne, Oscar Pettiford, Horace Silver) Comments: Recorded in October 1955. Other info on members of Gigi Gryce Group (I know up to 13 members) Already covered (1): Hank Jones To be covered (10): Donald Byrd, Eddie Costa, Sam Dockery, Gigi Gryce, Osie Johnson, Wendell Marshall, Mickey Roker, Cedar Walton, Richard Williams, Reggie Workman Not enough info (2): Julian Euell, Richard Wyands
Bill Harris Group		1 RECORDINGS: Live at Birdland - Bill Harris ( - ) (LIVE) Members: (RIP: Bill Harris) Guests: (RIP: Don Abney, Ralph Burns, Pete Candoli, Eddie ´Lockjaw´ Davis, Barrett Deems, Chubby Jackson, John LaPorta, Horace Silver) Comments: It contains previously unreleased live tracks with different lineups and years. Other info on members of Bill Harris Group (I know up to 1 members) To be covered (1): Bill Harris
Milt Jackson Group		4 RECORDINGS: Milt Jackson Quartet - Milt Jackson (1955) Members: (RIP: Milt Jackson) Guests: (RIP: Percy Heath, Connie Kay, Horace Silver) Comments: Recorded in May 1955. This album was reissued under the new title Soul pioneers. Plenty, plenty soul - Milt Jackson (1957) Members: (RIP: Milt Jackson) Guests: Quincy Jones (RIP: Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Foster, Percy Heath, Connie Kay, Joe Newman, Oscar Pettiford, Sahib Shihab, Horace Silver, Lucky Thompson) Producer: (RIP: Nesuhi Ertegun) Technical: (RIP: Tom Dowd) Comments: Recorded in January 1957. Opus de funk - Milt Jackson (1975) Members: Ron Carter (RIP: Milt Jackson) Guests: Jimmy Heath, Virgil Jones (RIP: Kenny Clarke, Percy Heath, Connie Kay + Kenny Dorham, Tommy Flanagan, Horace Silver) The Art of Milt Jackson - Milt Jackson (1975) Members: (RIP: Milt Jackson + John Lewis) Guests: Kenny Burrell, Bill Crow, Bobby Jaspar (RIP: Oscar Pettiford + Art Blakey, Paul Chambers, Ray Charles, Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Cleveland, John Coltrane, George Duvivier, Tommy Flanagan, Frank Foster, Barry Galbraith, Coleman Hawkins, Percy Heath, Eddie Jones, Hank Jones, Jimmy Jones, Connie Kay, Billy Mitchell, Joe Newman, Sahib Shihab, Horace Silver, Art Taylor, Lucky Thompson, Frank Wess) Other info on members of Milt Jackson Group (I know up to 19 members) Already covered (2): Dick Berk, James Moody To be covered (17): Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Eddie ´Lockjaw´ Davis, Lou Donaldson, Ray Drummond, Teddy Edwards, Otis Candy Finch Jr, Billy Higgins, Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Harold Mabern, Mickey Roker, Jimmie Smith, Clark Terry, Stanley Turrentine, Cedar Walton
J J Johnson Group		1 COMPILATIONS: The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson vol 2 - Jay Jay Johnson ( - ) Members: (RIP: J J Johnson + Paul Chambers, Wynton Kelly) Guests: Sabu Martinez (RIP: Kenny Clarke, Charles Mingus, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver) Comments: Compilation of tracks recorded in September 1954 and June 1955. Other info on members of J J Johnson Group (I know up to 20 members) Already covered (2): Nat Adderley, Freddie Hubbard To be covered (17): Paul Chambers, Billy Childs, Jimmy Cobb, Richard Davis, Tommy Flanagan, Tootie Heath, Bobby Jaspar, J J Johnson, Elvin Jones, Clifford Jordan, Wynton Kelly, Harold Land, Harold Mabern, Roy McCurdy, Sonny Stitt, Clark Terry, Cedar Walton Not enough info (1): Arthur Harper
Howard McGhee Group		1 RECORDINGS: Howard McGhee vol 2 - Howard McGhee (1953) Members: (RIP: Howard McGhee) Guests: (RIP: Walter Bolden, Tal Farlow, Gigi Gryce, Percy Heath, Horace Silver) Other info on members of Howard McGhee Group (I know up to 8 members) Already covered (1): Hank Jones To be covered (2): Teddy Edwards, Howard McGhee Not enough info (5): Tom Archia, Vernon Biddle, Robert Kesterson, Roy Porter, Specs Wright
J R Monterose Group		1 RECORDINGS: J R Monterose - J R Monterose (1956) Guests: (RIP: Philly Joe Jones, Horace Silver, Wilbur Ware) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Comments: Recorded in October 1956. CD reissue contains 1 bonus track. Other info on members of J R Monterose Group (I know up to 1 members) Not enough info (1): J R Monterose
Rita Reys Group		1 RECORDINGS: The Cool voice of Rita Reys - Rita Reys (1956) Members: (RIP: Rita Reys) Guests: Kenny Drew, Ack Van Rooyen, Doug Watkins (RIP: Chris Bender, Art Blakey, Donald Byrd, Rob Madna, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Wilbur Ware) Comments: Recorded in January 1955, August 1955, February 1956, May 1956 and June 1956. Other info on members of Rita Reys Group (I know up to 1 members) Not enough info (1): Rita Reys
Sonny Rollins Group		1 RECORDINGS: Sonny Rollins vol 2 - Sonny Rollins (1957) Members: Sonny Rollins Guests: (RIP: Thelonious Monk + Art Blakey, Paul Chambers, J J Johnson, Horace Silver) Producer: (RIP: Alfred Lion) Technical: Rudy Van Gelder Comments: Recorded in April 1957. Other info on members of Sonny Rollins Group (I know up to 55 members) Already covered (2): Jim Hall, Freddie Hubbard To be covered (39): Peter Bernstein, Russell Blake, Paul Bley, Bobby Broom, George Cables, Don Cherry, Stanley Clarke, Stanley Cowell, Bob Cranshaw, Walter Davis, Alan Dawson, Jack DeJohnette, Kenny Drew, George Duke, Sammy Figueroa, Al Foster, Henry Franklin, Henry Grimes, Herbie Hancock, Rufus Harley, Tootie Heath, Billy Higgins, Alphonso Johnson, Robert Kenyatta, David Lee,... up to 39 musicians. Not enough info (14): Reshid Kmal Ali, Clifton Anderson, James Benjamin, Tommy Campbell, Kimati Dinizulu, Armen Donelian, Mardoqueo Figueroa, Beaver Harris, Jerome Harris, Jerome Jennings, Aurell Ray, Larry Ridley, Kobie Watkins, Herman Wright
Clark Terry Group		1 RECORDINGS: Clark Terry - Clark Terry (1955) Members: Clark Terry Guests: Quincy Jones (RIP: Art Blakey, Jimmy Cleveland, Wendell Marshall, Cecil Payne, Oscar Pettiford, Horace Silver) Comments: Recorded in January 1955. This album has been reissued under different titles: Introducing Clark Terry or Swahili. Other info on members of Clark Terry Group (I know up to 46 members) Already covered (4): Bob Brookmeyer, Frank Foster, Jake Hanna, Derek Watkins To be covered (30): Wayne Andre, Dave Bargeron, Joe Benjamin, Richard Boone, Barry Cooper, Larry Coryell, Eddie Costa, Sylvia Cuenca, Bobby Durham, Allan Ganley, Jimmy Heath, Conrad Herwig, Red Holloway, Milt Jackson, Osie Johnson, Roger Kellaway, Rick Laird, Arnie Lawrence, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Horace Parlan, Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, Michel Petrucciani, Grady Tate, Clark Terry,... up to 30 musicians. Not enough info (12): George Barrow, Sonny Costanzo, Vince Di Martino, Don Friedman, Oscar Gamby, David Glasser, Laurie Holloway, Jack Jeffers, Eddie Jones, Marcus McLaurine, Stan Shafran, Chris Woods
Kai Winding Group		1 RECORDINGS: Early modern - Kai Winding & Sonny Stitt (1957) Members: (RIP: Sonny Stitt, Kai Winding + Gerry Mulligan) Guests: Don Elliot (RIP: Jo Jones, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Horace Silver) Other info on members of Kai Winding Group (I know up to 24 members) Already covered (1): Al Harewood To be covered (14): Wayne Andre, Rudy Collins, Bill Crow, Carl Fontana, Ola Hanson, J J Johnson, Don Lusher, Peck Morrison, Gerry Mulligan, Don Sebesky, Tony Studd, Ross Tompkins, Bill Watrous, Kai Winding Not enough info (9): Roy Frazee, Dick Katz, Dick Lieb, Barney Mallon, Lou Mariner, Tom Montgomery, Brew Moore, Hal Turner, George Wallington

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Rudy Van Gelder (22)
Percy Heath (21)
Kenny Clarke (20)
Doug Watkins (19)
Paul Chambers (15)
Junior Cook (14)
Michael Cuscuna (13)
J J Johnson (13)
Donald Byrd (12)
Louis Hayes (12)
Oscar Pettiford (12)
Gene Taylor (12)
Miles Davis (11)
Blue Mitchell (11)

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