Cape Verdean Blues [Original recording remastered]

Horace Silver | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Blue Note Records
• Copy Protected
• ASIN: B0001CLZP6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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  • #80 in Music > Jazz > Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Most Welcome Case of the "Blues", March 23, 2004

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Michael B. Richman (Portland, Maine USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cape Verdean Blues (Audio CD)

Unlike most of the recent batch of RVG releases (3/9 & 3/23/04), Horace Silver's classic "The Cape Verdean Blues" has been readily available for years, but this remastered reissue is a welcome addition to the Blue Note catalog nonetheless. While I have enjoyed all of Silver's Blue Note albums over the years (please consult my reviews for "Six Pieces of Silver," "Further Explorations," "Tokyo Blues," and "Horace Scope"), I have always held a special place in my heart for his two collaborations with Joe Henderson -- "Song for my Father" and "The Cape Verdean Blues." After years of very successful collaborations with the Blue Mitchell/Junior Cook quintet, Silver needed an influx of new blood to take his band from hard bop to the newer experiments of modal jazz. Henderson, who had already made a string of highly successful albums for Blue Note on his own, was more than up to the task. (Of further note, Henderson did not record his own Blue Note album as a leader in 1965, so these October 1 & 22 sessions, along with Pete LaRoca's "Basra," comprise Henderson's 1965 output for the label.) What makes this album even more special is trombonist J.J. Johnson's return to Blue Note (after nearly ten years) on the album's last three tracks, turning the solid quintet of Silver, Henderson, trumpeter Woody Shaw, bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Roger Humphries, into a formidable sextet. In all, "The Cape Verdean Blues" are a most welcome case of the blues.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A most underrated Album. One of Horace's Best. One of Joe Hendersons Best., March 6, 2007

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Frizzante - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cape Verdean Blues (Audio CD)

Take note of the previous two reviews!

Both 5 stars. So is my rating. 5 big stars.

From start to finish this is an exceptionally smooth album. It just rolls along transporting you to a very upbeat and cool place. The beautiful rhythm of Horace's piano, the dexterity and speed of Joe Henderson's tenor and the brilliance of Woody Shaw's trumpet are captivating. I normally find the trombone overbearing and out of place but JJ Johnson is absolutely wonderful on this fabulous album.

Much as I enjoy the Horace's better known albums, this is my favourite.

You will not regret buying this album.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Soulful, deep and fun too!, January 6, 2007

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M. Smyth - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cape Verdean Blues (Audio CD)

To my ears there is such a purity to this recording. Sure, the solos, overall musicianship, and song craft are exceptional, but that this not the thing. This album transcends. It is spiritual and loving and dare I say, in some abstract way very "black" (and by that I mean full of universality and depth of experience). Somehow through the Latin-tinged, blues-infused, deep-swinging celebration, one gets the sense that it's all going to be okay. Celebrate universal love and enjoy! A few years later Horace was singing this kind of thing, but he didn't really need to...it was always "within" the music.

J.J. Johnson adds fantastic depth; not a bad song on the disk; never gets old; easy to get blissfully lost in abstract thought whilst listening; his best recording.