Horace Silver's Silver In Seattle: Live at the Penthouse issued by Blue Note

Blue Note is releasing a rippin' Horace Silver live recording with Joe Henderson and Woody Shaw in Seattle back in 1965. 

Here's the scoop...

The great jazz pianist, composer, and Blue Note legend Horace Silver only released one live album during his lifetime, but his quintets were always among the most reliably thrilling working bands in jazz, delivering high-energy, crowd-pleasing performances of Silver’s indelible compositions to fans around the world. In August 1965, Silver brought a powerhouse line-up to The Penthouse in Seattle with Woody Shaw on trumpet, Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, Teddy Smith on bass, and Roger Humphries on drums. A newly discovered recording of those performances gets its first-ever release with Silver In Seattle: Live at the Penthouse featuring the band delivering uninhibited renditions of Silver classics including “Song For My Father,” “The Cape Verdean Blues,” “The Kicker,” and more. 

Kinda makes you wonder what other amazing, historically important recordings have been collecting dust for decades in the Blue Note vaults. In any case, you can get a copy of Horace Silver's Silver In Seattle via Blue Note directly right here. Check out "The Kicker" and "No Smokin'" below. 

Horace Silver – Silver In Seattle: Live at The Penthouse

Side A:

1. The Kicker

2. Song For My Father

3. The Cape Verdean Blues

Side B:

1. Sayonara Blues

2. Band Introductions

3. No Smokin'