Guides to Growing Up

Guides to Growing Up
Studio album by Horace Silver
Released	1981
Recorded	September 18 & 29, 1981
Genre	Jazz
Label	Silverto
Producer	Horace Silver
Horace Silver chronology
Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres (1979) Guides to Growing Up (1981) Spiritualizing the Senses (1983)

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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[1]

Guides to Growing Up is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, his first released on the Silverto label, featuring performances by Silver with Eddie Harris, Joe Diorio, Bob Magnusson, and Ron McCurdy, with recitations by Bill Cosby and vocals by Weaver Copeland, and Mahmu Pearl.^[2]

In a 1981 interview Silver stated: "This is jazz, and actually it's adult music. But it's music for everybody. And adults can listen to it and enjoy it as well as the kids! But the titles of the tunes and the lyrics and recitation is dedicated to the kids, so they can listen to and learn good principles of life."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions and lyrics by Horace Silver

1. "Accepting Responsibility"
2. "Reaching Our Goals in Life"
3. "Learning to Be Unselfish"
4. "Helping Others"
5. "Finding Good Rules to Life"
6. "Honesty and Self Control"
7. "Managing Your Money"
8. "The Things That Really Matter"

• Recorded in NYC on September 18 & 29, 1981.

Personnel

• Horace Silver - piano
• Eddie Harris - tenor saxophone
• Joe Diorio - guitar
• Bob Magnusson - bass
• Ron McCurdy - drums
• Bill Cosby - recitation
• Weaver Copeland, Mahmu Pearl - vocals

References

1. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 182. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
2. Horace Silver discography, Jazzdisco.org; accessed November 30, 2009.
3. Rosenbaum, Bob, "An Interview with Horace Silver", Palos Verdes, California, December 6, 1981; accessed November 30, 2009.