Serenade to a Soul Sister

Serenade to a Soul Sister
Studio album by Horace Silver
Released	Early June 1968[1]
Recorded	February 23 & March 29, 1968 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:54
Label	Blue Note BST 84277
Producer	Alfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology
The Jody Grind (1966) Serenade to a Soul Sister (1968) You Gotta Take a Little Love (1969)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

Serenade to a Soul Sister is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1968, featuring performances by Silver with Charles Tolliver, Stanley Turrentine, Bennie Maupin, Bob Cranshaw, John Williams, Mickey Roker and Billy Cobham.^[5]

The album was re-mastered, for the CD release in the 24-bit series, by Rudy Van Gelder, in 2004.^[6]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars and described it:

"One of the last great Horace Silver albums for Blue Note, Serenade to a Soul Sister is also one of the pianist's most infectiously cheerful, good-humored outings... You'd never know this album was recorded in one of the most tumultuous years in American history, but as Silver says in the liner notes' indirect jab at the avant-garde, he simply didn't believe in allowing "politics, hatred, or anger" into his music. Whether you agree with that philosophy or not, it's hard to argue with musical results as joyous and tightly performed as Serenade to a Soul Sister."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Horace Silver

1. "Psychedelic Sally" - 7:14
2. "Serenade to a Soul Sister" - 6:19
3. "Rain Dance" - 6:21
4. "Jungle Juice" - 6:46
5. "Kindred Spirits" - 5:55
6. "Next Time I Fall in Love" - 5:19

Personnel

on tracks 1 - 3 (February 23, 1968)

• Horace Silver - piano
• Charles Tolliver - trumpet
• Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
• Bob Cranshaw - bass, electric bass (on track 1)
• Mickey Roker - drums

on tracks 4 - 6 (March 29, 1968)

• Horace Silver - piano
• Charles Tolliver - trumpet (exc. track 6)
• Bennie Maupin - tenor saxophone (exc. track 6)
• John Williams - bass
• Billy Cobham - drums

Production

• Alfred Lion - production
• Rudy Van Gelder - engineering
• Reid Miles - design
• Billy Cobham (Cover), Francis Wolff (Interior) - photography

References

1. Billboard June 1, 1968
2. Huey, S.AllMusic Review accessed November 23, 2009.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 181. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
5. Horace Silver discography accessed November 23, 2009.