That Healin' Feelin'

That Healin' Feelin'
Studio album by Horace Silver Quintet
Released	End of October 1970[1]
Recorded	April 8 & June 18, 1970 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:23
Label	Blue Note BST 84352
Producer	Francis Wolff, George Butler
Horace Silver chronology
You Gotta Take a Little Love (1969) That Healin' Feelin (1970) Total Response (1971)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

That Healin' Feelin' (subtitled The United States of Mind Phase 1) is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1970, featuring performances by Silver with Randy Brecker, George Coleman, Houston Person, Bob Cranshaw, Jimmy Lewis, Mickey Roker and Idris Muhammad with vocals by Andy Bey, Gail Nelson and Jackie Verdell.^[3] It is the first of a trilogy of albums later compiled on CD as The United States of Mind.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 3 stars and simply states "Lyrics a bit to the pretentious side; music overcomes it".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Horace Silver

1. "That Healin' Feelin" - 3:54
2. "The Happy Medium" - 4:58
3. "The Show Has Begun" - 4:11
4. "Love Vibrations" - 4:03
5. "Peace" - 3:26
6. "Permit Me to Introduce You to Yourself" - 3:13
7. "Wipe Away the Evil" - 4:15
8. "Nobody Knows" - 4:12
9. "There's Too Much to Be Done" - 4:11

Recorded on April 8 (1-5) and June 18 (6-9), 1970.

Personnel

Tracks 1-5

• Horace Silver - piano, electric piano
• Randy Brecker - trumpet, flugelhorn
• George Coleman - tenor saxophone
• Bob Cranshaw - electric bass
• Mickey Roker - drums
• Andy Bey - vocals (2-5)

Tracks 6-9

• Horace Silver - piano, electric piano
• Randy Brecker - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Houston Person - tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Lewis - electric bass
• Idris Muhammad - drums
• Gail Nelson (6), Jackie Verdell (7-9) - vocals

References

1. Billboard Oct 24, 1970
2. Allmusic Review
3. Horace Silver discography accessed November 23, 2009.
4. Allmusic Review accessed November 23, 2009.