The Cape Verdean Blues

The Cape Verdean Blues
Studio album by The Horace Silver Quintet Plus J.J. Johnson
Released	Early January 1966[1]
Recorded	October 1 & 22, 1965 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:43
Label	Blue Note BST 84220
Producer	Alfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology
Song for My Father (1964) Cape Verdean Blues (1965) The Jody Grind (1966)

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The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

The Cape Verdean Blues is an album by the Horace Silver Quintet, led by jazz pianist Horace Silver. The quintet is joined on half of these tracks by trombonist J.J. Johnson, with whom Silver had been eager to work for some time. The album was inspired by Silver's father, John Tavares Silva, who was born in Cape Verde.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks by Horace Silver, unless otherwise noted.

1. "The Cape Verdean Blues" - 4:59
2. "The African Queen" - 9:36
3. "Pretty Eyes" - 7:30
4. "Nutville" - 7:15
5. "Bonita" - 8:37
6. "Mo' Joe" (Joe Henderson) - 5:46

Recorded on October 1 (#1-3) and 22 (#4-6), 1965.

Personnel

• Horace Silver - piano
• Woody Shaw - trumpet
• Joe Henderson - tenor sax
• J.J. Johnson - trombone on tracks 4 - 6
• Bob Cranshaw - bass
• Roger Humphries - drums

References

1. Billboard Jan 15, 1966
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 181. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. At Discogs