Further Explorations

Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, released on the Blue Note label in 1958 and containing performances by Silver with Art Farmer, Clifford Jordan, Teddy Kotick, and Louis Hayes.[4] The AllMusic review by Steve Leggett awards the album 4 stars and states: "Further Explorations is a solid, even striking outing, and if it isn't maybe quite as flashy as some of its predecessors, it is no less substantive and revealing."[5]

Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet
Studio album by
Horace Silver Quintet
ReleasedEarly May 1958[1]
RecordedJanuary 13, 1958
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
GenreJazz
Length42:20
LabelBlue Note
BLP 1589
ProducerAlfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology
The Stylings of Silver
(1957)		 Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet
(1958)		 Finger Poppin'
(1959)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

The song "Safari" had been issued by Blue Note, as Silver's first single, in 1952 and was re-issued as a single to coincide with the release of the album.

Track listing
All compositions by Horace Silver except as indicated
  1. "The Outlaw" - 6:07
  2. "Melancholy Mood" - 6:35
  3. "Pyramid" - 6:38
  4. "Moon Rays" - 10:56
  5. "Safari" - 5:11
  6. "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 6:53

Personnel

Production

References
  1. Billboard May 19, 1958
  2. AllMusic Review
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Silver, Horace (August 2007). Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty: The Autobiography of Horace Silver - Horace Silver - Google Books. ISBN 9780520253926. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  5. Leggett, S. Allmusic Review accessed 16 November 2009.



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