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Blowin' the Blues Away is an album by the Horace Silver Quintet & Trio, recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on August 29–30 and September 13, 1959 and released on Blue Note later that year. The quintet features horn section Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook and rhythm section Eugene Taylor and Louis Hayes.
Feb 1, 2015 · Horace Silver Quintet - Blowin' the Blues Away (1959) Personnel: Blue Mitchell (trumpet), Junior Cook (tenor sax), Horace Silver (piano), Gene Taylor (bass), Louis Hayes (drums) from...
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Somehow no one's posted this transcription yet so I went ahead and did it.The drums are louder than the sax in a few parts but other than that I think it's p...
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Jun 29, 2014 · Junior Cook keeps growing in my estimation, with his raw loose tone and variety of speeds, satisfying structure and flourishes, and a degree of unpredictability, the embodiment of a good bop tenor soloist in the school of Hank Mobley and Tina Brooks.
Nov 30, 2014 · Provided to YouTube by IDOLBlowin' the Blues Away · Horace Silver · Blue Mitchell · Junior Cook · Eugene Taylor · Louis HayesOriginal Jazz Sound: Blowin' the...
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Nov 6, 2023 · In retrospect over his Blue Note career, a jazz scribe asked him once who his favorite collaborators were. Horace replied, “One of the greatest bands I ever led was the Junior Cook-Blue Mitchell band with Louis Hayes on drums and Gene Taylor on bass.”
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There's fine interlay between Blue Mitchell on trumpet and Junior Cook on tenor sax along with some riproaring piano from Silver. The two slower, hornless tracks, "The St. Vitus Dance" and "Melancholy Mood", are less intriguing, but do offer some more variety.
