Pencil Packin' Papa
Pencil Packin' Papa | ||||
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Studio album by Horace Silver | ||||
Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded | January 10 & 11, 1994 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Horace Silver | |||
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Pencil Packin' Papa is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Columbia label in 1994 featuring performances by Silver with Oscar Brashear, Ron Stout, Jeff Bernell, George Bohanon, Maurice Spears, Suzette Moriarty, Red Holloway, James Moody, Eddie Harris, Rickey Woodard, Bob Maize, and Carl Burnett, with vocals by O.C. Smith.[2]
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and states: "This CD's main assets are the many new compositions by Horace Silver and his colorful arrangements for the six-piece brass section... In addition, O.C. Smith does a fine job on his four vocals although Silver's abilities as a lyricist are still open to question. However his piano solos are typically exciting and inventive and Silver has obviously lost none of his enthusiasm even after four decades of music making."[3]
Track listing
- All compositions and lyrics by Horace Silver
- "Pencil Packin' Papa" – 5:48
- "I Got the Dancin' Blues" – 7:08
- "Soul Mates" – 6:50
- "I Need My Baby" – 7:02
- "My Mother's Waltz" – 6:11
- "Red Beans and Rice" – 7:21
- "Blues for Brother Blue" – 8:13
- "Let It All Hang Out" – 4:56
- "Señor Blues" – 6:58
- "Viva Amour" – 5:59
- Ocean Way Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA – January 10 & 11, 1994
Personnel
- Horace Silver – piano
- Oscar Brashear, Ron Stout, Jeff Bernell – trumpet, flugelhorn
- George Bohanon – trombone
- Maurice Spears – bass trombone
- Suzette Moriarty – french horn
- Red Holloway, James Moody, Eddie Harris, Rickey Woodard – tenor saxophone
- Bob Maize – bass
- Carl Burnett – drums
- O.C. Smith – vocals
References
- v
- t
- e
Note
albums
- New Faces New Sounds (Introducing the Horace Silver Trio) (1952)/Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey-Sabu (1952–53)
- Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1954–55)
- 6 Pieces of Silver (1956–58)
- The Stylings of Silver (1957)
- Further Explorations (1958)
- Live at Newport '58 (1958)
- Finger Poppin' with the Horace Silver Quintet (1959)
- Blowin' the Blues Away (1959)
- Horace-Scope (1960)
- Doin' the Thing (1961)
- The Tokyo Blues (1962)
- Silver's Serenade (1963)
- Song for My Father (1963–64)
- The Cape Verdean Blues (1965)
- The Jody Grind (1966)
- Serenade to a Soul Sister (1968)
- You Gotta Take a Little Love (1969)
- That Healin' Feelin', The United States of Mind, Phase 1 (1970)
- Total Response, The United States of Mind,
Phase 2 (1970–71) - All, The United States of Mind, Phase 3 (1972)
- The United States of Mind (compilation of the 3 'Phase' albums, 1970–72)
- In Pursuit of the 27th Man (1972)
- Silver 'n Brass (1975)
- Silver 'n Wood (1975–76)
- Silver 'n Voices (1976)
- Silver 'n Percussion (1977)
- Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres (1978–79)
released
on
other
labels
- Silver's Blue (1956)
- Live 1964 (1964)
- Guides to Growing Up (1981)
- Spiritualizing the Senses (1983)
- There's No Need to Struggle (1983)
- The Continuity of Spirit (1985)
- Music to Ease Your Disease (1988)
- Rockin' with Rachmaninoff (1991)
- It's Got to Be Funky (1993)
- Pencil Packin' Papa (1994)
- The Hardbop Grandpop (1996)
- A Prescription for the Blues (1997)
- Jazz Has a Sense of Humor (1998)
Blakey/The
Jazz
Messengers
- A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (1954)
- A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (1954)
- A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 (1954)
- At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (1955)
- At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (1955)
- The Jazz Messengers (1956)
- The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956)
- Originally (1956)
others
- Introducing Nat Adderley (1955)
- Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (Dee Dee Bridgewater, 1994)
- Byrd's Eye View (Donald Byrd, 1955)
- Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956)
- Bohemia After Dark (Kenny Clarke, 1955)
- Al Cohn's Tones (Al Cohn, 1950)
- Miles Davis, Volume 3 (1954)
- Miles Davis Quartet/Blue Haze/Miles Davis Quintet/
Miles Davis All-Star Sextet/Walkin' (1953/54) - Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins/Bags' Groove (1954)
- Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (Lou Donaldson, 1952)
- Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955)
- The Art Farmer Septet (1953–54)
- When Farmer Met Gryce (Art Farmer/Gigi Gryce, 1955)
- The Complete Roost Recordings (Stan Getz, 1950–51)
- Nica's Tempo (Gigi Gryce, 1955)
- Disorder at the Border (Coleman Hawkins, 1952)
- Milt Jackson Quartet (1955)
- Plenty, Plenty Soul (Milt Jackson, 1957)
- The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (J.J. Johnson, 1955)
- Blowing in from Chicago (Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore, 1957)
- Hank Mobley Quartet (1955)
- Hank Mobley Sextet (1956)
- Hank Mobley and His All Stars (1957)
- Hank Mobley Quintet (1957)
- J. R. Monterose (1956)
- Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956)
- Lee Morgan Sextet (1956)
- Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957)
- Clark Terry (1955)
singles
- "Opus de Funk" (1953)
- "The Preacher"/"Doodlin'" (1955/54)
- "Señor Blues" (1956)
- "Sister Sadie" (1959)
- "Nica's Dream" (1960)
- "Song for My Father" (1964)