and again. Horace, of course. Great funky hardbop pioneer. Always swinging and driving hard. Grinding.
One of his many jukebox hits was 1956′ ‘Senor Blues’, minor blues groove with a slight latin touch. The original featured Hank Mobley and Donald Bryd on horns, I think.
This is from a Dutch appearance in 1959 and has the most popular Silver frontline of Blue Mitchell turmpet, Junior Cook tenor. Also Louis Hayes on drums.
the one version that struck the jukeboxes most was, I think, the vocal rendition, recorded in in 1958. Contained as a bonus in the RVG edition of “Six Pieces of Silver”. Lyrics by Horace Silver, vocals by Bill Henderson.
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