Horace Silver - Silver 'n Brass (1975)

The first of five LPs that feature Horace Silver's Quintet being augmented by other instrumentalists, this set finds trumpeter Tom Harrell, tenor-saxophonist Bob Berg, either Ron Carter or Bob Cranshaw on bass and either Al Foster or Bernard Purdie on drums joined by five brass players and two reed specialists. Although there are tributes to Tadd Dameron ("Dameron's Dance") and Duke Ellington ("The Sophisticated Hippie"), the music is recognizably Silver -- funky hard bop.


Tracks:

01. Kissin' Cousins (Silver) - 7:55
02. Barbara (Silver) - 7:39
03. Dameron's Dance (Silver) - 5:21
04. The Sophisticated Hippie (Silver) - 7:06
05. Adjustment (Silver) - 5:20
06. Mysticism (Silver) - 8:09

Personnel:

Horace Silver - piano
Ron Carter - acoustic bass (#1-4)
Bob Cranshaw - Fender bass (tracks 5,6)
Al Foster (#1-4), Bernard Purdie (#5,6) - drums
Tom Harrell - trumpet
Bob Berg - tenor saxophone
Jerome Richardson, Buddy Collette - woodwinds
Oscar Brashear, Bobby Bryant - trumpet, flugelhorn
Vincent DeRosa - french horn
Frank Rosolino - trombone
Maurice Spears - bass trombone