Hideo Shiraki Quintet – Plays Horace Silver (Japanese edition)
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Drums – Hideo Shiraki
Bass – Hachiro Kurita
Piano – Yuzuru Sera
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Hidehiko Matsumoto
Trumpet – Naoya Omata
Valve Trombone – Akira Fukuhara
Arranged by Hidehiko Matsumoto
Written by Horace Silver
1 LP, standard sleeve
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : We Are Busy Bodies
Original label : King Records
Recorded September 3 & 4, 1962
Originally released in 1962
Reissued in December 2022
Tracks :
Side A:
- Senor Blues
- Sister Sady
- Doing the Thing
Side B:
- Blowing the Blues Away
- Preacher
- Swinging the Samba
- Fylthy McNasty
Reviews :
“Three months after the recording session, Silver was touring in Japan with his own quintet along with singer Chris Connor and her trio. All were treated regally, according to Silver in Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty, his 2007 autobiography. Silver met Shiraki on the tour and after hearing the group play, he pronounced him Japan's Art Blakey. The cover of Shiraki's album featured the drummer in a phone booth with Silver in the next booth. The image was likely taken during Shiraki's visit to New York in 1963.
Why bother to listen to this album when you can hear Silver's original versions? Because Shiraki brings a different kind of interpretive energy and excitement to the material. His drumming is driving and engaging while the group plays with stinging heat.” Jazzwax Review by Mac Myers
Ratings:
Discogs: 4.4 / 5