The Horace Silver Quintet | Further Explorations | LP

The Horace Silver Quintet is a jazz group whose album is classed as hard bop and soul-jazz, with Horace Silver on piano. This was Horace Silver's first Blue Note date after he had relinquished the Jazz Messengers name to Art Blakey.

Further Explorations is a 180 gram vinyl LP reissue by The Horace Silver Quintet, released by Rat Pack Records in 2023. The album was released in 1958 and is in the hard bop style. Horace Silver plays piano, Art Farmer plays trumpet, Clifford Jordan plays tenor saxophone, Teddy Kotick plays bass and Louis Hayes plays drums. This edition is limited to 1,000 copies.

Track List

Side A

1. The Outlaw
2. Melancholy Mood
3. Pyramid

Side B

1. Moon Rays
2. Safari
3. Ill Wind