Guides to Growing Up

1981 studio album by Horace Silver

Guides to Growing Up

Studio album by

Horace Silver

Released| 1981
Recorded| September 18 & 29, 1981
Genre| Jazz
Label| Silverto
Producer| Horace Silver
Horace Silver chronology
| Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres
(1979)  | Guides to Growing Up
(1981)  | Spiritualizing the Senses
(1983)

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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [1]

Guides to Growing Up is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, his first released on the Silverto label, featuring performances by Silver with Eddie Harris, Joe Diorio, Bob Magnusson, and Roy McCurdy, with recitations by Bill Cosby and vocals by Weaver Copeland, and Mahmu Pearl.[2]

In a 1981 interview Silver stated: "This is jazz, and actually it's adult music. But it's music for everybody. And adults can listen to it and enjoy it as well as the kids! But the titles of the tunes and the lyrics and recitation is dedicated to the kids, so they can listen to and learn good principles of life."[3]

## Track listing

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All compositions and lyrics by Horace Silver

1. "Accepting Responsibility"
2. "Reaching Our Goals in Life"
3. "Learning to Be Unselfish"
4. "Helping Others"
5. "Finding Good Rules to Live By"
6. "Honesty and Self Control"
7. "Managing Your Money"
8. "The Things That Really Matter"

* Recorded in NYC on September 18 & 29, 1981.

## Personnel

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* Horace Silver – piano
* Eddie Harris – tenor saxophone
* Joe Diorio – guitar
* Bob Magnusson – bass
* Roy McCurdy – drums
* Bill Cosby – recitation
* Weaver Copeland, Mahmu Pearl – vocals

## References

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1. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 182\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
2. ^ Horace Silver discography, Jazzdisco.org; accessed November 30, 2009.
3. ^ Rosenbaum, Bob, "An Interview with Horace Silver", Palos Verdes, California, December 6, 1981; accessed November 30, 2009.

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Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.

Blue
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)

Albums
released

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)

Art
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)

With
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)

Selected
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)

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