The Cape Verdean Blues

1966 studio album by The Horace Silver Quintet Plus J.J. Johnson

The Cape Verdean Blues

Studio album by

The Horace Silver Quintet Plus J.J. Johnson

Released| Early January 1966[1]
Recorded| October 1 & 22, 1965
Studio| Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre| Jazz
Length| 43:43
Label| Blue Note
BST 84220
Producer| Alfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology
| Song for My Father
(1964)  | The Cape Verdean Blues
(1966)  | The Jody Grind
(1966)

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Source| Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz| [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [3]

The Cape Verdean Blues is a 1966 album by a jazz quintet led by pianist Horace Silver. The quintet is augmented on the last three tracks on the album by trombonist J. J. Johnson. The album was inspired by Silver's father, John Tavares Silva, who was born in Cape Verde.[4]

## Track listing

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All tracks by Horace Silver, unless otherwise noted

1. "The Cape Verdean Blues" - 4:59
2. "The African Queen" - 9:36
3. "Pretty Eyes" - 7:30
4. "Nutville" - 7:15
5. "Bonita" - 8:37
6. "Mo' Joe" (Joe Henderson) - 5:46

Recorded on October 1 (#1-3) and 22 (#4-6), 1965.

## Personnel

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* Horace Silver – piano
* Woody Shaw – trumpet
* Joe Henderson – tenor sax
* J. J. Johnson – trombone (tracks 4–6)
* Bob Cranshaw – bass
* Roger Humphries – drums

Source:[5]

## References

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1. ^ Billboard Jan 15, 1966
2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 181. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. ^ At Discogs
5. ^ "Horace Silver Catalog". jazzdisco. Retrieved March 29, 2020.

## External links

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Horace Silver

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)

Discography

* v
* t
* e

J.J. Johnson

Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release
(except for the film scores)

leader or
co-leader|

* J. J. Johnson's Jazz Quintets (1946–49)
* Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown/The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1/
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (1953–55)
* The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 3 (1955)
* J Is for Jazz (1956)
* First Place (1957)
* Blue Trombone (1957)
* Dial J. J. 5 (1957)
* Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957)
* J. J. in Person! (1957)
* Really Livin' (1959)
* Trombone and Voices (1960)
* J.J. Inc. (1960)
* A Touch of Satin (1960–61)
* André Previn and J. J. Johnson (1961)
* J. J.'s Broadway (1963)
* Proof Positive (1964)
* J.J.! (1964)
* Goodies (1965)
* Broadway Express (1965)
* The Total J.J. Johnson (1966)
* The Yokohama Concert (with Nat Adderley, 1977)
* Chain Reaction: Yokohama Concert, Vol. 2 (with Nat Adderley, 1977)
* Pinnacles (1979)
* Concepts in Blue (1980)

With
Kai Winding|

* K + J.J. (aka, Nuf Said, 1955)
* Trombone for Two (1955)
* Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport (one side each, 1956)
* Jay and Kai + 6 (1956)
* Jay and Kai (1955–57)
* The Great Kai & J. J. (1960)
* Israel (1968)
* Betwixt & Between (1968)
* Stonebone (1969)

Albums

sideman or
arranger/
composer|

* Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (1955)
* Sayin' Somethin' (Nat Adderley, 1966)
* The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
* Basie Jam (Count Basie, 1973)
* The Bosses (Count Basie/"Big Joe" Turner, 1973)
* Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1969)
* I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd, 1964)
* New York Slick (Ron Carter, 1979)
* Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50)
* Young Man with a Horn/Miles Davis Volume 1/Miles Davis Volume 2 (1952)
* Summertime (Paul Desmond, 1968)
* Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955)
* At the Opera House (Ella Fitzgerald, 1957)
* The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1949)
* Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Dizzy Gillespie, 1951)
* Afro (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
* Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
* Perceptions (Dizzy Gillespie, a/c only, 1960)
* The Modern Touch (Benny Golson, 1957)
* The Hawk Flies High (Coleman Hawkins, 1957)
* Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday, 1958)
* And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965)
* The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (John Lewis, 1955)
* The Big Band (Jimmy McGriff, 1966)
* Happenings (Hank Jones & Oliver Nelson, 1966)
* Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson, 1965–66)
* Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill, 1966)
* Charlie Parker on Dial (1947)
* Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957)
* Alfie (Sonny Rollins, 1966)
* Carnival of the Spirits (Moacir Santos, 1975)
* New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin, 1964)
* Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
* The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver, 1965)
* Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955)
* The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt, 1965)
* What's New!!! (Sonny Stitt, 1966)
* Joyride (Stanley Turrentine, 1965)

Film
scores|

* Man and Boy (1971)
* Across 110th Street (1972)
* Top of the Heap (1972)
* Cleopatra Jones (1973)
* Willie Dynamite (1974)

Discography

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Woody Shaw

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

As leader
or co-leader|

* In the Beginning (1965)
* Blackstone Legacy (1970)
* Song of Songs (1972)
* The Moontrane (1974)
* San Francisco Express – Getting It Together (1975)
* Love Dance (1975)
* Little Red's Fantasy (1976)
* Woody Plays Woody (1976–77)
* The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage (1976)
* Rosewood (1977)
* The Iron Men (with Anthony Braxton, 1977)
* Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard (1978)
* Woody III (1978–79)
* For Sure! (1979)
* United (1981)
* Lotus Flower (1982)
* Master of the Art (1982)
* Night Music (1982)
* Setting Standards (1983)
* The Time Is Right (1983)
* Double Take (and Freddie Hubbard, 1985)
* Woody Shaw with the Tone Jansa Quartet (1985)
* Dr. Chi (1986)
* Bemsha Swing (1986)
* Solid (1986)
* Imagination (1987)
* In My Own Sweet Way (1987)
* The Eternal Triangle (with Freddie Hubbard, 1987)

With others|

* Home! (Gary Bartz, 1969)
* Coral Keys (Walter Bishop Jr., 1971)
* Child's Dance (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1972)
* Buhaina (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973)
* Anthenagin (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973)
* The Free Slave (Roy Brooks, 1970)
* Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1983)
* The Almoravid (Joe Chambers, 1971)
* Tones for Joan's Bones (Chick Corea, 1966)
* The Complete "Is" Sessions (Chick Corea, 1969)
* Brilliant Circles (Stanley Cowell, 1969)
* Conversations (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
* Iron Man (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
* Tex Book Tenor/Back from the Gig (Booker Ervin, 1968)
* Ichi-Ban (Louis Hayes and Junior Cook, 1976)
* The Real Thing (Louis Hayes, 1977)
* If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem (Joe Henderson, 1970)
* Joe Henderson Quintet at the Lighthouse (1970)
* Grass Roots (Andrew Hill, 1968)
* Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969–70)
* Passing Ships (Andrew Hill, 1969)
* Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux (1973)
* Cirrus (Bobby Hutcherson, 1974)
* Bridge into the New Age (Azar Lawrence, 1974)
* 'Bout Soul (Jackie McLean, 1967)
* Demon's Dance (Jackie McLean, 1967)
* Reach Out! (Hank Mobley, 1968)
* Thinking of Home (Hank Mobley, 1970)
* Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) (Pharoah Sanders, 1970)
* The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver, 1965)
* The Jody Grind (Horace Silver, 1966)
* Natural Soul (Buddy Terry, 1967)
* Pure Dynamite (Buddy Terry, 1972)
* Expansions (McCoy Tyner, 1968)
* The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard (Mal Waldron, 1986)
* The Seagulls of Kristiansund (Mal Waldron, 1986)
* Natural Essence (Tyrone Washington, 1967)
* Unity (Larry Young, 1965)
* Zawinul (Joe Zawinul, 1970)

Box sets|

* Woody Shaw: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (Columbia, 1978–81 [2011])
* Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic, 1965–87 [2013])

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