Music

The Cape Verdean Blues 1965

By The Horace Silver Quintet, J.J. Johnson

  • jazz, hard bop
  • 44 min
  • 6 tracks
  • Blue Note

The Cape Verdean Blues is a 1966 album by American jazz pianist Horace Silver. The album features the quintet of Silver, trumpeter Woody Shaw, saxophonist Joe Henderson, bassist Bob Cranshaw, and drummer Roger Humphries; trombonist J. J. Johnson also appears on three tracks. The album was inspired by Silver's father, John Tavares Silva, who was born in Cape Verde.

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Grave, character-led, classical in form and intimate.

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  • character-ledplot-driven
  • classical in formformally daring
  • intimateepic
  • earnestironic

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