Hideo Shiraki - Plays Horace Silver

2019 Japanese reissue

Groovy Japanese jazz from 1962

The music of Horace Silver presented here by drummer Hideo Shiraki with almost the same approach to soul jazz you'd find on Silver's best Blue Note sides of the late 50s

Shiraki's always had a bit of a Jazz Messengers approach in his music recreating some of the grooves made famous by Horace at Blue Note, but also bringing a bit of his own flavor to the tunes as well.

Horace usually had a quintet - Hideo's group is a sextet with Hidehiko "Sleepy" Matsumoto on tenor and flute, Akira Fukuhara on trombone, and Hisaya Omata on trumpet giving the famliar tunes a bit of a twist. Great stuff.

1 Senor Blues

2 Sister Sadie

3 Doing The Thing

4 Blowing The Blues Away

5 Preacher

6 Swinging Samba

7 Filthy Mcnasty

Arranged By – Hidehiko Matsumoto

Bass – Hachiro Kurita

Composed By – Horace Silver

Drums – Hideo Shiraki

Piano – Joe Sera* (Yuzuru Sera)

Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Hidehiko Matsumoto

Trumpet – Hisaya Omata

Valve Trombone – Akira Fukuhara