''Rockin' with Rachmaninoff'' is an album by

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pianist Horace Silver, recorded in 1991 and released on the

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label in 2003, featuring performances by Silver with

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, Ricky Woodard, Ralph Bowen,

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, Andy Martin, Bob McChesney,

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, and

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, with vocals by

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. The

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review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars and states "Horace Silver's ''Rockin' With Rachmaninoff'' was originally conceived as a stage musical, complete with singers, dancers, musicians, and a narrator to tell the story of the composer's idea of

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introducing

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to all the jazz greats in heaven... If this CD is any indication as to the quality of Horace Silver's short-lived musical, it must have been one hell of a show".Dryden, K.

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accessed December 1, 2009.

Track listing

:''All compositions and lyrics by Horace Silver'' # "Rocky's Overture" – 5:39 # "Rocky Meets the Duke" – 6:09 # "Satchmo's Song" – 7:16 # "Monkeyin' Around With Monk" – 5:42 # "A Ballad for Hawk" – 5:51 # "The Skunky Funky Blues" – 6:51 # "Sunday Mornin' Prayer Meetin'" – 5:03 # "Hallelujah to Ya" – 5:11 # "The Righteous Rumba" – 6:23 # "Lavender Love" – 5:29 # "Rockin' with Rachmaninoff" – 4:31

Personnel

* Horace Silver – piano *

– trumpet * Ricky Woodard, Ralph Bowen,

–

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* Andy Martin, Bob McChesney – trombone *

– bass *

– drums *

– vocals * Dawn Burnett – vocals

References

{{Authority control Horace Silver albums 2003 albums