''Shirley Scott Plays Horace Silver'' is an album by organist

Shirley Scott Shirley Scott (March 14, 1934 – March 10, 2002) was an American jazz organist. Her music was noted for its mixture of bebop, blues and gospel elements. She was known by the nickname "Queen of the Organ". Life and career Scott was born in Phi ...

featuring compositions by

Horace Silver Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s. After playing tenor saxophone and piano at sch ...

which was recorded in 1961 and released on the

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Shirley Scott discography
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Reception

The

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review stated "Just what it says. The queen of the Hammond organ plays compositions by the funk-master himself".Erlewine, M
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Track listing

All compositions by Horace Silver # "Señor Blues" – 4:02 # "Moonray" – 5:41 # "

Sister Sadie "Sister Sadie" is a jazz standard written in 1959 by Horace Silver, and first recorded for his 1959 Blue Note Records album, ''Blowin' the Blues Away''. Covers *1960: Hank Crawford – ''More Soul'' ( Atlantic Records) *1960: Gil Evans – '' O ...

" – 7:24 # " Doodlin'" – 5:20 # " The Preacher" – 5:17 # "Strollin'" – 6:22

Personnel

- organ *

Henry Grimes Henry Grimes (November 3, 1935 – April 15, 2020) was an American jazz double bassist and violinist. After more than a decade of activity and performance, notably as a leading bassist in free jazz, Grimes completely disappeared from the music s ...

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Otis Finch Otis "Candy" Finch, Jr. was an American jazz drummer. He played and recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Shirley Scott, Milt Jackson, and Dizzy Gillespie (1966-9).Feather, Leonard; Ira Gitler (2007)''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz''. Oxford ...

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

{{Authority control 1962 albums Albums produced by Esmond Edwards Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Prestige Records albums Shirley Scott albums