''The Jody Grind'' is a 1966 recording 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 ...

featuring both a quintet and a sextet. Released the following year on his longtime label Blue Note, it peaked No. 8 of the ''Billboard'' jazz album charts. As one of his "groove-centered" recordings it would "wind up as possibly the most challenging", Steve Huey writes on

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, and gave "one of the most underappreciated" of Silver's albums 4½ stars.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Horace Silver # "The Jody Grind" – 5:50 # "Mary Lou" – 7:09 # "Mexican Hip Dance" – 5:53 # "Blue Silver" – 5:59 # "Grease Piece" – 7:31 # "Dimples" – 7:17 ''Recorded on November 2 (#1, 3, 6) and 23 (#2, 4–5), 1966.''

Personnel

– piano *

Woody Shaw Woody Herman Shaw Jr. (December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, arranger, band leader, and educator. Shaw is widely known as one of the most important and influential jazz trumpet ...

– trumpet * Tyrone Washington – tenor sax *

James Spaulding James Ralph Spaulding Jr. (born July 30, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist and flutist. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United states, Spaulding attended the Chicago Cosmopolitan School of Music. Between 1957 and 1961, he was a member of Sun ...

– alto sax on tracks 2, 4, 5, flute solo on 2 *

Larry Ridley Larry Ridley (born September 3, 1937) is an American jazz bassist and music educator. Allmusic Biography/ref> Biography Ridley was born and reared in Indianapolis, Indiana. He began performing professionally while still in high school in the 1950s ...

– bass *

Roger Humphries Roger Humphries (born January 30, 1944) is an American jazz drummer. Born into a family of ten children in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Humphries began playing drums at age four, and went professional at age 14. He led an ensemble at Carnegie Hall ...

– drums

References

Jody Grind, The Horace Silver albums Albums produced by Alfred Lion Blue Note Records albums {{1960s-jazz-album-stub