The Horace Silver Quintet – Silver's Serenade (CD)

Horace Silver spent the 1950s and '60s essentially writing the vocabulary of hard bop, and his Blue Note recordings remain some of the most joyful, funky, and soulful documents in jazz history. Silver's piano work carried a gospel-drenched earthiness that set him apart from his contemporaries, and the quintet format was where he consistently did his most focused work. This remaster brings that signature warmth back into sharp relief.