The Cape Verdean Blues

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The Cape Verdean Blues
Studio album by Horace Silver Quintet
Released 1965
Recorded October 1 & October 22, 1965
Genre Jazz
Length 43:43
Label Blue Note Records
Horace Silver Quintet chronology
Song for My Father
(1964)
Cape Verdean Blues
(1965)
The Jody Grind
(1966)

The Cape Verdean Blues is an album by the Horace Silver Quintet, led by jazz pianist Horace Silver. The quintet is joined on half of these tracks by trombonist J.J. Johnson, with whom Silver had been eager to work for some time. The album was inspired by Silver's father, John Tavares Silva, who was born in Cape Verde.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "The Cape Verdean Blues"
  2. "The African Queen"
  3. "Pretty Eyes"
  4. "Nutville"
  5. "Bonita"
  6. "Mo' Joe"

[edit] Personnel


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