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Blowin' the Blues Away

Blowin' the Blues Away
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Studio album by Horace Silver
Released Early November 1959
Recorded August 29–30 & September 13, 1959
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length 42:54
Label Blue Note
BST 84017
Producer Alfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology
Finger Poppin'
(1959)
Blowin' the Blues Away
(1959)
Horace-Scope
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars
The Penguin Guide to Jazz 4/4 stars
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 5/5 stars

Blowin' the Blues Away is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, released on the Blue Note label in 1959 featuring performances by Silver with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor, and Louis Hayes.

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars and states "Blowin' the Blues Away is one of Horace Silver's all-time Blue Note classics... one of Silver's finest albums, and it's virtually impossible to dislike".

Recorded August 29 (tracks 1, 6), August 30 (#3, 4, 5, 8) & September 13 (#2, 7), 1959.


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