6 Pieces of Silver

6 Pieces of Silver
Studio album by Horace Silver
Released	January 1957[1]
Recorded	November 10, 1956 (#1-8) November 15, 1958 (#9-10) Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:56 original LP
Label	Blue Note BLP 1539
Producer	Alfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology
Silver's Blue (1956) 6 Pieces of Silver (1956) The Stylings of Silver (1957)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

6 Pieces of Silver is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1957 featuring performances by Silver with Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins and Louis Hayes.^[4] The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and states "The early Silver quintet was essentially the Jazz Messengers of the year before but already the band was starting to develop a sound of its own. "Señor Blues" officially put Horace Silver on the map".^[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Horace Silver, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cool Eyes"	5:55
2.	"Shirl"	4:16
3.	"Camouflage"	4:25
4.	"Enchantment"	6:22
5.	"Señor Blues"	7:01
6.	"Virgo"	5:49
7.	"For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Donald Meyer, Edwards Sherman)	5:09

Bonus tracks on CD reissue
No.	Title	Length
8.	"Señor Blues" (Alternative take)	6:38
9.	"Tippin'"	6:12
10.	"Señor Blues" (Vocal version)	6:14

Personnel

• Horace Silver – piano
• Donald Byrd – trumpet (tracks 1, 3-6 & 8-10)
• Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3-6 & 8)
• Junior Cook – tenor saxophone (tracks 9 & 10)
• Doug Watkins – bass (tracks 1-8)
• Gene Taylor – bass (tracks (tracks 9 & 10)
• Louis Hayes – drums
• Bill Henderson – vocals (track 10)

References

1. Billboard Feb 2, 1957
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 16 November 2009.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1299. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Horace Silver discography accessed 16 November 2009.