Hear Gilles Peterson’s mix spanning 30 years of Horace Silver on Blue Note

Worldwide honcho pays tribute to the late jazz innovator.

Gilles Peterson has put together an hour-long mix of Horace Silver’s finest work spanning 30 years of releases on the iconic Blue Note label, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year.

Silver, a pianist and saxophonist who pioneered the hard bop style, passed away on Wednesday, June 18, aged 85.

Meanwhile, Peterson’s Brownswood label recently released a new electronic compilation, electr*c – Volume 4, featuring sluggish house, ecstatic trap, ambient ballads and lots more.

Tracklist:

Horace Silver – Senor Blues (Vocal Version)
Horace Silver – Doin’ The Thing Intro
The Horace Silver Quintet – The Baghdad Blues
The Horace Silver Quintet – Let’s Get To The Nitty Gritty
The Horace Silver Quintet – Song For My Father
Horace Silver – The Sophisticated Hippie
The Horace Silver Quintet – That Healin’ Feelin’
Horace Silver – In Pursuit Of The 27th Man
Horace Silver – Time And Effort
The Horace Silver Quintet & J.J. Johnson – The Cape Verdean Blues
The Horace Silver Quintet – Nica’s Dream
Horace Silver – Psychedelic Sally
Horace Silver – Togetherness
Horace Silver – The Gods Of The Yoruba
The Horace Silver Quintet – Ah! So
Horace Silver – I’ve Had A Little Talk
Horace Silver – The Outlaw
The Horace Silver Quintet – Tokyo Blues
The Horace Silver Quintet – The Jody Grind
Horace Silver – Ecaroh