Horace Silver Trio & Art Blakey–Sabu

The sessions were previously issued on two 10"s, Introducing the Horace Silver Trio (1952) and Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey, Vol. 2 (1953), respectively. While the original 12" LP omitted four tracks from these earlier 10" LPs, the CD reissue includes all 16 tracks from the original sessions. ==Track listing==

Original release CD reissue Introducing the Horace Silver Trio – BLP 5018 Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey, Vol. 2 – BLP 5034 ==Personnel==

Horace Silver Trio October 9, 1952 • Horace Silver – piano • Gene Ramey – bass • Art Blakey – drums October 20, 1952 • Horace Silver – piano • Curley Russell – bass • Art Blakey – drums November 23, 1953 • Horace Silver – piano (except "Message from Kenya", "Nothing but the Soul") • Percy Heath – bass (except "Message from Kenya", "Nothing but the Soul") • Art Blakey – drums • Sabu – conga ("Message from Kenya") Technical personnel • Alfred Lion – production • Reid Miles, John Hermansader (BLP 5018), Jerome Kuhl (BLP 5034) – design • Francis Wolff – photography • Rudy Van Gelder – remastering • Leonard Feather – liner notes ==References==