Horace Silver‘s ‘Finger Poppin” is an album recorded on January 31, 1959, with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor and Louis Hayes and released mid-April 1959 by Blue Note.

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Track Listing : 1.Finger Poppin’ (Horace Silver) – 04:47 . 2.Juicy Lucy (Horace Silver) – 05:46 . 3.Swingin’ The Samba (Horace Silver) – 05:17 . 4.Sweet Stuff (Horace Silver) – 05:32 . 5.Cookin’ At The Continental (Horace Silver) – 04:54 . 6.Come On Home (Horace Silver) – 05:30 . 7.You Happened My Way (Horace Silver) – 05:29 . 8.Mellow D (Horace Silver) – 05:37


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Musicians : Horace Silver – Piano . Blue Mitchell – Trumpet On (1 – 2 – 3 – 5 – 6 – 8) . Junior Cook – Tenor Saxophone On (1 – 2 – 3 – 5 – 6 – 8) . Gene Taylor – Bass . Louis Hayes – Drums

Production : Produced By Alfred Lion Rudy Van Gelder – Engineer

Package : Reid Miles – Design . Francis Wolff asterisques RVM – Photography

Recorded On January 31, 1959 At Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack.

Released Mid-April 1959 By Blue Note.

(Source Horace Silver Quintet – Finger Poppin’ | The Official Website of Horace Silver)

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jazz.com
However, the highlight of Cookin’ at the Continental, a medium-up blues, is Silver’s piano solo, one of his most harmonically adventurous on record. […]

allmusic
Finger Poppin’ is everything small-group hard bop should be, and it’s a terrific example of what made the Blue Note label’s mainstream sound so infectious. […]

comusduke @ RateYourMusic
One of the first if not the first glimpse into their magic is on this album which, oh yes it’s irresistibly finger popping (and yet more than that…) […]

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