For a brief time, tenor saxophonist
Clifford Jordan
and trumpeter
Art Farmer
were the frontline of
the Horace Silver Quintet
. This 1997 CD reissue finds the group (which also includes bassist
Teddy Kotick
and drummer
Louis Hayes
) performing five of
Silver's
lesser-known originals and the standard
"Ill Wind."
The lyrical
Farmer
and the up-and-coming
Jordan
have plenty of fine solos, as does the influential
Silver
, whose funky, witty style stood apart from the prevailing
Bud Powell
influence of the era. Although none of the newer songs caught on as standards, this set (which has plenty of mood and groove variation) holds together very well and still sounds fresh 40 years later. ~ Scott Yanow