The Cape Verdean Blues

Infobox Album | Name = The Cape Verdean Blues
Type = Studio album
Artist = Horace Silver Quintet


Released = 1965
Recorded = October 1 & October 22, 1965
Genre = Jazz
Length = 43:43
Label = Blue Note Records
Producer =
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Last album = "Song for My Father"
(1964)
This album = "Cape Verdean Blues"
(1965)
Next album = "The Jody Grind"
(1966)

"The Cape Verdean Blues" is an album by the Horace Silver Quintet, lead by jazz pianist Horace Silver. The quintet is joined on half of these tracks by trombonist J.J. Johnson, with whom Silver had been eager to work for some time. The album was inspired by Silver's father, John Tavares Silver, who was born in Cape Verde.

Track listing

#"The Cape Verdean Blues"
#"The African Queen"
#"Pretty Eyes"
#"Nutville"
#"Bonita"
#"Mo' Joe"

Personnel

*Horace Silver (piano)
*Woody Shaw (trumpet)
*Joe Henderson (tenor sax)
*J. J. Johnson (trombone)
*Bob Cranshaw (bass)
*Roger Humphries (drums)