The Further Explorations by The Horace Silver Quintet Continuing the major groove that pianist Silver had established at Blue Note, this 1958 release finds trumpeter-extraordinaire Art Farmer and Clifford Jordan’s tenor sax on the front-line assault. Rounding out the five are drummer Louis Hayes and bassist Teddy Kotick. Silver penned five new exciting pieces for these sessions including The Outlaw, Melancholy Mood, Pyramid, Moon Rays and Safari while also tailoring a personal arrangement of the Arlen-Koehler standard Ill Wind. Both hornists get the chance to really stretch out in Silver’s writing. Farmer’s prowess was already well established but both Jordan’s time and recordings with Silver jump-started his career to other echelons including as leader on his own recordings for Blue Note. Mastered and cut from the original FULL TRACK mono master tapes using a full track mono tape head and ALL TUBE tape electronics and cutting system allowed Bernie "BeBop" Grundman to extract every nuance on the tapes which adds to the magic of this Rudy Van Gelder recording. This is the real deal and it is done perfectly from mastering through to the authentic laminated cover art (front only) to the "deep groove" in the center label. If you didn't know better you would think that a copy of this reissue is a perfect original that has been locked in a time capsule instead of another installment in the acclaimed Classic Records Signature Blue Note Mono LP series pressed on Classic’s 200g Super Vinyl Profile.

1. The Outlaw
2. Melancholy Mood
3. Pyramid
4. Moon Rays
5. Safari
6. Ill Wind