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This utterly distinctive and innovative hard-bop pianist/composer is heard here leading his own trio and quintet during the early years of his career, when he was also playing with Coleman Hawkins, Miles Davis, Lester Young, Art Blakey and more. These derive from Silver’s 1952–56 10" and 12" Blue Note LPs and feature Blakey, Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley and more: "Horace-Scope," "Thou Swell," "Opus De Funk," "Creepin’ In," "Doodlin’," "The Preacher," "Hankerin’," "Silver’s Blue," "Shoutin’ Out," "Quicksilver," "Prelude to a Kiss," "Message from Kenya" and more! Acrobat.