Blowin' the Blues Away (album)

Blowin' the Blues Away is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, released on the Blue Note label in 1959 featuring performances by Silver with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor, and Louis Hayes.

Reception
The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4½ stars and states "Blowin' the Blues Away is one of Horace Silver's all-time Blue Note classics... one of Silver's finest albums, and it's virtually impossible to dislike".

Track listing

 * All compositions by Horace Silver except as indicated


 * 1) "Blowin' the Blues Away" - 4:44
 * 2) "The St. Vitus Dance" - 4:09
 * 3) "Break City" - 4:57
 * 4) "Peace" - 6:02
 * 5) "Sister Sadie" - 6:19
 * 6) "The Baghdad Blues" - 4:52
 * 7) "Melancholy Mood" - 7:10
 * 8) "How Did It Happen" (Don Newey) - 4:41 Bonus track on CD

Recorded August 29 (tracks 1, 6), August 30 (#3, 4, 5, 8) & September 13 (#2, 7), 1959.

Personnel

 * Horace Silver - piano
 * Blue Mitchell - trumpet (tracks 1, 3-6 & 8)
 * Junior Cook - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3-6 & 8)
 * Gene Taylor - bass
 * Louis Hayes - drums

Production

 * Alfred Lion - producer
 * Reid Miles - design
 * Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
 * Francis Wolff - photography