Finger Poppin´

THE WILLIAM CLAXTON COLLECTION

180-gram PURE VIRGIN VINYL LPs IN GATEFOLD PACKAGING

4 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

Finger Poppin’ (Blue Note BST-84008) is hailed as one of the true classics from Horace Silver’s discography. It was the first album Silver recorded with the most celebrated version of his quintet. Featuring Junior Cook on tenor sax, Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Gene Taylor on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums, it perfectly blends the pianist’s advanced, groundbreaking hard bop style with the winning, gregarious personality conveyed in his eight original tunes.

PERSONNEL:

• BLUE MITCHELL, trumpet
• JUNIOR COOK, tenor sax
• HORACE SILVER, piano & leader
• GENE TAYLOR, bass
• LOUIS HAYES, drums

Van Gelder Studio, Hakensack, New Jersey, January 31, 1959.

SIDE A:

• 1 FINGER POPPIN’
• 2 JUICY LUCY
• 3 SWINGIN’ THE SAMBA
• 4 SWEET STUFF

SIDE B:

• 1 COOKIN’ AT THE CONTINENTAL
• 2 COME ON HOME
• 3 YOU HAPPENED MY WAY
• 4 MELLOW DF