Horace Silver
"Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers" was the first 12" Blue Note album released under Silver’s name. The album is a reissue of two previous 10" LPs -- "Horace Silver Quintet" (BLP 5058) and "Horace Silver Quintet, Vol. 2" (BLP 5062) -- and the first sessions in which he used the quintet format which he would largely use for the rest of his career. The music on the album mixes bebop influences with blues and gospel feels.