Horace Silver has long been a believer in the self-help holistic movement and this has been reflected in the lyrics he has written during the past decade.
Andy Bey interprets such songs on this LP as "What Is the Sinus-Minus," "The Respiratory Story" and the title cut, none of which seem destined to be covered by other artists. However there are plenty of strong instrumental moments from an all-star quintet that includes pianist
Silver, fluegelhornist
Clark Terry, tenor-saxophonist
Junior Cook, bassist
Ray Drummond and drummer
Billy Hart, and for that reason this is the strongest release on
Silver to to date.
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Scott Yanow, Rovi