Tracklist
| 1 | –The Horace Silver Quintet | Blowin' The Blues Away | 4:40 |
| 2 | –The Horace Silver Trio | The St. Vitus Dance | 4:06 |
| 3 | –The Horace Silver Quintet | Break City | 4:53 |
| 4 | –The Horace Silver Quintet | Peace | 5:58 |
| 5 | –The Horace Silver Quintet | Sister Sadie | 6:15 |
| 6 | –The Horace Silver Quintet | The Baghdad Blues | 4:49 |
| 7 | –The Horace Silver Trio | Melancholy Mood | 7:04 |
| 8 | –The Horace Silver Quintet | How Did It Happen | 4:41 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Capitol Records, Inc.
- Copyright (c) – Capitol Records, Inc.
- Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Credits
- Bass – Gene Taylor
- Composed By – Don Newey (tracks: 8), Horace Silver (tracks: 1 to 7)
- Creative Director [For Rvg Series] – Gordon H Jee
- Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
- Design [For Rvg Series] – Eric Bernhardi, Michael Boland
- Drums – Louis Hayes
- Illustration [Cover Drawing] – Paula Donohue
- Liner Notes [1999] – Bob Blumenthal
- Liner Notes [Original] – Ira Gitler
- Photography By [Liner] – Francis Wolff
- Piano – Horace Silver
- Producer – Alfred Lion
- Producer [Production For Rvg Series] – Tom Vasatka
- Recorded By, Remastered By [1998] – Rudy Van Gelder
- Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
- Tenor Saxophone – Junior Cook (tracks: 1, 3 to 6, 8)
- Trumpet – Blue Mitchell (tracks: 1, 3 to 6, 8)
Notes
Recorded on August 29 (#1, 6), August 30 (#3 to 5, 8) and September 13 (#2, 7), 1959 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New JerseyAll transfers from analog to digital were made at 24-bit resolution
#1-7 originally issued as Blue Note BLP 4017 and BST 84017.
Track 8: Not part of the original album.
Blue Note© is a registered trademark of Capital Records, Inc.
℗ & © 1999 Capitol Records, Inc.
Unlike the Blue Note EMI vinyl version, this CD was released with Horace Silver as the artist, noting on the cover that the tracks were drawn from both The Horace Silver Trio and The Horace Silver Quintet.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 7 24349 53422 3
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4017 | The Horace Silver Quintet & Trio* | The Horace Silver Quintet & Trio* - Blowin' The Blues Away (LP, Album, Mono, Mic) | Blue Note | BLP 4017 | US | 1959 |
| BST 84017 | The Horace Silver Quintet & The Horace Silver Trio | The Horace Silver Quintet & The Horace Silver Trio - Blowin' The Blues Away (LP, Album, RE) | Blue Note | BST 84017 | France | 1985 |
| CBNJ 84017 SA, ST-84017, BST-84017, 84017 | The Horace Silver Quintet & Trio* | The Horace Silver Quintet & Trio* - Blowin' The Blues Away (SACD, Hybrid, Album, RE, RM) | Analogue Productions, Blue Note, Blue Note, Blue Note | CBNJ 84017 SA, ST-84017, BST-84017, 84017 | US | 2011 |
| BLP 4017/84017 | The Horace Silver Quintet & Trio* | The Horace Silver Quintet & Trio* - Blowin' The Blues Away (LP) | Blue Note | BLP 4017/84017 | US | 1977 |
| BLP 4017/84017 | The Horace Silver Quintet & Trio* | The Horace Silver Quintet & Trio* - Blowin' The Blues Away (LP) | Blue Note | BLP 4017/84017 | US | 1977 |
