| 6 Pieces of Silver | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | the Horace Silver Quintet |
| Cover: | 6 Pieces of Silver.jpg |
| Released: | late 1956[1] [2] |
| Recorded: | November 10, 1956 (#1–8) June 15, 1958 (#9–10) |
| Studio: | Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, New Jersey |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 38:56 |
| Label: | Blue Note BLP 1539 |
| Producer: | Alfred Lion |
| Chronology: | Horace Silver |
| Prev Title: | Silver's Blue |
| Prev Year: | 1956 |
| Next Title: | The Stylings of Silver |
| Next Year: | 1957 |
6 Pieces of Silver is an album by the Horace Silver Quintet, recorded on November 10, 1956 and released on Blue Note later that year. The quintet features brass section Donald Byrd and Hank Mobley and rhythm section Doug Watkins and Louis Hayes.[3]
The front cover photograph was taken at Central Park West, Upper West Side.[4]
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The early Silver quintet was essentially The Jazz Messengers of the year before but already the band was starting to develop a sound of its own. 'Señor Blues' officially put Horace Silver on the map."[5]