The Jody Grind Explained

The Jody Grind
Type:studio
Artist:Horace Silver
Cover:The Jody Grind Cover.jpg
Released:Early March 1967[1]
Recorded:November 2 & 23, 1966
Studio:Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:Jazz
Length:39:39
Label:Blue Note
BST 84250
Producer:Alfred Lion
Prev Title:The Cape Verdean Blues
Prev Year:1965
Next Title:Serenade to a Soul Sister
Next Year:1968

The Jody Grind is a 1966 recording by Horace Silver featuring both a quintet and a sextet. Released the following year on his longtime label Blue Note, it peaked No. 8 of the Billboard jazz album charts. As one of his "groove-centered" recordings it would "wind up as possibly the most challenging", Steve Huey writes on Allmusic, and gave "one of the most underappreciated" of Silver's albums 4½ stars.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Horace Silver

  1. "The Jody Grind" – 5:50
  2. "Mary Lou" – 7:09
  3. "Mexican Hip Dance" – 5:53
  4. "Blue Silver" – 5:59
  5. "Grease Piece" – 7:31
  6. "Dimples" – 7:17

Recorded on November 2 (#1, 3, 6) and 23 (#2, 4–5), 1966.

Personnel

References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=CykEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Jody+Grind+horace&pg=PA43 Billboard Mar 4, 1967