Blowin' the Blues Away

Blowin' the Blues Away
Studio album by
the Horace Silver Quintet & Trio
ReleasedEarly November 1959
Recorded
  • August 29–30, 1959
  • September 13, 1959
StudioVan Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length42:54
LabelBlue Note
BLP 4017
ProducerAlfred Lion
Horace Silver chronology
Finger Poppin'
(1959)
Blowin' the Blues Away
(1959)
Horace-Scope
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
DownBeat

Blowin' the Blues Away is an album by the Horace Silver Quintet & Trio, recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on August 29–30 and September 13, 1959 and released on Blue Note later that year. The quintet features horn section Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook and rhythm section Eugene Taylor and Louis Hayes.