Which album contained Silver's first hit, "The Preacher"?
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
Cape Verdean Blues
Song for My Father
Blowin' The Blues Away
Answer
Horace Silver's first hit, "The Preacher", was on the album Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers. This album was released in 1956 and featured Silver on piano, Art Blakey on drums, Hank Mobley on tenor saxophone, Doug Watkins on bass, and Benny Golson on trumpet. The album was a critical and commercial success, and helped to establish Silver as one of the leading jazz pianists of his generation.
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