This is a discography of the recordings of Horace Silver (1928–2014), an American hard bop jazz pianist. His major discography consists of 36 studio albums, 3 live albums, and 7 compilations.

Silver was initially a sideman, first recording in 1950, then a leader of mainly small groups. He was a founding member of the Jazz Messengers, originally run cooperatively, later by drummer Art Blakey alone. After leaving the Messengers, Silver led a five-piece combo into the 1980s. The vast majority of Silver's recordings as a leader were for the Blue Note label.

Studio albums Album Album Details Peak chart positions US TopJazz Albums TopR&B AlbumsNew Faces New Sounds (Introducing the Horace Silver Trio) New Faces New Sounds was a common title used by Blue Note for the first albums of Lou Donaldson, Kenny Drew, Elmo Hope, Wynton Kelly, and six others Released: December 1952 Recorded: October 9 and 20, 1952 Label: Blue Note (BLP 5018) Format: 10-inch LP——— Horace Silver Quintet Released: March 1955 Recorded: November 13, 1954 Label: Blue Note (BLP 5058) Format: 10-inch LP——— Horace Silver Quintet, Vol. 2 Released: September 1955 Recorded: February 6, 1955 Label: Blue Note (BLP 5062) Format: 10-inch LP——— Silver's Blue Released: 1956 Recorded: July 2, 17 and 18, 1956 Label: Epic (LN 3326) Format: LP——— 6 Pieces of Silver Released: December 1956 Recorded: November 10, 1956 Label: Blue Note (BLP 1539) Format: LP——— The Stylings of Silver Released: July 1957 Recorded: May 8, 1957 Label: Blue Note (BLP 1562) Format: LP——— Further Explorations Released: May 1958 Recorded: January 13, 1958 Label: Blue Note (BLP 1589) Format: LP——— Finger Poppin' with the Horace Silver Quintet Released: April 1959 Recorded: January 31, 1959 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4008 [Mono], BST 4008 [Stereo]) Format: LP——— Blowin' the Blues Away Released: November 1959 Recorded: August 29, 30 and September 13, 1959 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4017 [Mono], BST 84017 [Stereo]) Format: LP——— Horace-Scope Released: November 1960 Recorded: July 8 and 9, 1960 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4042 [Mono], BST 84042 [Stereo]) Format: LP——— The Tokyo Blues Released: November 1962 Recorded: July 13 and 14, 1962 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4110 [Mono], BST 84110 [Stereo]) Format: LP——— Silver's Serenade Released: August 1963 Recorded: May 7 and 8, 1963 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4131 [Mono], BST 84131 [Stereo]) Format: LP——— Song for My Father Released: January 1965 Recorded: October 31, 1963; January 28 and October 26, 1964 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4185 [Mono], BST 84185 [Stereo]) Format: LP95—8 The Cape Verdean Blues Released: January 1966 Recorded: October 1 and 22, 1965 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4220 [Mono], BST 84220 [Stereo]) Format: LP130—— The Jody Grind Released: March 1967 Recorded: November 2 and 23, 1966 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4250 [Mono], BST 84250 [Stereo]) Format: LP—8— Serenade to a Soul Sister Released: June 1968 Recorded: February 23 and March 29, 1968 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4277 [Mono], BST 84277 [Stereo]) Format: LP, 4 Track Cartridge—841 You Gotta Take a Little Love Released: June 1969 Recorded: January 10 and 17, 1969 Label: Blue Note (BST 84309) Format: LP——— That Healin' Feelin'The United States of Mind Phase 1 Released: October 1970 Recorded: April 8 and June 18, 1970 Label: Blue Note (BST 84342) Format: LP——— Total ResponseThe United States of Mind Phase 2 Released: April 1972 Recorded: November 15, 1970, and January 29, 1971 Label: Blue Note (BST 84368) Format: LP——— AllThe United States of Mind Phase 3 Released: September 1972 Recorded: January 17 and February 14, 1972 Label: Blue Note (BST 84420) Format: LP———In Pursuit of the 27th Man Released: March 1973 Recorded: October 6 and November 10, 1972 Label: Blue Note (BN-LA054-F) Format: LP—36— Silver 'n Brass Released: 1975 Recorded: January 10 and 17, 1975 Label: Blue Note (BN-LA406-G) Format: LP, 8 Track Cartridge—15— Silver 'n Wood Released: 1976 Recorded: November 7 and 14, 1975 and January 2 and 3, 1976 Label: Blue Note (BN-LA581-G) Format: LP—35— Silver 'n Voices Released: 1977 Recorded: September 24, October 1, 19 and 22, 1976 Label: Blue Note (BN-LA708-G) Format: LP—39— Silver 'n Percussion Released: 1978 Recorded: November 12, 17, 25 and 30, 1977 Label: Blue Note (BN-LA853-H) Format: LP——— Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres Released: 1980 Recorded: November 3 and 10, 1978; October 26, November 2 and December 10, 1979 Label: Blue Note (LBW-1033) Format: LP——— Guides to Growing Up Released: 1982 Recorded: September 18 and 19, 1981 Label: Silveto (SPR 101) Format: LP——— Spiritualizing the Senses Released: 1983 Recorded: January 19, 1983 Label: Silveto (SPR 102) Format: LP——— There's No Need to Struggle Released: 1984 Recorded: September 1, 1983 Label: Silveto (SPR 103) Format: LP——— The Continuity of Spirit Released: 1985 Recorded: March 25, 1985 Label: Silveto (SPR 104) Format: LP——— Music to Ease Your Disease Released: 1988 Recorded: March 31, 1988 Label: Silveto (SPR 105) Format: LP——— It's Got to Be Funky Released: 1993 Recorded: February 8 and 9, 1993 Label: Columbia (CK 53812) Format: CD—2— Pencil Packin' Papa Released: 1994 Recorded: January 10 and 11, 1994 Label: Columbia (CK 64210) Format: CD——— The Hardbop Grandpop Released: 1996 Recorded: February 29 and March 1, 1996 Label: Impulse! (IMPD 192) Format: CD——— A Prescription for the Blues Released: October 1997 Recorded: May 29 and 30, 1997 Label: Impulse! (IMPD 238) Format: CD—25— Jazz Has a Sense of Humor Released: August 1999 Recorded: December 17 and 18, 1998 Label: Verve/Impulse! (IMPD 293) Format: CD—22— Rockin' with Rachmaninoff Released: October 2003 Recorded: June 10, 11, 1991 and August 14, 15, 1991 Label: Bop City/DH1 Studios/Image Entertainment (DHS 1640) Format: CD——— "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Live albums Album Album Details Peak chart positions US TopJazz Albums TopR&B Albums Doin' the Thing Released: August 1961 Recorded: May 19 and 20, 1961 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4076 [Mono], BST 84076 [Stereo]) Format: LP——— Live 1964 Released: 1984 Recorded: June 6, 1964 Label: Emerald (EMR 1001) Format: LP——— The Natives are Restless Tonight Released: 1990 Recorded: April 16, 1965; February 11, 1966; February 18, 1966 Label: Emerald (EMR 1003) Format: CD——— Paris Blues Released: 2002 Recorded: October 6, 1962 Label: Pablo (PACD 5316) Format: CD——— Live at Newport '58 Released: 2008 Recorded: July 6, 1958 Label: Blue Note/EMI (09463 98070 24) Format: CD—9— June 1977 (Bremen, Germany) Released: 2014 Recorded: June 28, 1977 Label: Promising Music (441212) Format: CD——— Live in Paris (14 Février 1959) Released: 2016 Recorded: February 14, 1959 Label: Frémeaux & Associés (FA 5641) Format: CD——— Silver in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse Released: October 24, 2025 Recorded: August 12, 1965; August 19, 1965 Label: Blue Note/UMe (602478715679) Format: CD——— "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Compilation albums Album Album Details Peak chart positions US TopJazz Albums TopR&B Albums Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers Released: July 1956 Recorded: November 12, 1954, and February 6, 1955 Label: Blue Note (BLP 1518)) Format: LP——— Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey-Sabu Released: October 1956 Recorded: October 9 and 20, 1952 and November 23, 1953 Label: Blue Note (BLP 1520)) Format: LP——— The Trio Sides Released: 1974 Recorded: Between 1953 and 1968 Label: Blue Note (BN-LA474-H2)) Format: LP——— Sterling Silver Released: 1979 Recorded: Between 1956 and 1964 Label: Blue Note (BN-LA945-H) Format: LP——— The United States of Mind Released: October 5, 2004 Recorded: Between 1970 and 1972 Label: Blue Note/EMI (72438 66745 24) Format: CD——— "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Singles (78s and 45s) Year Format A-side B-side Catalognumber Label 1952 10-inch 78 rpm "Safari" "Thou Swell" 1608 Blue Note 1953 10-inch 78 rpm "Opus de Funk" "Day In, Day Out" 1625 Blue Note 1955 7-inch 45 rpm "The Preacher" "Doodlin' 1630 Blue Note 1955 7-inch 45 rpm "Room 608" "Creepin' In" 1631 Blue Note 1956 7-inch 45 rpm "Enchantment" "Camouflage" 1654 Blue Note 1956 7-inch 45 rpm "Señor Blues" "Cool Eyes" 1655 Blue Note 1957 7-inch 45 rpm "Home Cookin'" "The Back Beat" 1672 Blue Note 1957 7-inch 45 rpm "Soulville" "No Smokin' 1673 Blue Note 1958 7-inch 45 rpm "Safari" "The Outlaw" 1705 Blue Note 1958 7-inch 45 rpm "Señor Blues" (vocal version) "Tippin' 1710 Blue Note 1959 7-inch 45 rpm "Come on Home" "Finger Poppin' 1740 Blue Note 1959 7-inch 45 rpm "Juicy Lucy" "Cookin' at the Continental" 1741 Blue Note 1959 7-inch 45 rpm "Swinging the Samba" "Mellow D" 1742 Blue Note 1959 7-inch 45 rpm "Sister Sadie" "Break City" 1750 Blue Note 1959 7-inch 45 rpm "Blowin' the Blues Away" "The Baghdad Blues" 1751 Blue Note 1960 7-inch 45 rpm "Strollin' "Nica's Dream" 1784 Blue Note 1960 7-inch 45 rpm "Me and My Baby" "Where You At" 1785 Blue Note 1961 7-inch 45 rpm "Filthy McNasty, Part 1" "Filthy McNasty, Part 2" 1817 Blue Note 1961 7-inch 45 rpm "Doin' the Thing, Part 1" "Doin' the Thing, Part 2" 1818 Blue Note 1962 7-inch 45 rpm "Tokyo Blues, Part 1" "Tokyo Blues, Part 2" 1871 Blue Note 1962 7-inch 45 rpm "Sayonara Blues, Part 1" "Sayonara Blues, Part 2" 1872 Blue Note 1962 7-inch 45 rpm "Too Much Sake, Part 1" "Too Much Sake, Part 2" 1873 Blue Note 1963 7-inch 45 rpm "Silver's Serenade" "Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty" 1902 Blue Note 1963 7-inch 45 rpm "Sweet Sweetie Dee" "The Dragon Lady" 1903 Blue Note 1964 7-inch 45 rpm "Song for My Father, Part 1" "Song for My Father, Part 2" 1912 Blue Note 1964 7-inch 45 rpm "Que Pasa, Part 1" "Que Pasa, Part 2" 1913 Blue Note 1965 7-inch 45 rpm "The Cape Verdean Blues" "Pretty Eyes" 1923 Blue Note 1965 7-inch 45 rpm "The African Queen, Part 1" "The African Queen, Part 2" 1924 Blue Note 1966 7-inch 45 rpm "The Jody Grind, Part 1" "The Jody Grind, Part 2" 1932 Blue Note 1968 7-inch 45 rpm "Psychedelic Sally" "Serenade to a Soul Sister" 1939 Blue Note 1969 7-inch 45 rpm "You Gotta Take a Little Love" "Down and Out" 1946 Blue Note 1970 7-inch 45 rpm "The Show Has Begun" "There's Much to be Done" 1964 Blue Note 1970 7-inch 45 rpm "I've Had a Little Talk" "Acid, Pot or Pills" 1975 Blue Note 1972 7-inch 45 rpm "Horn of Life" "The Cause and Effect" 1978 Blue Note 1972 7-inch 45 rpm "Nothing Can Stop Me Now" "The Liberated Brother" BN-XW325-W Blue Note 1976 7-inch 45 rpm "Slow Down" "Time and Effort" BN-XW905-Y Blue Note 1976 7-inch 45 rpm "Togetherness" "Out of the Night Came You" BN-XW1032 Blue Note

Albums recorded with the Jazz Messengers

In addition to Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers listed above, Silver recorded two live albums, a studio album, and portions of two more compilation albums as co-leader of the original Jazz Messengers with Art Blakey.

Year Title 1955 At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 1955 At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 1956 The Jazz Messengers 1956 The Cool Voice of Rita Reys 1956 Originally

Albums recorded as a sideman