The Jody Grind

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

• Horace Silver – piano
• Woody Shaw – trumpet
• Tyrone Washington – tenor sax
• James Spaulding – alto sax on tracks 2, 4, 5, flute solo on 2
• Larry Ridley – bass
• Roger Humphries – drums

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