Horace Silver Trio & Art Blakey–Sabu

Horace Silver Trio & Art Blakey–Sabu is an album by the Horace Silver Trio featuring drummer Art Blakey and conga player Sabu, recorded on October 9 & 20, 1952 and November 23, 1953 respectively and released on Blue Note in 1956.

Background
The sessions were previously issued on two 10"s, Introducing the Horace Silver Trio (1952) and Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey, Vol. 2 (1953), respectively. While the original 12" LP omitted four tracks from these earlier 10" LPs, the CD reissue includes all 16 tracks from the original sessions.

October 9, 1952

 * Horace Silver – piano
 * Gene Ramey – bass
 * Art Blakey – drums

October 20, 1952

 * Horace Silver – piano
 * Curley Russell – bass
 * Art Blakey – drums

November 23, 1953

 * Horace Silver – piano (except "Message from Kenya", "Nothing but the Soul")
 * Percy Heath – bass (except "Message from Kenya", "Nothing but the Soul")
 * Art Blakey – drums
 * Sabu – conga ("Message from Kenya")

Technical personnel

 * Alfred Lion – production
 * Reid Miles, John Hermansader (BLP 5018), Jerome Kuhl (BLP 5034) – design
 * Francis Wolff – photography
 * Rudy Van Gelder – remastering
 * Leonard Feather – liner notes