Horace Silver - Song For My Father

"My mother was of Irish and Negro descent, my father of Portuguese origin. He was born on the island of Maio, one of the Cape Verde Islands"

A jazz standard, "Song for My Father" is here in its original form. It is a Bossa Nova in F-minor with an AAB head. On the head, a trumpet and tenor saxophone play in harmony. The song has had a noticeable impact in pop
music. The opening bass piano notes were borrowed by Steely Dan for their song "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", while the opening horn riff was borrowed by Stevie Wonder for his song "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing". Earth Wind & Fire also borrowed the opening bass notes for their song Clover.

Allmusic reviewer Steve Huey praised the album:

One of Blue Note's greatest mainstream hard bop dates, "Song for My Father" is Horace Silver's signature LP and the peak of a discography already studded with classics...it hangs together remarkably well, and Silver's writing is at his tightest and catchiest.

The album was identified by Scott Yanow in his Allmusic essay "Hard Bop" as one of the 17 Essential Hard Bop Recordings

Tracklist:

1. Song for My Father – 7:15
2. The Natives Are Restless Tonight – 6:08
3. Calcutta Cutie – 8:28[3]
4. Que Pasa – 7:45
5. The Kicker – 5:24
6. Lonely Woman – 7:03

The following tracks were added to various CD reissues:

1. Sanctimonious Sam – 3:52
2. Que Pasa" (trio version) – 5:35
3. Sighin' and Cryin – 5:23
4. Silver Treads Among My Soul – 3:50