Since its title track provided the inspiration for Steely Dan's "Rikki, Don't Lose That Number," Song for My Father has become known as the jazz recording that launched a thousand bad rock records. Yet whatever pretensions Steely Dan and their legion of desperately hip imitators had shouldn't be laid at pianist Horace Silver's door: this is one of Blue Note's warmest and most satisfying collections--and that's saying something. A pioneer of the hard-bop style, which combined gospel and R&B with jazz, Silver authored many outstanding compositions, including not just "Song for My Father," but "Opus de Funk," "Nica's Dream," "Senor Blues," and "The Preacher." 1. Song For My Father 2. The Natives Are Restless Tonight 3. Calcutta Cutie 4. Que Pasa? 5. The Kicker 6. Lonely Woman 7. Sanctimonious Sam 8. Que Pasa? (Trio Version) 9. Sighin' And Cryin' 10. Silver Treads Among My Soul
