Album · 1993

It's Got to Be Funky

Released: 1993
Label: Columbia
Catalogue no.: COL 473877 2
Tracklist: 12 tracks
Length: 1:15:51
Country: XE

“It's Got to Be Funky” is an album by Horace Silver, released in 1993 on Columbia. The original release has 12 tracks with a running time of 1:15:51. Jazz standards on the record include “Song For My Father”. The line-up features Bob Berg (tenor saxophone), Bobby Bryant (brass), Buddy Collette (woodwind), Frank Rosolino (trombone) and Horace Silver (arranger, piano).

Who played on It's Got to Be Funky

Bob Berg tenor saxophone all tracks
Bobby Bryant brass all tracks
Buddy Collette woodwind all tracks
Frank Rosolino trombone all tracks
Horace Silver arranger, piano, orchestrator, producer all tracks
Jerome Richardson woodwind all tracks
Maurice Spears bass trombone all tracks
Oscar Brashear brass all tracks
Tom Harrell trumpet all tracks
Vincent DeRosa French horn all tracks
Al Foster drums (drum set) on 4 tracks
Ron Carter bass on 4 tracks
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie drums (drum set) on 2 tracks
Bob Cranshaw bass on 2 tracks

Tracklist

1 Funky Bunky 7:31
2 Dufus Rufus 5:34
3 The Lunceford Legacy — Horace Silver 7:03
4 The Hillbilly Bebopper 5:29
5 The Walk a Round - Look Up and Down Song 5:56
6 It's Got to Be Funky 6:46
7 Basically Blue 6:27
8 Song for My Father standard — Horace Silver 8:34
9 When You're in Love 4:30
10 Put Me in the Basement 7:19
11 Little Mama 7:05
12 Yo' Mama's Mambo 3:37

Production

Don Hahn engineer, mix
Wade Marcus arranger

More albums by Horace Silver

Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers 1955 · Blue Note Horace Silver Trio 1956 · Blue Note The Best of Horace Silver 1969 · Blue Note In Pursuit of the 27th Man 1973 · Blue Note Silver 'n Brass 1975 · Blue Note Silver 'N Wood 1976 · Blue Note Silver'n Percussion 1978 · Blue Note Silver ’n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres 1980 · Blue Note Spiritualizing the Senses 1982 Live 1964 1984 · Live · Emerald Records Pencil Packin' Papa 1994 · Columbia The Hardbop Grandpop 1996 · impulse!

Frequently asked questions

Who played on It's Got to Be Funky?

The line-up of It's Got to Be Funky includes Bob Berg (tenor saxophone), Bobby Bryant (brass), Buddy Collette (woodwind), Frank Rosolino (trombone), Horace Silver (arranger, piano), Jerome Richardson (woodwind), Maurice Spears (bass trombone) and Oscar Brashear (brass).

Which label released It's Got to Be Funky?

It's Got to Be Funky was released in 1993 on Columbia (COL 473877 2).

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