In November 1959, “Blue Note” label released “Blowin’ the Blues Away”, the ninth Horace Silver album. It was recorded August – September 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

• Horace Silver – piano
• Junior Cook — tenor saxophone
• Blue Mitchell — trumpet
• Eugene Taylor — bass
• Louis Hayes — drums
• Rudy Van Gelder — engineer
• Reid Miles — design
• Paula Donohue — cover art
• Francis Wolff — photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Horace Silver.

1. Blowin’ the Blues Away
2. The St. Vitus Dance
3. Break City
4. Peace
5. Sister Sadie
6. The Baghdad Blues
7. Melancholy Blues