| "Sister Sadie" | |
|---|---|
| Composition by Horace Silver | |
| from the album Blowin' the Blues Away | |
| Written | 1959 |
| Released | Early November 1959 |
| Recorded | August 30, 1959 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Blue Note |
| Composer | Horace Silver |
"Sister Sadie" is a jazz standard written by pianist Horace Silver in 1959[1] and first recorded for his Blue Note Records album Blowin' the Blues Away, that same year. In 1961, Silver commented on Hank Crawford's version presented on the album More Soul: "They did this a little faster than I intended, but then that's their interpretation – the way they hear it [...] it's more of a blues-band-type interpretation".[2] Silver reported, "I didn't know a girl named Sadie. I just wrote it, and that title came to mind."[3]
Notable cover versions
- 1960: Hank Crawford, More Soul (Atlantic)
- 1960: Gil Evans, Out of the Cool (Impulse!)
- 1961: Andy and the Bey Sisters, Andy and the Bey Sisters (RCA Victor)
- 1961: Ray Charles, Genius + Soul = Jazz (Impulse!)
- 1961: Shirley Scott, Shirley Scott Plays Horace Silver (Prestige)
- 1961: James Moody, Cookin' the Blues (Argo)
- 1963 Les McCann, Soul Hits (Pacific Jazz)
- 1963: Woody Herman, Woody Herman–1963 (Philips)[4]
- 1966: Buddy Rich, Swingin' New Big Band (Pacific Jazz)
- 1975: Ray Charles, My Kind of Jazz Part 3 (Crossover)
- 1975: Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Dog Years in the Fourth Ring (32 Jazz) – released 1997
- 1991: Maceo Parker, Mo' Roots (Verve)
- 1992: Joe Pass, In Hamburg (ACT Music)
- 1992: Joey DeFrancesco, Reboppin′ (Columbia)
- 1992: GRP All-Star Big Band, GRP All-Star Big Band (GRP)
- 1993: Dee Dee Bridgewater, Keeping Tradition (Verve)
- 1993: GRP All-Star Big Band, Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live! (GRP)
References
- "Sister Sadie (1959)". JazzStandards.com. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
- Feather, Leonard (September 28, 1961). "The Blindfold Test: Horace Silver". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 20. p. 45.
- Koransky, Jason (March 2004). "The Songs Are My Life". DownBeat. 71 (3): 36.
- Bogdanov, Vladimir et al (2002) All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music, p. 587. Backbeat Books. At Google Books. Retrieved 9 August 2013.