" data-original-title="" title="">Horace Silver Quintet took the stage in Bremen in June, 1977, Silver was nearing the end of his long association with Blue Note Records. Much of the band's book was drawn from recent albums: the title tune from In Pursuit of the 27th Man (Blue Note, 1973), and two each from Silver 'N Brass (Blue Note, 1975) and Silver 'N Voices (Blue Note, 1976). Producer Peter Schulze's liner notes tell the story of how the show also became probably the premier of a spontaneous live broadcast on German radio when it was decided to "go live" at the last minute instead of recording and broadcasting at a later date, as was the usual practice.

This was an open air show, so it's not surprising that there are no ballads: the whole program is pretty up-tempo. The closest thing to a ballad is the gentle waltz "Barbara" (which also has the most conventional song form in the set), but it's still moderate rather than slow. With most of the song lengths topping the ten-minute mark the band gets plenty of space to stretch out, which they take full advantage of. This is not one of the earlier Quintets that are generally regarded as classic (e.g. the one with