That Healin' Feelin' (subtitled The United States of Mind Phase 1) is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver, released on the Blue Note label in 1970 and featuring performances by Silver with Randy Brecker, George Coleman, Houston Person, Bob Cranshaw, Jimmy Lewis, Mickey Roker and Idris Muhammad with vocals by Andy Bey, Gail Nelson and Jackie Verdell.Horace Silver discography accessed November 23, 2009. It is the first of a trilogy of albums later compiled on CD as The United States of Mind.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn states: "Lyrics a bit to the pretentious side; music overcomes it".[ AllMusic Review], accessed January 27, 2025.
Track listing All compositions by Horace Silver "That Healin' Feelin" - 3:54 "The Happy Medium" - 4:58 "The Show Has Begun" - 4:11 "Love Vibrations" - 4:03 "Peace" - 3:26 "Permit Me to Introduce You to Yourself" - 3:13 "Wipe Away the Evil" - 4:15 "Nobody Knows" - 4:12 "There's Too Much to Be Done" - 4:11
Recorded on April 8 (1–5) and June 18 (6–9), 1970.
Personnel Tracks 1–5 Horace Silver - piano, electric piano Randy Brecker - trumpet, flugelhorn George Coleman - tenor saxophone Bob Cranshaw - electric bass Mickey Roker - drums Andy Bey - vocals (2–5)
Tracks 6–9 Horace Silver - piano, electric piano Randy Brecker - trumpet, flugelhorn Houston Person - tenor saxophone Jimmy Lewis - electric bass Idris Muhammad - drums Gail Nelson (8), Jackie Verdell (6,7,9) - vocals
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