It's Got to Be Funky (1993)

About this title: After a 13-year period in which he mostly recorded for his private Silveto label, pianist/composer Horace Silver was rediscovered by Columbia for this session. Rather than featuring a standard quintet as he did throughout his career, the funky pianist is heard with his trio, a six-piece brass ensemble and guest tenors Red Holloway, Eddie Harris and Branford Marsalis; Andy Bey contributes four vocals. All of the music (except for a remake of "Song for My Father") was new and served as proof that the master of jazz-funk had not lost his stuff. Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks:

1. Funky Bunky [Silver]
2. Dufus Rufus [Silver]
3. The Lunceford Legacy [Silver]
4. The Hillbilly Bebopper [Silver]
5. The Walk Around - Look up and Down Song [Silver]
6. It's Got to Be Funky [Silver]
7. Basically Blue [Silver]
8. Song for My Father [Silver]
9. When You're in Love [Silver]
10. Put Me in the Basement [Silver]
11. Little Mama [Silver]
12. Yo' Mama's Mambo [Silver]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.