You Gotta Take a Little Love is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1969, featuring performances by Silver with Randy Brecker, Bennie Maupin, John Williams, and Billy Cobham.[3] The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.[2]

You Gotta Take a Little Love
Studio album by The Horace Silver Quintet
Released	Early June 1969[1]
Recorded	January 10 & 17, 1969 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:06
Label	Blue Note BST 84309
Producer	Francis Wolff
Horace Silver chronology
Serenade to a Soul Sister (1968) You Gotta Take a Little Love (1969) That Healin' Feelin' (1970)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Horace Silver except as indicated

1. "You Gotta Take a Little Love" - 5:24
2. "The Risin' Sun" - 4:37
3. "It's Time" - 6:42
4. "Lovely's Daughter" (Bennie Maupin) - 4:14
5. "Down and Out" - 4:30
6. "The Belly Dancer" - 7:25
7. "Brain Wave" - 6:14

Recorded on January 10 (1, 2, 4), and 17 (3, 5-7), 1969.

Personnel

• Horace Silver - piano
• Randy Brecker - trumpet, flugelhorn, except 4
• Bennie Maupin - tenor saxophone, flute on 4, 6
• John Williams - bass
• Billy Cobham - drums

References