Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]

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24 bit digitally remastered Japanese reissue of classic Blue Note album in a miniaturized LP sleeve limited to the initial pressing only, and with the original artwork intact. Contains all eight tracks from the original 1955 issue. 1999 release.

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Average customer rating: a great jazz album. Song for My Father everyone was doing it...but not like this Great music, terrible remastering Hammerin' Funk

Song for My Father Horace Silver Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bebop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Moanin' The Sidewinder Somethin' Else Speak No Evil Maiden Voyage ASIN: B00000IL27 Release Date: 1999-04-20

Tracks:

1. Song For My Father
2. The Natives Are Restless Tonight
3. Calcutta Cutie
4. Que Pasa?
5. The Kicker
6. Lonely Woman
7. Sanctimonious Sam
8. Que Pasa? (Trio Version)
9. Sighin' And Cryin'
10. Silver Treads Among My Soul

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Since its title track provided the inspiration for Steely Dan's "Rikki, Don't Lose That Number," Song for My Father has become known as the jazz recording that launched a thousand bad rock records. Yet whatever pretensions Steely Dan and their legion of desperately hip imitators had shouldn't be laid at pianist Horace Silver's door: this is one of Blue Note's warmest and most satisfying collections--and that's saying something. A pioneer of the hard-bop style, which combined gospel and R&B with jazz, Silver authored many outstanding compositions, including not just "Song for My Father," but "Opus de Funk," "Nica's Dream," "Senor Blues," and "The Preacher." His quintets, which featured tenor sax and trumpet, spotlighted such up-and-coming talents as trumpeters Woody Shaw, Art Farmer, and Donald Byrd. On Song for My Father, the band features tenorman Joe Henderson, who contributed one of his own signature tunes, "The Kicker." Along with the strong quintet work, the album includes a fine trio feature for the pianist in "Lonely Woman." --Fred Goodman

Album Description

A visit to Brazil prompted Horace Silver's interest in his Portuguese roots and led to the magnificent "Song For My Father," his most enduring composition. This album also introduced his new band with Joe Henderson and Carmell Jones and features the classic band with Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook.

Customer Reviews:

a great jazz album........2007-04-01

i have met people who actually live without this album. whenever i think about that, i always shake my head in wonder. i don't know how they do it.

Song for My Father.......2007-03-14

This is one of the goog works by Horace Silver, with a very good remastering. However , as I did when listening to the Cape Verdean Blues, I couldn't find clear influences of the music from Cape Vede isls, music I'm familiar with.

everyone was doing it...but not like this.......2007-02-11

Horace Silver (b. 1928) is a skillful jazz pianist with a knack for composition, and this album highlights his genius for simplicity that has since become his trademark. The title track pays homage to Horace's Portuguese father from Cape Verde, John Silver. On "Song for My Father", Horace mixes up his own F-minor jazz piece with traditional Cape Verde and Brazilian carnival music. The result sounds a bit like bossa nova/jazz samba, which was popularized a year before on the Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto album of 1963. Everyone was doing it at this time.

Personnel for tracks 1-6:

Carmell Jones (trumpet), Joe Henderson (tenor sax), Horace Silver (piano), Teddy Smith (bass) and Roger Humphries (drums).

Personnel for tracks 7-10 (not on original LP configuration):

Blue Mitchell (trumpet), Junior Cook (tenor sax), Horace Silver (piano), Gene Taylor (bass) and Roy Brooks (drums).

Much of the flavor on this album works its way out from the influence of the title track, while "The Kicker" is a Joe Henderson composition. This Rudy Van Gelder 24-bit remaster sounds wonderful, though it is not necessary to upgrade from the 1990 edition if you are considering it. There aren't any extra materials, aside from new liner notes. The sound is great, but is comparable to the 1990 release. All in all I would purchase this edition only if you do not have the earlier reissue.

Great music, terrible remastering.......2007-02-09

This is definitely a jazz classic, and with the advertised "24-bit remastering", not to mention that it is part of Blue Note's Rudy van Gelder series, I was ready for a sonic treat. However, it was obviously mastered too loud. Looking at the waveform with Cooledit, there's obivously a fair amount of peak clipping on the CD. What a shame to do this to such classic music.

Hammerin' Funk.......2006-04-18

Horace Silver has always been one of my favorite piano players. Though his styling isn't as distinct as chops of Monk, Horace got some Hammerin'Funk of his own. I've always felt that this album is where is talents have been showcased the best. The album opens with his very own brand of deceptively simple Funk. Yet if it's so simple why aren't there more piano players who sound so joyous and free as Horace does on this track. Que Pasa is a fine latin effort. It sounds almost genre defining. You wanna know what Latin Jazz is. It's Que Pasa! Finaly there's lonely woman. A bop classic that listens like a song with full lyric and all. Each time you revisit this song the lyrics are different but always carry a melancholy beauty.

Average customer rating: Hard Bop "Must Have" Album Not a fan Decent. Guaranteed to cheer you up Listen To This Album.

Blowin' the Blues Away Horace Silver Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bebop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Out to Lunch Live at the Five Spot Sun Ship Song for My Father Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers ASIN: B00000I41H Release Date: 1999-03-09

Tracks:

1. Blowin' The Blues Away
2. The St. Vitus Dance
3. Break City
4. Peace
5. Sister Sadie
6. The Baghdad Blues
7. Melancholy Mood
8. How Did It Happen

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Recorded in 1959, this is an early chronicle of one of the finest bands of the hard-bop genre, pianist Silver's classic quintet with trumpeter Blue Mitchell, tenor saxophonist Junior Cook, bassist Gene Taylor, and drummer Louis Hayes. The group already epitomized Silver's own virtues of precision and hard swing, with each soloist committed to direct and concise statements, at all times both emotionally and musically focused. There's effective contrast, too, between Mitchell's subtle turn of phrase and Cook's raw intensity, each filling in Silver's vision of a music that combined the complexity of bop and the immediacy of blues and gospel. This session contains the original recordings of two Silver standards, the serene "Peace" and the joyously funky "Sister Sadie," but the collective impact of the band is just as enduring. The group was so musically close-knit that when Silver disbanded five years later, the rest continued as the Blue Mitchell Quintet, with a young Chick Corea on piano. --Stuart Broomer

Album Description

Everyone's favorite Horace Silver record featured the classic quintet with Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook. The title tune, the beautiful ballad "Peace" and the soulful "Sister Sadie" are now standards in the jazz canon. Even given Silver's astonishing track record, this one stands out.

Includes 1 bonus track

Customer Reviews:

Hard Bop "Must Have" Album.......2003-11-30

This is my favorite Horace Silver album, with The Hardbop Grandpop and several others close behind. This album has some great tunes that really move, such as the title tune, Break City and Sister Sadie. Sister Sadie alone is worth the price of the CD. The "slower" tunes are still inventive and lively, with room for the musicians to stretch out and shine. I also like Silver's better known "Song for my Father" album, but Blowin' The Blues Away is still his best. Give it a listen and if the few short samples don't do it justice, just buy it!

Not a fan.......2003-04-12

Some day Horace will have to explain the point behind his incessant "shout chorus" style comping. It's got to be annoying as hell for the soloist. He's a great writer and arranger for horns--that's his strongest suit in my view. The style is unmistakable. Also without him the gospel aspect in jazz may not have introduced. What he needs for his soloing and comping is an editor though. He has always had oodles of ideas--but often he sounds like he's a kid trying to play every corny idea that comes to mind. Perhaps for some listeners that's part of his charm.

Decent........2002-10-22

At least based on what I've heard of jazz-which is a lot-I don't consider this album to be an essential recording. It is good and at times, very good. Some of these tunes will be immediately recognized by some. The rest are good as well. This album is my first experience with Horace Silver as leader, so perhaps as time goes on and I get a better feel for his music thru other albums I will appreciate this one even more. Good, but not essential.

Guaranteed to cheer you up.......2002-04-22

Song for My Father usually gets the nod as Horace Silver's best album in the post-Jazz Messenger days, but for my money there's simply no competition. Blowin' the Blues Away lines up song after song of punchy, upbeat hard bop, with melodies that will stay stuck in your head for days on end and grooves that run three feet into the floor. The feisty front line of Junior Cook and Blue Mitchell are at their most inspired, and every tune is chock-full of Horace's funky, soulful piano playing. Just give "Sister Sadie" a spin and you'll know what I mean.

Listen To This Album........2000-10-06

Horace Silver, the King of "Hard Bop," and his quintet blow us away on this must-hear album. Each track is outstanding in its own right, but the gems are "St Vitus Dance," "Peace," and of course the Silver standard, "Sister Sadie." Wonderful stuff, folks.

Average customer rating: A great night for jazz Pressure Cooker Bebop transforms into hard bop Hard Bop Genesis My favourite Art-Blakey set

A Night at Birdland, Vol. 2 Art Blakey , Clifford Brown , and Horace Silver Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bebop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1 Study in Brown Moanin' Somethin' Else A Night in Tunisia ASIN: B00005MIZ9 Release Date: 2001-08-07

Tracks:

1. Wee-Dot
2. If I Had You
3. Quicksilver
4. Now's The Time
5. Confirmation
6. The Way You Look Tonight
7. Lou's Blues

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The second volume of recordings from this seminal hard-bop date (February 21, 1954) picks up where Volume 1 leaves off, and is no less thrilling. Trumpeter Clifford Brown positively smokes through "Wee-Dot" and a supercharged reworking of the standard "The Way You Look Tonight." Alto Lou Donaldson earns his "Sweet Papa Lou" moniker with a tender reading of "If I Had You," rippling off a flurry of notes without ever upsetting the gentle nature of the tune, and evidencing a strong Bird influence in the process. Speaking of Bird, the two closing tunes come from Parker's pen, most notably "Now's the Time," which here receives a superbly slowed-down and funked-up rendition. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

A great night for jazz.......2005-03-15

This second volume of the Art Blakey Quintet live at Birdland (2/21/54) is just as good as volume 1. Clifford Brown, alto man Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver, and Curly Russell join Blakey for some swinging hard bop performances. "Wee-dot" is a fast blues, as is "Lou's blues," which might be just a tad too frantic. All the playing is exceptional, though, on every track. Should be had with volume 1, and both CDs are must-have deals.

Pressure Cooker.......2005-01-22

Be careful folks, this one can scorch your knickers! Everyone here is in tip-top shape and there are times when this one is a full-blown show of pure firepower.

It also slows down nicely though when it does pull back to the mid and slow tempos. Actually the mid-tempo stuff here is my favorite. Lou Donaldson purely shines here. He really should be more well-known. His playing is an absolute joy from beginning to end and, at least for me, he is the true star of this release. Of course there is also no lack of material here to please the Clifford Brown crowd, either. Sometimes upper-register pyrotechnics types of trumpet players seem to kill my ears. It's not my most favored style, but I still can't help but marvel at the lines Brownie blows here. When listening to him, I get the feeling that audience members probably broke out into a sweat just from hearing and seeing him play.

Even though Jazz at Massey Hall (whether partial or the complete one) is often viewed as a high-water mark in bebop, I'd tend to go with this disc as a better example of what it's all about. The sonic quality of this recording is fuller, richer, and I just think the performance is better, too. This disc has hard-bop-lengthed solos, but bebop style and freneticism... along with the killer slower stuff, as I mentioned earlier.

Bebop transforms into hard bop.......2004-10-05

The second album produced of a concert done in 1953 at Birdland by Art Blakey, this is actually better than Volume 1, in my opinion. I'd give it 4 stars for material and soloing, but 5 for importance, because there are several things are interesting about this cd:

1. This was the first live recording ever made that is not bootleg, but recorded for the specific purpose of commercial release.

2. Art Blakey is known as the god of hard bop, but this is really a bebop album, with blistering tunes and elongated, flowing lines by all the soloists. But you can begin to sense the elements of hard bop coming in, especially with Clifford Brown's solos, so in this way this is a great historical document.

3. The line up of Brown, Blakey and Silver, the three fathers of hard bop, all playing on the same stage is just a joy.

The album is deffinitely worthwhile, as Clifford Brown and Horace Silver (who I've always loved as a composer but less as a soloist) contributing excellent solos, especially Silver on Quicksilver, and Brown on Now's the Time and especially Confirmation. Altoist Lou Donaldson is a solid, adept player in the Bird tradition. While not the equal of Brown, he has two nice moments early on: he steals the show on the tune Wee Dot, and of course is featured on the ballad If I had You. Art Blakey is as brillaint on the drums as always, rarely taking a solo but shining when he does. This really is jazz history right here, and thus EVERY jazz fan should have it, especially lovers of Blakey, Brown and Silver.

Hard Bop Genesis.......2001-12-19

This 1954 live recording is a momentous one in jazz history -- it's one of the first recordings in a style that would be known as hard bop. Blakey's quintet, a clear forerunner of his Jazz Messengers, approaches the classic bop style, mixes in some soul and gospel, and cranks up the energy. Art Blakey's turbocharged drumming, Horace Silver's funky, blues-drenched playing, and the formidable frontline of trumpet wizard Clifford Brown and Bird disciple Lou Donaldson set the mold for the style.

Highlights of Volume 2 are a blistering interpretation of the Kern-Fields classic "The Way You Look Tonight" and two Charlie Parker tunes, "Confirmation" and "Now's The Time". Clifford Brown really burns on these tunes. If you like this CD, be sure to buy Volume 1 as well as the two Bohemia recordings of Blakey a year later.

My favourite Art-Blakey set.......2001-08-15

These live recordings were the first jazz albums I ever bought. Now, after having listened to many more I still think that this live set is one of the most amazing recordings I have. The Art Blakey Quintet was in great form on that particular night, about 50 years ago. The material is bebop as well as early fast hardbop - a nice mix of classics and songs mainly by Horace Silver. I highly recommend this live set to anybody interested in jazz!

Average customer rating: What can I say about this album... Hard Bop 101 So much began here This is it!!! Two words: Clifford Brown

A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1 Art Blakey , Clifford Brown , and Horace Silver Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bebop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Night at Birdland, Vol. 2 Moanin' Study in Brown A Night in Tunisia Song for My Father ASIN: B00005MIZ8 Release Date: 2001-08-07

Tracks:

1. Announcement By Pee Wee Marquette
2. Split Kick
3. Once In A While
4. Quicksilver
5. A Night In Tunisia
6. Mayreh
7. Wee-Dot (Alternate Take)
8. Blues (Improvisation)

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For all intents and purposes, the style of jazz known as hard bop came of age at this February 1954 live date from the famous New York club. By adding vibrant elements of blues, funk, soul, and gospel to the technically challenging and highly cerebral bebop form, hard bop became the dominant jazz style and to this day represents what is typically referred to as mainstream jazz. The lineup here resembles the '27 Yankees of the genre: trumpeter Clifford Brown was quickly becoming the red-hot alternative to Miles Davis's cool stylings (his work on the ballad "Once in a While" is worth the price of admission alone); pianist Horace Silver's driving, urgent sound epitomized the funky hard-bop aesthetic; alto Lou Donaldson and bassist Curly Russell had already graced countless essential recordings between them. From this seed grew three of the greatest hard-bop outfits in history: Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Silver's Quintet, and the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet. This short-lived ensemble might have them all licked. For a complete snapshot of the Birdland event, pick up A Night at Birdland, Volume 2, easily on par with Birdland, Volume 1 for sheer artistry. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

What can I say about this album..........2007-03-09

that hasn't been said already? ...I can't think of anything. Simply awesome, would suggest it to anybody that enjoys Clifford Brown or Horace Silver or Art Blakey (in other words, any listener of jazz)

Hard Bop 101.......2007-03-05

This recording is worth five stars alone just to hear Mr. Clifford Brown's performance. No amount of hyperbole can do this man justice. He is simply the best. It is almost bittersweet hearing Brownie sound this great knowing that he had so many of these unbelievable performances still left in him before his untimely and tragic death. This is definitely one of my top five favorites of any album he ever did. This is also one of my top ten favorites of any live album period! It is an amazing performance by the whole group of all-stars - Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey, Horace Silver and Curly Russell.

If you are a fan of Clifford Brown then this is essential! If I was teaching a jazz class this would be the first album I would play to the class as an example of hard bop at it's absolute finest.

So much began here.......2006-11-14

If you love hardbop and/or Horace Silver and/or Art Blakey, you need this album. It is just a joy to hear the band setting the course that so many others would follow over the years.

This is it!!!.......2005-06-13

This CD, with its partner Volume 2, is one of the greatest live recordings of a club date in jazz history. The hard-driving Blakey with his best group ever; Brownie is incredible. And unlike a studio date, there are no retakes, no editing, just raw improvisation at the highest level.

Two words: Clifford Brown.......2005-05-15

Some of the best Trumpet playing I've ever heard is on this album. The entire band rocks - but Cliffor Brown is on fire. I've listened to all the greats - but nothing stands up like this!

Average customer rating: The Message is loud and clear! Silver is Gold!!! Hardbop Masterpiece Best Silver, Best Blakey One Hell of a debut for one of the greatest jazz groups of..

Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Song for My Father Blowin' the Blues Away Moanin' A Night in Tunisia Finger Poppin ASIN: B0007M23AQ Release Date: 2005-03-01

Tracks:

1. Room 608
2. Creepin' In
3. Stop Time
4. To Whom It May Concern
5. Hippy
6. The Preacher
7. Hankerin'
8. Doodlin'

Album Description

This is the seminal album that gave birth to the Blue Note Sound, to Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers and to the Horace Silver Quintet. Shifting be-bop into an earthier, more blues-gospel orbit connected with audiences and forged the direction that hard bop would take for years to come. Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Silver, Doug Watkins and Blakey deliver Horace's compositions with panache and solo with heart-felt invention. A classic.

KENNY DORHAM, trumpet; HANK MOBLEY, tenor sax; HORACE SILVER, piano; DOUG WATKINS, bass; ART BLAKEY, drums

Recorded on November 13, 1954 (#1, 2, 3, 8) and February 6, 1955 (all others) at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Customer Reviews:

The Message is loud and clear!.......2006-12-20

This bubbling brew of jazz by Horace and the Messengers is filled to the brim with funk, humor, and attitude. If you like Blue Note, or jazz in general, this is a cd you MUST have. It is certainly one of the greatest jazz recordings of all time with an all star lineup, including Hank Mobley and Art Blakey.

Silver is Gold!!!.......2006-02-14

This CD got me hooked on Horace Silver and started my journey on exploring all of the great Blue Note artists of the 50's and 60's.

The Preacher and Doodlin' are classic Horace Silver compositions.

Hardbop Masterpiece.......2006-02-14

This is the first Jazz Messengers album which soon would go under the tutelage of Art Blakey. From there (read the book Hardbop Academy) the group would go through many line up changes and launch the careers of musicians from inspired (Wayne Shorter) to derivative (Wynton Marsalis) and many in between. This has to be my favorite Jazz Messengers album because most of the pieces on it would become jazz standards. Adding elements of soul and later funk to bebop to create the sub-genre known as hardbop does not sound like much today but it was an act to take away the idea of jazz as music for purely intellectuals and return it to its roots but still keeping it advancing in a new direction. Ever jazz musician with any degree of awareness would name check this album. But forgot the hyperbole. If you are a fan of classic hardbop, sooner or later you will run into this album and when you do, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy.

Best Silver, Best Blakey.......2005-06-09

The Preacher and Creepin In are insanely snappy, making this my favorite Silver recording. Early in the LP era here, this album always had good sound, now made even better with this reissue. The tunes are very soulful; this is not reminiscent of the pedal-to-the-metal Blakey/Silver albums with Clifford Brown @ Birdland. HS and the JM is much more of a hard-bop/bluesy album, the likes of which Silver seemingly effortlessly produced over the following 15 years after this was released.

One Hell of a debut for one of the greatest jazz groups of.........2005-06-08

all time.

This was recorded late in 1954 and finished in early 1955 and is the first recording to feature what would later be called Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers after pianist Silver left later in 1955. The song Doodlin' was my introduction to this great band when I heard it on the Ken Burns Jazz set (which is a great introduction to jazz) and it kicked many buttocks. Hank Mobley is one of the most underrated saxophonists ever and Kenny Dorham is also underrated. Once Dorham showed up Miles Davis at a club so that's how great Dorham played the trumpet, and Art Blakey is superhuman as always. Silver is one of the best pianists I've ever heard and is right up there with Monk.

This is one of the best reissues I've ever seen since I thought this album was long gone. Now if only Columbia/Legacy could rerelease the Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra recordings.

Average customer rating: Horace Cooks Again A most underrated Album. One of Horace's Best. One of Joe Hendersons Best. Soulful, deep and fun too! A Most Welcome Case of the "Blues"

The Cape Verdean Blues Horace Silver Quintet with J.J. Johnson Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Song for My Father Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers The Tokyo Blues Finger Poppin Blowin' the Blues Away ASIN: B0001CLZP6 Release Date: 2004-03-23

Tracks:

1. Cape Verdean
2. African Queen
3. Pretty Eyes
4. Nutville
5. Bonita
6. Moe Joe

Customer Reviews:

Horace Cooks Again.......2007-04-15

I started listening to Silver after hearing his "Best of" compilation off of Blue Note. Tunes like "Sister Sadie" and his work with the Jazz Messengers(I think he penned "Blues March" with them) really caught my ear. He was so bluesy for a jazz pianist!! And his sound; it's got such a gospel vibe to it. Sometimes when I listen to his solos, I can just visualize a country gospel church somewhere in the South with a preacher leading a choir with the congregation jumping!

"Blowin' the Blues Away", another RVG reissue, is a great album, but "Cape Verdean Blues" is just as good. Except for the title track, "Cape Verdean Blues" isn't all latin tinged. Silver writes in the liner notes that Cape Verdean are islands off the coast of Portugal, where his father was from. So there is that world folk element in the title track, but the most of the album is straight Blue Note '60s hardbop. The track "African Queen" is bluesy, but you can hear African folk music in the drum work and the bass line. Probably my favorite on the whole album.

With the horn line-up on this album, you can't go wrong. J.J. Johnson, trumpeter Woody Shaw, and Joe Henderson were jazz titans and still are. They create some rich melodies and great harmonies together over Silver's playing.

Check this album out if you like the Blue Note sound from the mid-'60s

A most underrated Album. One of Horace's Best. One of Joe Hendersons Best........2007-03-06

Take note of the previous two reviews!

Both 5 stars. So is my rating. 5 big stars.

From start to finish this is an exceptionally smooth album. It just rolls along transporting you to a very upbeat and cool place. The beautiful rhythm of Horace's piano, the dexterity and speed of Joe Henderson's tenor and the brilliance of Woody Shaw's trumpet are captivating. I normally find the trombone overbearing and out of place but JJ Johnson is absolutely wonderful on this fabulous album.

Much as I enjoy the Horace's better known albums, this is my favourite.

You will not regret buying this album.

Soulful, deep and fun too!.......2007-01-06

To my ears there is such a purity to this recording. Sure, the solos, overall musicianship, and song craft are exceptional, but that this not the thing. This album transcends. It is spiritual and loving and dare I say, in some abstract way very "black" (and by that I mean full of universality and depth of experience). Somehow through the Latin-tinged, blues-infused, deep-swinging celebration, one gets the sense that it's all going to be okay. Celebrate universal love and enjoy! A few years later Horace was singing this kind of thing, but he didn't really need to...it was always "within" the music.

J.J. Johnson adds fantastic depth; not a bad song on the disk; never gets old; easy to get wonderfully lost in beautiful abstract thought whilst listening; his best recording.

A Most Welcome Case of the "Blues".......2004-03-24

Unlike most of the recent batch of RVG releases (3/9 & 3/23/04), Horace Silver's classic "The Cape Verdean Blues" has been readily available for years, but this remastered reissue is a welcome addition to the Blue Note catalog nonetheless. While I have enjoyed all of Silver's Blue Note albums over the years (please consult my reviews for "Six Pieces of Silver," "Further Explorations," "Tokyo Blues," and "Horace Scope"), I have always held a special place in my heart for his two collaborations with Joe Henderson -- "Song for my Father" and "The Cape Verdean Blues." After years of very successful collaborations with the Blue Mitchell/Junior Cook quintet, Silver needed an influx of new blood to take his band from hard bop to the newer experiments of modal jazz. Henderson, who had already made a string of highly successful albums for Blue Note on his own, was more than up to the task. (Of further note, Henderson did not record his own Blue Note album as a leader in 1965, so these October 1 & 22 sessions, along with Pete LaRoca's "Basra," comprise Henderson's 1965 output for the label.) What makes this album even more special is trombonist J.J. Johnson's return to Blue Note (after nearly ten years) on the album's last three tracks, turning the solid quintet of Silver, Henderson, trumpeter Woody Shaw, bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Roger Humphries, into a formidable sextet. In all, "The Cape Verdean Blues" are a most welcome case of the blues.

Average customer rating: Worth far more than six, or 30, pieces of silver--no betrayal of the listener. Not quite essential for the casual fan Sterling Silver

Six Pieces of Silver Horace Silver Quintet Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bebop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Finger Poppin Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers Blowin' the Blues Away The Tokyo Blues Song for My Father ASIN: B00004X0QO Release Date: 2000-09-12

Tracks:

1. Cool Eyes
2. Shirl
3. Camouflage
4. Enchantment
5. Senor Blues
6. Virgo
7. For Heaven's Sake
8. Senor Blues (Alternate 45 Take)
9. Tippin'
10. Senor Blues (Vocal Version)

Customer Reviews:

Worth far more than six, or 30, pieces of silver--no betrayal of the listener........2006-07-20

Simply put, any Silver session recorded before 1964's "Song for My Father" and featuring Hank Mobley on tenor is essential. This one was made in 1956, the year that found Silver on an unprecedented tear: the sublime "Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers" (on Columbia), the delicately shaded and varied "Silver's Blue" (on Epic) and the latin-flavored "Six Pieces of Silver" (on Blue Note), with three versions of Horace's "hit"--"Senor Blues." Though the latter suffers from some of the overly arranged formulaic sameness of "Song for My Father," it's complemented by seven additional gemlike Silver miniatures, each affording more room for expressive solo work than the tightly wound main attraction. Finally, the two Silver trio selections--"Shirl" and "For Heaven's Sake"--rank among the pianist's most effective solo offerings.

After acquiring the aforementioned trilogy of vital disks, you'll want to pick up "Horace-Scope" (with "Strollin'"), "Further Explorations" (with "Moon Rays") and "Stylings of Silver" (no hits, just superb interplay between Mobley and Farmer). At that point, if you want your record collection to look like everyone else's, get the Blue Notes with "The Preacher," "Song for My Father," and "Blowin' the Blues Away." Just don't bet on them seeing the most playing time in your CD player.

Not quite essential for the casual fan.......2003-01-03

Picking up a 50s Horace Silver album on Blue Note records is definitely a no-risk proposition, but there are better places to start than Six Pieces of Silver. The best of the seven pieces on the original album are "Enchantment" (great soul jazz) and the rumbling, slightly ominous "Senor Blues". Most of the other pieces are typical catchy, grooving Silver if not as exceptional as those on Blowin' the Blues Away or Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers. (So get those two albums first.) As an added note, the sound is really murky on the Rudy Van Gelder edition.

Sterling Silver.......2000-09-12

"Six Pieces of Silver" is one of Horace Silver's best albums of the 1950s, and unfortunately it has been out of print on CD for more than ten years. Luckily for all jazz fans it makes a permanent return to the catalog with this RVG Edition reissue. This version of the Silver Quintet is Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins and Louis Hayes, and they are, of course, in top form. Horace Silver's albums always seem to have the perfect balance of swinging hard-bop and quiet ballads, and "Six Pieces" is no exception. The up-tempo cuts are led by the barn-burner hit "Senor Blues," but "Cool Eyes," "Camouflage" and "Virgo" are its equal in quality if not intensity. The pensive, mid-tempo "Enchantment," and the two lush ballads, "Shirl" and "For Heaven's Sake" complete the original album. Added to the CD issue (but it is not exclusive to the RVG edition as it was on the original CD) are the 45-single version and the vocal version of "Senor Blues," and the bonus cut "Tippin'." The latter two were cut at a different session with Junior Cook replacing Mobley and Gene Taylor replacing Watkins. The other musicians remain the same, and Bill Henderson is the vocalist on "Senor." As with other titles in the RVG series, the remastering of "Six Pieces of Silver" brings forth an overall bigger, brighter and more natural sound. While it's no "Song For My Father" or "Blowin' The Blues Away," this an excellent edition to the family Silver.

Average customer rating: Groovy, but a throwback Still cookin' like always.. MELODIES FOR YOUR MALADIES

You Gotta Take a Little Love Horace Silver Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Right Touch The Spoiler The Cat Walk Clubhouse Undercurrent ASIN: B000MG2LRM Release Date: 2007-02-06

Tracks:

1. You Gotta Take A Little Love
2. The Risin' Sun
3. It's Time
4. Lovely's Daughter
5. Down And Out
6. The Belly Dancer
7. Brain Wave

Album Description

Although this quintet with Charles Tolliver in place of Randy Brecker debuted on the second half of Serenade To A Soul Sister, this album, despite its "could only happen in the sixties" artwork, is among Silver's best, if least recognized, efforts. The compositions, six by Silver and one by Maupin, and the playing are excellent throughout. This album makes its first appearance on CD.

Customer Reviews:

Groovy, but a throwback.......2007-06-21

This is a Horace Silver Blue Note session from 1969 which has recently been re-issued. Horace has hornmen Bennie Maupin and Randy Brecker, and Billy Cobham on drums. Despite the fusion lineup, you get straightahead jazz. The opener and title track is a R&B shuffle which, unfortunately for Bennie Maupin, shows he's not very comfortable with that style. "The Risin' Sun" is another jaunty number with a tempo that slows and surges in spots. "It's Time" is a softer, slower song with a pretty melody. Bennie Maupin opens "Lovely's Daughter" with a flute solo. "Down And Out" is a blues. I'm finding it difficult to be too descriptive, since each song is 4 - 7 minutes long, and has the basic head-solos-head format. "The Belly Dancer" has an Asian cast, and "Brain Wave" has a slightly exotic melody. Aside from the first song, Bennie Maupin sounds good, and Randy Brecker sounds virtuostic throughout. Compared to the other stuff that came out in 1969, like "In A Silent Way" and various lesser-known avant-garde jazzers, this CD sounds hopelessly out of style. Proper enjoyment, then, comes from imagining it came out in 1963 (and does it really matter whether it was recorded 44 or 38 years ago?) and pretending the album cover art was daringly ahead of the curve.

Still cookin' like always.........2007-05-31

I have to admit that I love Horace Silver's music. His style is unmistakable, and he has that 'delicious' ability to combine the intricate harmonies that are characteristic of the idiom commonly referred to as 'Jazz', with the music's rhythmic origins. Whatever composition he performs or pens, Horace Silver's piano style is so distinctive that to me it imbues familiar melodies with an exotic tinge.

MELODIES FOR YOUR MALADIES.......2007-04-06

Horace Silver always delivers; "You Gotta Take A Little Love" is no exception.

While the inspiration on this session isn't as sustained as on "The Tokyo Blues," highlights like the grits-n-gravy "Down and Out" and the superlative "Brain Wave" elevate this to near-classic status.

Average customer rating: Incomplete Horace Hit List Great compilation of early Horace Silver Silver Fire Meet the Godfather of Soul Jazz

The Best of Horace Silver, Vol. 1 Horace Silver Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bebop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Horace Silver, Vol. 2 Song for My Father The Best of Lee Morgan The Cape Verdean Blues Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers ASIN: B000005HEZ Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Opus De Funk
2. Doodlin'
3. Room 608
4. The Preacher
5. Senor Blues
6. Cool Eyes
7. Home Cookin'
8. Soulville
9. Cookin' At The Continental
10. Peace
11. Sister Sadie
12. Blowin' The Blues Away

Customer Reviews:

Incomplete Horace Hit List.......2006-05-28

Pretty fair representation of Silver's most popular tunes before "Song for My Father," which is on Vol. 2. On the other hand, neither volume contains "essentials" such as "Nica's Dream," "Strollin'" and "Moon Rays" not to mention any of his recordings for Columbia and Epic. OK for whetting your appetite or saving some wear on the old vinyls.

Great compilation of early Horace Silver.......2005-01-17

Horace Silver recorded some great sessions at Blue Note and this collection is a good starting point to sample his music from the period. Silver is the funkiest and most soul oriented bop pianist and his bands and compositions reflect his immense talents as a soloist and his unbelievably funky comping ability. The bands that were assembled for these sessions were all very solid with particular contibutions from Hank Mobley . Blue Mitchell , Kenny Dorham and Art Blakey as well as many others. Horace Silver has a rich legacy of fine recordings but these Best Of collections are not a bad place to begin to enjoy this man's fine muisc.

Silver Fire.......2002-02-22

This is hard bop at its utter finest. Excellent selection of signature Silver tracks, played with great passion by brilliant musicians. Essential.

Meet the Godfather of Soul Jazz.......2000-05-28

Throughout the history of Jazz, there have been many "reigning" kings of the piano. You can trace the entire evolution of Jazz from Scott Joplin, through Bud Powell, Monk, Hancock, Keith Jarret, and whoever the star of the moment is now through the contributions of the masters. Clearly, looking back, Horace Silver definitely held the reign, and held it well (in my book he still rules)... so let's ask, what was his contribution ? The answer is simple : SWEAT. I'm reminded of the title of an old Ray Charles album... Jazz + Genius = Soul. This former Jazz Messengers sideman introduced levels of SOUL and ENERGY into Jazz few have accomplished. While others (such as McCoy Tyner and Ahmad Jamal) would take the piano in more impressionistic directions, Horace Silver would sweat. When he played, he often looked like a mad scientist. His ensembles were small and tight, but the horns would play high and vamp and his songs to this day remind you that Jazz may be deep, but what counts is not the fifths you flat or ninths you raise, but the reaction of the people. This is Jazz you can move and dance to... yet no matter how entrenched in gospel and the blues it gets, it is never simple. He would reach for notes and extensions and wrote changes that took Jazz in entirely new directions, but he never lost concept of where the pocket was and the spiritual undertones of Jazz. His hooks and perspectives would almost single handedly help people redifine their conception of Jazz.

While Song For My Father (actually Filthy McNasty is one of my faves) isn't on this one, unless you have every tune in this collection on your shelves, don't pass this up. This is a listen that will make you lose yourself.

When you're finished check out treatments of his songs by other great artists who've either done adaptations of his songs or have been heavily influence by him such as Eddie Jefferson, Charles Earland, Les McCann, George Benson and countless others. Appreciate the enormous energy and tightness of a living Jazz institution.

Average customer rating: Solid performances Jazz Vocal unlike any other Excellent Album Not a bit of freshness to Horace Silver's masterwork! Definitely Worth the Money

Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver Dee Dee Bridgewater Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dear Ella Keeping Tradition Live at Yoshi's This Is New Art & Survival ASIN: B0000046Z4 Release Date: 1995-09-26

Tracks:

1. Permit Me To Introduce You To Yourself
2. Nica's Dream
3. The Tokyo Blues
4. Pretty Eyes
5. Saint Vitus Dance
6. You Happened My Way
7. Soulville
8. Filthy McNasty
9. Song For My Father
10. Doodlin'
11. Lonely Woman
12. The Jody Grind
13. Blowin' The Blues Away

Customer Reviews:

Solid performances.......2006-12-30

Dee Dee's vocal style is clean and infectious. These are small group recordings, 8-9 excellent musicians, including Horace Silver on two tracks and Jimmy Smith on two others.

Jazz Vocal unlike any other.......2003-03-29

This is a wonderful album if you want to hear a jazz musican doinmg vocalizations, not merely a singer fronting a jazz band. I know it is sacreligious to say so but her scat is better than Ella's(to me) because it caried more of an emotional weight than Ella. Every song is terrific but I love her treatment of Song for my Father(covered a million times by others) Not for the non-jazz listener I think

Excellent Album.......2002-05-25

This is an excellent album, not only because Dee Dee is a fantastic singer, but also because she was able to provide some of the first vocal versions of many of the tunes. Nica's Dream is amazing with vocal precision most singers fall short of delivering. Lonely Woman is haunting and melodic. Overall, this is a fantastic album.

Not a bit of freshness to Horace Silver's masterwork!.......2002-04-07

Musical projects based on singing lyrics to jazz standards are not to my taste. Just because they usually do not add a least bit of motivation and artistry to the original instrumentals. Horace Silver is a particular victim of that situation. In other words, I do not know any vocalized effort on his extraordinary work worth listening to except Mark Murphy's "That's how I love the blues" ... All Blue Note albums by Horace Silver - the great composer, pianist and combo leader - ... I'd rather have them all. Make your choice.

Definitely Worth the Money.......2001-04-16

This is definitely one of Dee Dee's best albums. A must-have if you're a fan of Dee Dee's dynamic singing and rip-roaring scat. If you're a fan of Horace Silver's compositions, all the better--but it's by no means a must for enjoying the album. Horace even makes an appearance on a track or two, easily distinguishable from the pianist's main CD (who does a fine job of his own). Check out "Nica's Dream" for the best groove on the album. About the only thing lacking on the album is the two brothers playing sax and trumpet don't always swing too well--but it's negligible enough to make the album a worthwhile buy. Definitely buy it over one of her other albums like "Dear Ella" .

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