{"title":"Horace Silver","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the perspective of the 21st century, it is clear that few jazz musicians had a greater impact on the contemporary mainstream than Horace Silver. The hard bop style that Silver pioneered in the '50s is now dominant, played not only by holdovers from an earlier generation, but also by fuzzy-cheeked musicians who had yet to be born when the music fell out of critical favor in the '60s and '70s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilver's earliest musical influence was the Cape Verdean folk music he heard from his Portuguese-born father. Later, after he had begun playing piano and saxophone as a high schooler, Silver came under the spell of blues singers and boogie-woogie pianists, as well as boppers like Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell. In 1950, Stan Getz played a concert in Hartford, Connecticut, with a pickup rhythm section that included Silver, drummer Walter Bolden, and bassist Joe Calloway. So impressed was Getz, he hired the whole trio. Silver had been saving his money to move to New York anyway; his hiring by Getz sealed the deal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilver worked with Getz for a year, then began to freelance around the city with such big-time players as Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Oscar Pettiford. In 1952, he recorded with Lou Donaldson for the Blue Note label; this date led him to his first recordings as a leader. In 1953, he joined forces with Art Blakey to form a cooperative under their joint leadership. The band's first album, Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers, was a milestone in the development of the genre that came to be known as hard bop. Many of the tunes penned by Silver for that record -- \"The Preacher,\" \"Doodlin',\" \"Room 608\" -- became jazz classics. By 1956, Silver had left the Messengers to record on his own. The series of Blue Note albums that followed established him for all time as one of jazz's major composer\/pianists. LPs like Blowin' the Blues Away and Song for My Father (both recorded by an ensemble that included Silver's longtime sidemen Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook) featured Silver's harmonically sophisticated and formally distinctive compositions for small jazz ensemble.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilver's piano style -- terse, imaginative, and utterly funky -- became a model for subsequent mainstream pianists to emulate. Some of the most influential horn players of the '50s, '60s, and '70s first attained a measure of prominence with Silver -- musicians like Donald Byrd, Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson, Benny Golson, and the Brecker Brothers all played in Silver's band at a point early in their careers. Silver has even affected members of the avant-garde; Cecil Taylor confesses a Silver influence, and trumpeter Dave Douglas played briefly in a Silver combo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilver recorded exclusively for Blue Note until that label's eclipse in the late '70s, whereupon he started his own label, Silveto. Silver's '80s work was poorly distributed. During that time he began writing lyrics to his compositions, and his work began to display a concern with music's metaphysical powers, as exemplified by album titles like Music to Ease Your Disease and Spiritualizing the Senses. In the '90s, Silver abandoned his label venture and began recording for Columbia. With his re-emergence on a major label, Silver once again received a measure of the attention his contributions deserve. Certainly, no one ever contributed a larger and more vital body of original compositions to the jazz canon. Silver died in New York on June 18, 2014 at the age of 85. ~ Chris Kelsey, Rovi\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"horace-silver-6-pieces-of-silver-blue-note-classic-vinyl-series-lp","title":"6 Pieces Of Silver (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003e6 Pieces Of Silver (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) [LP] is a Records \u0026amp; LPs from Horace Silver\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 11\/19\/2021\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Horace Silver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44583674413289,"sku":"R9ZW4V-V9P2-00","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/Horace-Silver-6-Pieces-Of-Silver-Blue-Note-Classic-Vinyl-Series-LP_hrT6w.jpg?v=1746552648"},{"product_id":"horace-silver-further-explorations-blue-note-tone-poet-series-lp","title":"Further Explorations (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eRELEASE DATE: 09\/25\/2020\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 09\/25\/2020\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Horace Silver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44584412086505,"sku":"Y5LNO0-YMIQ-00","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/horace-silver-further-explorations-blue-note-tone-poet-series-lp_aMtm5.jpg?v=1759148125"},{"product_id":"horace-silver-song-for-my-father-blue-note-classic-vinyl-series-lp","title":"Song For My Father [Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eHorace Silver | Song For My Father | Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series | LP | Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRELEASE DATE: 01\/15\/2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 01\/15\/2021\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Horace Silver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44584437940457,"sku":"N0BLS2-IQVY-00","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/horace-silver-song-for-my-father-blue-note-classic-vinyl-series-lp_CXa6s.jpg?v=1759344211"},{"product_id":"horace-silver-6-pieces-of-silver","title":"6 Pieces Of Silver","description":"Personnel: Horace Silver (piano); Bill Henderson (vocals); Hank Mobley, Junior Cook (tenor saxophone); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Doug Watkins, Gene Taylor (bass); Louis Hayes (drums).\nProducer: Alfred Lion.\nReissue producer: Michael Cuscuna.\nRecorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on November 10, 1956 and June 15, 1958. Originally released on Blue Note (1539). Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather and Bob Blumenthal.\nDigitally remastered using 24-bit technology by Rudy Van Gelder (2000, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey).\nThis is part of the Blue Note Rudy Van Gelder Editions series.\nThe Horace Silver Blue Note catalog would not be complete without SIX PIECES OF SILVER, a session that put the pianist on the map as a leader. After leaving the Jazz Messengers to Art Blakey, this session gave Silver a solid foothold as a solo hard bop contender, as witnessed by the ultra-funky \"Senor Blues.\" Though his classic quintet was a few years off, SIX PIECES features many of Silver's Messengers cohorts including Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins, and the drummer that best suited the funky pianist, Louis Hayes.\nThe session gets off to a rocking start with \"Cool Eyes,\" a swinging testament to Silver's writing and arranging strengths. Switching gears drastically, the somber ballad \"Shirl\" is one of his most introspective works. The often-covered hit \"Senor Blues\" is presented here in three versions: the regular album-length take, a shorter single version, and a vocal rendition by singer Bill Henderson, who was then a newcomer on the New York scene. The only standard of the set, the classic \"For Heaven's Sake,\" is a touching ballad that remains a favorite of many pianists, and Silver performs it here with his usual superb taste.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 02\/16\/2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Horace Silver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44585458663657,"sku":"9JYJ4W-YRIJ-00","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/horace-silver-6-pieces-of-silver_Jye2l.jpg?v=1758805883"},{"product_id":"horace-silver-live-at-newport-58","title":"LIVE AT NEWPORT '58","description":"Personnel: Horace Silver (piano); Junior Cook (tenor saxophone); Louis Smith (trumpet); Gene Taylor (acoustic bass); Louis Hayes (drums).\nComposer and pianist Horace Silver was one of the leading lights of the post-bop movement, and LIVE AT NEWPORT '58 captures him in his prime. Leading a crack quintet (which includes trumpeter Louis Smith and saxophonist Junior Cook) through four slinking, swinging tunes, Silver turns in a wonderful set.\nThe set opens with \"Tippin',\" a hard swinger, then segues to \"The Outlaw,\" a composition in the classic Silver mode, incorporating exotic rhythms, complex melodic leads, and deep grooves. \"Senor Blues,\" a cool-toned blues, and \"Cool Eyes,\" a frenetic bop workout, are equally impressive. The tunes are extended, and feature plenty of top-flight improvisation from the musicians, making for a memorable live date worth picking up.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 2\/05\/2008\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Horace Silver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44585801515241,"sku":"PFYDU3-UYZC-00","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/horace-silver-live-at-newport-58_wMoeJ.jpg?v=1742333847"},{"product_id":"horace-silver-silvers-serenade","title":"Silver's Serenade","description":"Horace Silver Quintet: Horace Silver (piano); Junior Cook (tenor saxophone); Blue Mitchell (trumpet); Gene Taylor (piano); Roy Brooks (drums).\nProducer: Alfred Lion.\nReissue producer: Michael Cuscuna.\nRecorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on May 7 \u0026amp; 8, 1963. Orginally released on Blue Note (84131). Includes liner notes by Joel Dorn.\nDigitally remastered using 20-bit technology by Ron McMaster.\nThis classic Blue Note date finds Horace Silver, the quintessential hard bop pianist, in a straight-ahead, swinging frame of mind. Supported by a quintet that features trumpeter Blue Mitchell and saxophonist Junior Cook on the front line, Silver sachets his way through five finely crafted numbers with the style and grace of, well, fine silver.\nFrom the lightly bouncing title track that opens SERENADE to the barn-burner that closes the album (\"Nineteen Bars\"), the group shines with tight ensemble work and confident solos. Silver's trademark bluesy piano style shines on the hard swinging \"Let's Get To The Nitty Gritty,\" which also features a tight shuffle groove by drummer Roy Brooks. Of special note is Silver's often-overlooked classic \"The Dragon Lady,\" a complex composition with a personality all its own. 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Timeless originals like \"Sister Sadie,\" \"Peace,\" and the blustery title track make Blowin' The Blues Away one of the finest entries in Silver's formidable discography. Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series features stereo, all-analog mastering by Kevin Gray from the original tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal. 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