See also the same band under http://www.last.fm/music/Art+Blakey+&+The+Jazz+Messengers Horace Silver (born 1928) is an American jazz pianist and composer. He formed the quintet Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers with Art Blakey in 1955 for a studio album recorded on the Blue Note label, and used that band name throughout his career. Silver and this band helped to create the rhythmically forceful branch of jazz known as 'hard bop', which combined elements of rhythm-and-blues and gospel music with jazz.  | Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers Doodlin' |
 | Doodlin'- Horace Silver This is off Horace Silver's Jazz Album "Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers". Hope you guys enjoy and send me some song requests. I'll be happy to post them. *NOTE: I'm not out to harm the record sales of companies by posting videos of their label's music or anything of that nature. I just want to bring awareness to great music like this- heck, people that come across my videos might feel inclined to buy the album for themselves.* |
 | Senor Blues Silver Horace 1959 Senor Blues Silver Horace 1959 In the fifties and sixties the Netherlands as well as the Scandinavian countries had an enormous attraction for American jazz musicians. It appeared that they were much more appreciated and also, there were no racial barriers for so many to overcome in their homeland. We see here a clip with the Horace Silver Quintet in 1959 recorded, in what looks to me the Singer Theatre in Laren, about 15 minutes on a bicycle from my home in Bussum. In 1951, Horace Silver (born in 1929) moved to New York City where he accompanied saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and many other legends. In the following year, he met the executives at Blue Note while working as a sideman for saxophonist Lou Donaldson. This meeting led to Silver signing with the label where he would remain until 1980. He also collaborated with Art Blakey in forming the Jazz Messengers during the early 1950s (which Blakey would continue to lead after Silver formed his own quintet in 1956). During these years, Silver helped create the rhythmically forceful branch of jazz known as "hard bop" He based much of his own writing on blues and gospel---the latter is particularly prominent on one of his biggest tunes, "The Preacher." While his compositions at this time featured surprising tempo shifts and a range of melodic ideas, they immediately caught the attention of a wide audience. Silver's own piano playing easily shifted from aggressively percussive to lushly romantic within just a ... |
 | Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers Blue Note Vinyl Original Blue Note Deep Groove Vinyl Pressing - Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers - Stop Time - Marantz 2252B - Thorens TD-166 mk2 |
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