Jazz Articles about Horace Silver

About Horace Silver

Album Review

The hugeness of Horace Silver's musical legacy remains unforgivably unavailable. Blue Note Records, to which the pianist and composer gave outlet to his vast and historically significant discography over a full quarter century, is easily to blame for such inexcusable oversight. This four-disc collection, however, attempts to amass Silver's significance in one fell swoop. Designed as it is for deep pockets, it's a bit too much. Still, Silver deserves far more. Retrospective spans the amazing period of time ...

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Horace Silver: A Prescription For The Blues

Read "A Prescription For The Blues" reviewed by Douglas Payne

by Douglas Payne
December 1, 1997

With A Prescription For The Blues, 69-year-old pianist Horace Silver proves he's writing and playing as well as -- if not better than -- he did over four decades ago. But mere stamina is no reason to appreciate this terrific remedy of first-rate bop-n-blues. The “hard bop grandpop" has assembled a classy all-star lineup, reuniting with Michael and Randy Brecker (their last time together was on Silver's 1972 album In Pursuit of the 27th Man ) and adding one-time associates ...

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Horace Silver Quintet: Six Pieces of Silver

Read "Six Pieces of Silver" reviewed by Joel Roberts

by Joel Roberts
May 1, 1997

This 1956 recording by the Silver Quintet, featuring Hank Mobley on tenor sax and Donald Byrd on trumpet, is pure hard-bop heaven created by some of the masters of the genre. After spending the previous two years playing piano on some of Miles Davis' classic Prestige and Blue Note albums, and touring with the Art Blakey Quintet and the first edition of his Jazz Messengers, Silver was more than ready to step forward as a leader. His compositional talents had ...