Jazz Articles about Herb Silverstein

Herb Silverstein: Beach Walker

by Dan McClenaghan
May 6, 2005

Pianist Herb Silverstein has a day job that makes for a good story to go along with the music he makes on Beach Walker. But music first...This set of twelve original compositions, delivered by Silverstein on piano, plus guitar, sax, bass and drums, has a vibrant straight-ahead glow, a bit on the cerebral--yet still engaging--side of sound, a bit tangy and progressive, with LaRue Nickelson's electric and acoustic guitars dancing seamlessly alongside the leader's keyboard. The four tunes ...