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Bobby Watson
by AAJ Staff
In 1977, quite a few eyebrows were raised when drummer Art Blakey, the nurturer of many jazz greats, started touting the country kid in overalls with the alto saxophone as his latest great discovery. Eyebrows remained up in amazement as Bobby Watson let loose with a Parkeresque run of notes. Watson's sweet, full tone evokes both ...
Horace Silver: Hard Bop Pioneer Forges Ahead
by Katie Alvarez
Looking back over the last fifty years of jazz it is clear that few musicians have 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 ...
A Fireside Chat with Horace Silver
by AAJ Staff
I have interviewed Horace Silver through the years and he remains an icon to me. The more I appreciate the Lion/Wolff Blue Note days of yesteryear, the more admirable Silver's Blue Notes are. There is enough bio and cred info on Silver's career, done in a more fitting manner than I could, so allow me folks, ...
Rockin' with Rachmaninoff
Label: Bop City Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Rocky's Overture
2. Rocky Meets the Duke
3. Satchmo's Song
4. Monkeyin' Around With Monk
5. Ballad for Hawk
6. Skunky Funky Blues
7. Sunday Mornin' Prayer Meetin'
8. Hallelujah to Ya
9. Righteous Rumba
10. Lavender Love
11. Rockin' With Rachmaninoff
Paris Blues: Olympia Theater, Paris, 1962
Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: Introduction; Where You At; The Tokyo Blues; Filthy McNasty; Sayonara Blues; Doin' The Thing.
Horace Silver: Horace Silver: Re-Entry
by John Ballon
Rare and essential live recordings that capture the great Horace Silver Quintet in action at New York City's Half-Note. Always a force to be reckoned with, Silver's mid-60s band was consistently adventurous, original, and funky, anchored in the steady rhythms of bassist Larry Ridley and drummer Roger Humphries, and steeped in the passion ...
A Fireside Chat With Horace Silver
by AAJ Staff
It's difficult for me to imagine hard bop without Horace Silver. It is impossible for me to imagine Blue Note without Horace Silver. And I would wake up in a cold sweat at the mere thought of not having Six Pieces of Silver, The Stylings of Silver, Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet, Finger Poppin' ...
My Conversation with Horace Silver
by AAJ Staff
Horace Silver's popularity should be on the same level as the band that came up with the genius buzz word “nookie," but that would be a perfect world and for the time being I am content with having the honor of speaking with him about his stellar recording career (which is mammoth for all of you ...
Blue Note Records: The Biography
by Victor L. Schermer
Blue Note Records: The Biography Richard Cook Justin, Charles, and Co. 2003 ISBN: 1932112103 The early development of modern jazz owes a large debt to a handful of idealistic entrepreneurs who worked in the background with a love of the music and a desire to promote ...
