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Article: Film Review

Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz

by C. Michael Bailey
February 26, 2008

Blue Note: A Story of Modern JazzDirector: Julian Benedikt EuroArts 2007 Blue Note was not the only jazz label recording America's indigenous music from the '30s through the 1960s, but it may be the only one that mattered. The title Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz is not ...

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Article: Album Review

Horace Silver: Live At Newport '58

Read "Live At Newport '58" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
February 21, 2008

Fifty years on, and previously unreleased, this boisterous festival performance by pianist Horace Silver's quintet is 40 minutes of hard swinging, compositionally distinguished, primo hard bop. It's also the only known recording by a band in the process of morphing from the line-up which recorded Further Explorations (Blue Note, 1958) to the one which cut Finger ...

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Horace Silver: Live at Newport '58

Read "Live at Newport '58" reviewed by Greg Camphire

by Greg Camphire
February 14, 2008

Blue Note continues to bless fans with hidden gems from deep in its vaults with Live at Newport '58, a previously unreleased set catching Horace Silver in the midst of his ascent as a major creative force. Featuring a transitional line-up of the pianist's revolving quintet as they headline the famed festival, the band can be ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Horace Silver: Live At Newport '58

by C. Michael Bailey
February 7, 2008

Horace Silver Live At Newport '58 Blue Note 2007 For a jazz artist of such longevity, pianist Horace Silver has precious few live recordings as leader. Before Paris Blues: Olympia Theater, Paris, 1962 (Fantasy, 2003) was released, Silver's single live recording was Doin' The Thing At The Village Gate (Blue ...

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The Preacher

By Horace Silver

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2007

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Silver's Serenade

By Horace Silver

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Silver's Serenade; Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty; Sweet Sweetie Dee; The Dragon Lady; Nineteen Bars.

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Essential Blue -The Classic Of Horace Silver-

By Horace Silver

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2007
Track listing: Incentive; Nica's Dream; Safari; The Tokyo Blues; Kathy; The Cape Verdean Blues; Song For My Father; I've Had A Little Talk; The Sophisticated Hippie; African Ascension Pt.1 "The Gods Of Yoruba"; Time And Effort; Togetherness; Friends;

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Horace Silver Quintet: Silver's Serenade

Read "Silver's Serenade" reviewed by Samuel Chell

by Samuel Chell
January 31, 2007

What's with the producers at Blue Note/EMI? Or is it engineer Rudy Van Gelder who decides what gets reissued? Silver's Serenade is vintage, nicely representative music by the pianist-composer's best known ensemble, but it was never out of print. By contrast, one of the few Silver sessions for which the term “inspired" might apply--Further Explorations by ...

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Article: Interview

Essential Michael Brecker

by Jason West
January 18, 2007

This article was originally published at All About Jazz in November 1999. Michael Brecker's contributions to music are generous and, like the pregnant ideas that flow from his tenor horn, they continue to grow. At 50, the saxophonist has found acceptance in a wide variety of musical settings, having performed with pop stars like ...

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