MomsMobley Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 "Commercial", yeah, ok, but it's still Horace Silver, how is that not gonna be "commercial" and how should it not be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Nice note from Cuscuna on the Mosaic site. The Horace Silver We Will Remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Just sad that I never got to see/hear Horace's quintet live. They used to appear regularly over hear at Ronnie Scott's club (at least until the 1980s) but I was never in town to catch them. I think Horace must have really scaled back his touring in later years as well. In 1969 the Horace Silver Quintet with the Brecker brothers and Billy Cobham were part of a package with the Muddy Waters Blues Band and a gospel group (Stars of Faith?) which I saw at the Batley (near Leeds) Variety Club, of all places. Couldn't get enough of the Silver band, so followed them to London and saw them at Scott's a couple of days later. Sat right up front for one of the most memorable jazz sessions I've been at. Horace and and Billy really had somethin' goin'! All very different from the studio atmosphere of Blue Note Records. Must have been a great experience for sure...... Damn - Batley Variety Club. To think that I was less than 10 miles away at the time - and way too young to get in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 I also dug how Horace covered Weldon Irvine, kinda like a father saying "thank you, son, I appreciate that". or if you prefer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 In 1957 I was in the US Army and had just finished my basic training at Ft. Riley, KS. Had a leave and took the train heading back home to Detroit. Needed to change trains in Chicago. Was with 2 friends who both liked jazz, one of whom lived in Chicago. By chance we discovered that The Horace Silver Quintet with Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook was playing at the Sutherland Lounge on the south side. We decided to go and hear Horace. it was a fantastic evening of music, and may have been the only time I heard Horace Silver live. I didn't realize that Billy Mitchell was playing with Horace in 1957. Most biographies say he was in Miami until 1958. Not sure where you came up with Billy Mitchell in my post? Look again and you will see that I wrote BLUE mitchell. I meant to type Blue Mitchell. Most *Blue* Mitchell biographies list him as being in Miami until 1958. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarThrower Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Can a mod update the thread title? Will spin The Jody Grind this evening in Silver's honor. RIP. Why isn't this one available? Seems it's been out of print forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin V Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 As a pianist, composer, arranger and a gatherer/nurturer of talent, Horace Silver was a giant. Rest in peace, Mr. Silver, and thank you for the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIS Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 He will be missed but his music is enduring. I'm fortunate to have been able to collect about a dozen Horace Silver arrangements, combo and big band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 I share the love for the Soul Sister and Cape Verdean Blues albums. There is a ballad on the former that I love. (Don't have the title in front of me). So much great music for so many years of my life. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR1992 Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 I share the love for the Soul Sister and Cape Verdean Blues albums. There is a ballad on the former that I love. (Don't have the title in front of me). So much great music for so many years of my life. RIP. The ballad is called "Next TIme I Fall in Love" one of my favorite Horace tunes as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoter Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 (edited) http://jazztimes.com/articles/133996-horace-silver-memorial-service-planned-in-nyc-july-7 Edited July 2, 2014 by bluenoter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 (edited) Some interesting reflections by John McNeil http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/memories-of-horace-silver/ Edited July 2, 2014 by Mark Stryker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Thanks Mark, i found the interview most interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 That was a great recollection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milestones Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) Not that there's anything too new in the sound, but for me a recent discovery is You Gotta Take a Little Love. This is pretty much my last Silver record (chronologically) in my collection until It's Got to be Funky. It dates from 1969, and the band is Randy Brecker, Bennie Maupin, and Billy Cobham (forget the bassist). Still very much in the Blue Note sound mode, and you'd never guess that Maupin and Cobham would soon be contributors to Miles' fusion sound. Randy Brecker was quite a contributor to Silver's music (over a long period), and he sounds great here; and he and Maupin sound so tight. The tunes are very happy and infectious. Edited July 7, 2014 by Milestones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Bassist is John Williams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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