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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I came late to the marvellous Horace Silver, O tardy me. This album and the later Song For My Father are driving jazz at its very best, Silver an inventive, endlessly questing pianist with a funky bebop style (though how superfluous such terms tend to seem now) and a way of nagging at a phrase, for example on the suitably jumpy, wittily titled The St Vitus Dance, on which drummer Louis Hayes (74 at the time of writing) has some terrific moments too, an attentive, percussive sticks man with a steady beat and a mind of his own.
This date benefits enormously from the presence on trumpet of the forthright Blue Mitchell (1930-79) and undemanding tenor sax of Junior Cook (1934-92), who trade frenetic solos on Break City. All but the final, extra track are dug from the Silver mine, the languidly lovely Peace later covered by Chet Baker on a fine album of that name. It`s good, after three fairly breakneck openers, to hear the quintet relaxing into this slowish number, never forgetting to swing - they rarely forgot in those days - even with Hayes keeping a langourous beat and Gene Taylor (1929-2001) laying down a calm, minimal support on bass. Interestingly, Taylor later did bass duties for both Judy Collins and Nina Simone, also composing the latter`s tribute to Martin Luther King, "Why (The King Of Love Is Dead)".
Melancholy Mood is, unsurprisingly, another ballad. It`s none the less full of creative surprises, with Silver wresting almost Monk-like contortions from the mercurial melody.
Sister Sadie rocks like mad, the band playing in unison occasionally before one or another of the soloists has his brief say.
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva is one of the greats of jazz. He`s still with us at 82, one of the last of an era. This is a wonderful document by a group going at their beloved music hammer & tongs, with a couple of placid interludes for everyone, listener included, to catch their breath.
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This date benefits enormously from the presence on trumpet of the forthright Blue Mitchell (1930-79) and undemanding tenor sax of Junior Cook (1934-92), who trade frenetic solos on Break City. All but the final, extra track are dug from the Silver mine, the languidly lovely Peace later covered by Chet Baker on a fine album of that name. It`s good, after three fairly breakneck openers, to hear the quintet relaxing into this slowish number, never forgetting to swing - they rarely forgot in those days - even with Hayes keeping a langourous beat and Gene Taylor (1929-2001) laying down a calm, minimal support on bass. Interestingly, Taylor later did bass duties for both Judy Collins and Nina Simone, also composing the latter`s tribute to Martin Luther King, "Why (The King Of Love Is Dead)".
Melancholy Mood is, unsurprisingly, another ballad. It`s none the less full of creative surprises, with Silver wresting almost Monk-like contortions from the mercurial melody.
Sister Sadie rocks like mad, the band playing in unison occasionally before one or another of the soloists has his brief say.
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva is one of the greats of jazz. He`s still with us at 82, one of the last of an era. This is a wonderful document by a group going at their beloved music hammer & tongs, with a couple of placid interludes for everyone, listener included, to catch their breath.
Essential.
28 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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This is possibly Horace Silver's best front line. Certainly he seems to have thought so and with good reason. Both the ensemble playing and the solos are sharp, in keeping with the tunes. In comparison to Horace Silver's earlier and later groups I much prefer Blue Mitchell to Kenny Dorham and Junior Cook to Joe Henderson, not forgettting Louis Hayes. Each seem to me to understand instinctively where Horace Silver is coming from, let alone where he is going. Last but no tleast, I can't honestly say I prefer any one track over the others but the Blowin' The Blues Away does it for me every time. Enjoy...
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Another classic album from the series Horace Silver recorded for the Blue Note label. You can easily dip into any of his recordings for this label and enjoy melodious, tuneful hard bop. He always composed catchy tunes and employed the best sidemen in the business. Silver can be compared with Hank Mobley for consistency.
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