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Horace Silver
Jazz Has a Sense of Humor
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
1. Satisfaction Guaranteed
2. The Mama Suite, Pt. 1: Not Enough Mama
3. The Mama Suite, Pt. 2: Too Much Mama
4. The Mama Suite, Pt. 3: Just Right Mama
5. Philley Millie
6. Ah-Ma-Tell
7. I Love Annie's Fanny
8. Gloria
9. Where Do I Go from Here?

CD Details

All Artists: Horace Silver
Title: Jazz Has a Sense of Humor
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Grp Records
Original Release Date: 8/10/1999
Release Date: 8/10/1999
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo, Bebop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 011105029322, 0011105029322

Synopsis

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Don't let this disc's title or tunes with names like "I Love Annie's Fanny" mislead you into thinking the venerable Horace Silver has put out a novelty record. What we have here is some superb '60s-era soul-jazz composed and arranged by the originator of that genre. Horace, much like Art Blakey, has found some talented young jazzers and schooled them in his music. Trumpeter Ryan Kisor and saxophonist Jimmy Greene play with energy and skill, obviously influenced by the hard-boppers of Silver's generation. With its hip, storytelling heads and stabbing piano rhythms, this music would have sounded just right in 1959, but given Horace Silver's presence, it's not a mere retro-jazz album; rather, it's a continuation of Silver's musical vision, one that has always melded funky rhythms and the bop vernacular into a tasty, accessible whole. --Wally Shoup

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CD Reviews

Upbeat cleverness.

12/16/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"While I'm not a fan of "Hard Bop", this disc is so twisted and thrilling I can't stop listening to it. Each flash-in-the-pan chart harbors a simple but catchy melody. There is no self-conscious jazz on this album. It's all fun and frolicking. "Ah-ma-Tell" is my favorite tune."

Not Quite your Father's Silver

01/03/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The title does tell the story for this generally enjoyable and upbeat CD. Horace Silver made his reputaion as a great composer and most of the new songs put forth are of toe tapping appeal, abeit with some contemporary smoothing of the edges. The improvizations by the new comers are generally inspiring. However, the solos by trumpeter Ryan Kisor sound anemic and boring sometimes, especially if you compared him to Silver's classic quintet trumpeter, Blue Mitchell. And if you put a side the humorous theme of the album, you will find the CD doesn't quite compare to the better works of the classic Silver quintet. The upbeat Silver classic "Blowin'the Blues Away" is an album that's even more enthusiastic and inspiring. Horace Silver is one of my favorite jazz composers and leaders of all time, and this CD continues his legacy in a familiar and toe tapping fashion. But if you are new to Silver's music you may want to experience his classics first."

Oooooh... nothin' better

augmentedfourth | San Diego, CA | 09/05/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This fantastic romp through the complex mind of jazzman Horace Silver will leave you wanting more. It is without a doubt my favorite CD in my whole collection.Get it! It's worth every penny!"