Horace Silver - Complete Blue Note Sessions with Art Blakey

Title: Complete Blue Note Sessions with Art Blakey Artist: Horace Silver Release Date: 2003 Re-Released On: 3/30/2004 Label: The Jazz Factory, Jazz Factory Album Type(s): Greatest Hits, Instrumental UPCs: 8436006498541, 766482569946, 822165785420 Genre: Jazz Styles: Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Cheerful, Earthy, Exuberant, Freewheeling, Fun, Humorous, Joyous, Organic, Playful, Sophisticated, Stylish, Bravado, Carefree, Dramatic, Earnest, Energetic, Gritty, Happy, Literate, Lively, Party/Celebratory, Passionate, Rousing, Searching, Slick, Street-Smart, Uplifting, Warm, Witty, Wry Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Horoscope
2. Safari
3. Thou Swell
4. Quicksilver
5. Ecaroh
6. Yeah
7. Knowledge Box
8. Prelude to a Kiss
9. Opus de Funk
10. Day In, Day Out
11. I Remember You
12. Silverware
13. How About You?
14. Buhaina
15. Nothing But the Soul [*]
16. Message from Kenya [*]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2004 CD The Jazz Factory 22854 2003 CD Jazz Factory 22854

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This Spanish import brings together the first three sessions pianist Horace Silver recorded for Blue Note in 1952 and 1953, which subsequently became the pioneering sessions in the hard bop movement. All three sessions feature drummer Art Blakey, but there are three different bassists: Gene Ramey on the October 9, 1952, session; Curly Russell on the October 20, 1952, session; and Percy Heath on November 23, 1953. As an added attraction on the final selection, "Message from Kenya" by Blakey, percussionist Sabú Martinez adds fire and brimstone to the already intense mix. These 16 tracks are not only historical curiosities; they reveal that at the age of 23, Silver was already in full command of his mature style of playing -- albeit being a little less funky than in the later '50s -- and as an arranger as well. One need only to cue up the early takes of "Quicksilver" or "Opus de Funk," or even Duke Ellington's "Prelude to a Kiss," to hear Silver's wildly original rhythmic ideas on both hands. This is an essential and well-priced compilation with fine sound. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Name Credits Art Blakey Drums Curly Russell Bass Eric Mills Liner Notes Gene Ramey Bass Horace Silver Commentary, Piano Martin Williams Liner Notes Pep Faura Design, Concept Percy Heath Bass Sabu Martinez Bongos, Conga