Horace Silver - Rockin' with Rachmaninoff

Title: Rockin' with Rachmaninoff Artist: Horace Silver Release Date: 10/28/2003 Label: Bop City Records UPC: 014381164022 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. Rocky's Overture
2. Rocky Meets the Duke
3. Satchmo's Song
4. Monkeyin' Around With Monk
5. A Ballad for Hawk
6. The Skunky Funky Blues
7. Sunday Mornin' Prayer Meetin'
8. Hallelujah to Ya
9. The Righteous Rumba
10. Lavender Love
11. Rockin' With Rachmaninoff

Year Type Label Catalog # 2003 CD Bop City Records 1640

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Horace Silver's Rockin' With Rachmaninoff was originally conceived as a stage musical, complete with singers, dancers, musicians, and a narrator to tell the story of the composer's idea of Duke Ellington introducing Sergei Rachmaninoff to all the jazz greats in heaven. Though it was only performed a few times during a short run in 1989 at the Barnesdale Theatre in Hollywood, Silver had the foresight to record selections from it two years later, though it would be a dozen additional years before this music became available commercially, released by Bop City. "Rocky's Overture" is a solid opener, featuring the leader and trombonist Andy Martin, while "Rocky Meets the Duke" is a blend of Silver's readily identifiable style of hard bop with the swinging feeling of Ellington. "Satchmo's Song" is a warm waltz sung with gusto by Dawn Burnett, followed by a spirited Michael Mossman trumpet solo. Andy Bey, a favorite of numerous musicians, is featured in several selections, but pays a warm tribute to tenor sax great Coleman Hawkins in "A Ballad for Hawk." Although it is an instrumental, there's no missing the spiritual influence in the driving "Hallelujah to Ya," which has brilliant solos by tenor saxophonist Rickey Woodard and Mossman, as well as the composer. If this CD is any indication as to the quality of Horace Silver's short-lived musical, it must have been one hell of a show; too bad it wasn't videotaped. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

Name Credits Andy Bey Vocals Andy Martin Soloist, Trombone Bob Maize Bass Bob McChesney Trombone Carl Burnett Drums Cheryl Graul Photography Don Hahn Mixing Doug Sax Mastering Doug Webb Sax (Tenor) Frankie Verschuuren Mixing Assistant Gina Zangla Design, Illustrations Horace Silver Soloist, Liner Notes, Producer, Piano James Mooney Engineer Michael Mossman Soloist, Trumpet Ralph Bowen Soloist, Sax (Tenor) Rickey Woodard Sax (Tenor), Soloist Steven Saxton Executive Producer