Artist:Horace Silver
Song:Virgo
Album:6 Pieces Of Horace Silver
Like his old pal Art Blakey, jazz pianist Horace Silver stayed the hard bop course through all the musical trends and is now respected as one of the all time greats. Silver was born Sept. 2, 1928 in Norwalk, CT. He backed up Stan Getz at a 1950 concert in Hartford and Getz was so impressed he took the whole band to New York. In 1953, he founded the Jazz Messengers with Art Blakey and they made some classics recordings for Blue Note. Blakey & Silver split up and 6 Pieces Of Silver was Silver's first solo record in 1956. It's as good as any Jazz Messengers record featuring Hank Mobley on tenor sax, Donald Byrd on trumpet, Doug Watkins on bass and Louis Hayes on drums. Like Blakey, Silver is also known for introducing many young musicians to the jazz audience like Woody Shaw, Randy Brecker & Billy Cobham. Horace Silver continues to record occasionally. His most recent recording was a CD version of his stage musical Rockin' With Rachmaninoff in 2003. Here's Horace Silver performing Cool Eyes on Dutch TV in 1959 with Red Mitchell on trumpet, Junior Cook on tenor sax, Gene Tailor on bass and Louis Hayes on drums.
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