Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers

Horace Silver | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B000005H46
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #356,786 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A true classic, August 10, 1999

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This review is from: Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (Audio CD)

A true classic, this CD found pianist Horace Silver and drummer Art Blakey co-leading the Jazz Messengers; Silver would leave a year later to form his own group. Also featuring trumpeter Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley on tenor and bassist Doug Watkins, this set is most notable for the original versions of Silver's "The Preacher" and "Doodlin'," funky standards that helped launch hard bop and both the Jazz Messengers and Silver's quintet. Essential music.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful recording, December 10, 2002

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Joost Daalder "Joost Daalder" (South Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (Audio CD)

Horace Silver and Art Blakey, that great drummer, probably are the real pivots of this excellent band, but the horns also pack a real punch. The music of Silver, and indeed more generally that of the various groups performing as "The Jazz Messengers", was always very "jazzy": strongly rooted in the blues and hard, driving swing. Here "The Preacher" reminds one of negro spirituals, and it is a wonderfully zestful tune and group-performance. The tempo is usually not as frenzied, on a recording like this, as that of various other performers in similar "East Coast" groups of the time, but the music is utterly powerful. The articulation of musical ideas is wonderfully clear, aesthetic, inventive, and ordered - without the extravagant cascades and mere loudness of sound that some other groups produced. Many other jazz pianists, or drummers for that matter, tend towards little more than accompaniment, but Silver and Blakey have plenty of their own to say. All in all, this record is a "gas": a constantly stimulating companion over the years, uplifting and joyful. Very satisfying to own and play regularly. - Joost Daalder

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential, January 26, 2001

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B. Benedetto (Ipswich, Ma USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (Audio CD)

In my collection of jazz records, this one is easily in the top five. Silver's and Blakey's solos are some of the best in jazz history, but there is really nothing worng about this album. It moves and grooves, and swings hard. If you've never really heard of Horace Silver, I would definitely buy this album.