Horace Silver - Safari (1952-1954)

Styles: Bop, Piano Jazz
Year: 1994
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:54
Size: 158,1 MB
Art: Front

(2:49)  1. Safari
(2:55)  2. Thou Swell
(2:49)  3. Yeah
(3:48)  4. Horacescope (Horoscope)
(2:50)  5. Prelude To A Kiss
(3:11)  6. Ecaroh
(3:02)  7. Quicksilver
(2:49)  8. Knowledge Box
(3:28)  9. Opus De Funk
(3:01) 10. Day In, Day Out
(3:43) 11. How About You
(3:55) 12. I Remember You
(2:37) 13. Silverware
(3:05) 14. Buhaina
(6:45) 15. Doodlin'
(7:28) 16. Creepin' In
(5:22) 17. Room 608
(4:08) 18. Stop Time

Silver's music was a major force in modern jazz on at least four counts. He was the first important pioneer of the style known as hard bop, which combined elements of rhythm-and-blues and gospel music with jazz, influencing pianists such as Bobby Timmons, Les McCann, and Ramsey Lewis. Second, the instrumentation of his quintet (trumpet, tenor saxophone, piano, double bass, and drums) served as a model for small jazz groups from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s. Further, Silver's ensembles provided an important training ground for young players, many of whom (such as Donald Byrd, Art Farmer, Blue Mitchell, Woody Shaw, Benny Golson, and Joe Henderson) later led similar groups of their own. Finally, Silver refined the art of composing and arranging for his chosen instrumentation to a level of craftsmanship as yet unsurpassed in jazz. He is a prolific composer, and one of very few jazz musicians to record almost exclusively original material; his work consistently combines simplicity and profundity in a rhythmically infectious style, which, despite its sophistication, sounds completely natural. Several of his compositions have become jazz standards, including The Preacher, Doodliti, Opus de Funk, Seflor Blues, Nica's Dream, Sister Sadie, and Song for my Father. From the mid-1960s Silver has written lyrics as well as music for a series of three quintet recordings, The United States of Mind, and recorded a number of albums featuring the quintet with ensembles of brass, woodwind, percussion, voices, and strings. His quintet continued to tour regularly in the 1980s, performing a wide range of material from his impressive and influential library of original works. ~ Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Safari-1952-1954-Horace-Silver/dp/B0000060SB

Safari (1952-1954)

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