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Horace Silver
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
2.4628
Horace Silver Album Rankings
1
One of Blue Note's greatest mainstream hard bop dates,Song for My Fatheris Horace Silver's signature LP and the peak of a discography already studded with classics.
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2
Blowin' the Blues Awayis one of Horace Silver's all-time Blue Note classics, only upping the ante established onFinger Poppin'for tightly constructed, joyfully infectious hard bop.
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3
Taking in Horace Silver's fertile '50s stretch (volume two covers the '60s), this Blue Note best-of disc is the perfect introductory set for listeners new to the hard bop giant.
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4
Following the subtly modern bent of much ofThe Cape Verdean Blues, Horace Silver recommitted himself to his trademark "funky jazz" sound onThe Jody Grind.
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5
One of the last great Horace Silver albums for Blue Note,Serenade to a Soul Sisteris also one of the pianist's most infectiously cheerful, good-humored outings.
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6
Pianist Horace Silver had his most stable group between 1960 and 1964, when his sidemen included trumpeterBlue Mitchell, tenor saxophonistJunior Cook, bassistGene Taylorand drummerRoy Brooks.
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7
Horace Silver is one of those jazz musicians who, by being more than usually successful became -- precisely as a result of his success -- more than usually overlooked.
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8
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.
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10
Call it anti-bebop. Horace Silver, who along with Art Blakey coined the hard bop movement, did so out of a serious concern for the future of jazz.
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12
Don't worry. This isn't some Victor Borge -style novelty jazz venture or Weird Al Yankovic -esque jazz send-up. As a matter of fact, there isn't a one-liner in sight.
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14
After a 13-year period in which he mostly recorded for his private Silveto label, pianist/composer Horace Silver was rediscovered by Columbia for this session.
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15
This CD's main assets are the many new compositions by Horace Silver and his colorful arrangements for the six-piece brass section.
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24
Horace Silver is not only important because of his contributions as a pianist/composer; he's also been a first-rate talent scout (much like Miles Davis, Chick Corea, and Art Blakey).
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26
Pianist Horace Silver had his most stable group during 1960-64 when his sidemen were trumpeter Blue Mitchell, tenor saxophonist Junior Cook, bassist Gene Taylor and drummer Roy Brooks.
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28
This live set (recorded at the Village Gate) finds pianist/composer Horace Silver and his most acclaimed quintet (the one with trumpeter Blue Mitchell, tenor saxophonist Junior Cook, bassist Gene Tay
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37
The sixth and final recording session by the most famous of Horace Silver's quintets (the version with trumpeter Blue Mitchell and tenor-saxophonist Junior Cook) did not introduce any new classic tun
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