The horace silver quintet drummer roger humphries reflects. Horace silver, the influential hard bopsoul jazz pianist, songwriter and bandleader, was riding high in 1965. The beautiful descending riff played by the horns that begins the african queen, inspired by a folk tune from. Also make sure your drummer checks out roger humphries playing on the original, as his big changes in dynamics are in important part of pulling of this piece. The cape verdean blues featured the added contribution of legendary bop trombonist j. The horace silver quintet at the village gate 1988 blowin the blues away. For example, the outlaw, is vintage horace with its twists and turns containing all sorts of surprises due to its unusual structural form. After the success of song for my father and its hit title cut, horace silver was moved to pay further tribute to his dad, not to mention connect with some of his roots. Horace silver the african queen live at the halfnote. Listen to your favorite songs from the cape verdean blues by horace silver now.
So, the belly dance, blue silver, bonita, brain wave, calcutta cutie. Horace silver quintet the african queen the african queen from horace silver s 1965 lp, the cape verdean blues is one of my alltime favorite jazz cuts. Horace silver the natives are restless tonight discogs. So, the belly dance, blue silver, bonita, brain wave, calcutta cutie, the cape verdean blues, dimples, doin the thing. Rare and essential live recordings that capture the great horace silver quintet in action at new york citys halfnote. The quintet is augmented on the last three tracks on the album by trombonist j. Lp, album, ltd, re, rm, gat blue note, blue note, music matters ltd. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The african queen horace silver make sure everyone understands that the d eb figure in measures 5, 6, etc. Sign up for compositionarranging study program that may include a portion of this material as the course syllabus straight ahead up tempo ah. His song for my father had become a hit, he had put together a new and brilliant quintet, and he had the opportunity to use the masterful trombonist j. All tracks by horace silver, unless otherwise noted. The horace silver quintet the african queen youtube.
Play fulllength songs from african queen a tribute to horace silver by john b. In most cases, we ship items within 1 business day of your order. Williams on your phone, computer and home audio system with napster. Lyrics to the african queen remastered by horace silver. A long version of his hit song for my father gives the pianist and tenor saxophonist joe henderson a chance to explore this landmark work at length. The african queen the preacher out of the night came you soulville. Johnson the cape verdean blues the horace silver quintet plus j. African queen a tribute to horace silver by john b. Horace silver september 2, 1928 june 18, 2014 was an american jazz pianist and composer. His major discography consists of 36 studio albums, 3 live albums and 7 compilations. Like ecaroh, another silver original, it employs both 44 straightahead and latininflected rhythmic passages, but the outlaw does so within an asymmetric construction that employs two sections of. The cape verdean blues hdtracks the worlds greatest. Horace silver the african queen 1965, vinyl discogs.
Silver was initially a sideman, first recording in 1950, then a leader of mainly small groups. Silver was influenced by a wide range of musical styles, notably gospel music, african music, and latin american music. The african queen the preacher out of the night came you soulville song for my father and a bonus chart on cookin at the continental. Description, horace silver select is a collection of 38 intermediatelevel piano. Vinyl 7 horace silver the african queen 1965, vinyl discogs. The cape verdean blues by horace silver on amazon music. The album was inspired by silver s father, john tavares silva, who was born in cape verde track listing. Vitus dance skinney minnie sighin and cryin pretty eyes the african queen bonita the jody.
Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Always a force to be reckoned with, silver s mid60s band was consistently adventurous, original, and funky, anchored in the steady rhythms of bassist larry ridley and drummer roger humphries, and steeped in the passion of joe hendersons tenor sax. He is known for his distinctive humorous and funky playing style, and for his pioneering contributions to hard bop. The horace silver quintet was arguably one of the best jazz combos of the mid60s, and this live cd documents two editions through broadcasts from the half note in new york city. Provided to youtube by universal music group the african queen remastered horace silver the cape verdean blues. The cape verdean blues horace silver, horace silver. I have incredibly vivid memories of listening to this over and over again on repeat while walking home late at night on a humid summer day.
The cape verdean blues is a 1966 album by a jazz quintet led by pianist horace silver. Please refer to the estimated delivery date set by ebay for when your order is due to arrive. Silver s father was born in the island nation of cape verde near west africa before emigrating to the united states, and thats the inspiration behind the cape verdean blues. African queen sheet music for flute, piano, baritone.
Modal horace silver piano carmell jones, blue mitchell trumpet joe. On the resulting album, the cape verdean blues, johnson joins one of silver. Check out the african queen remastered by horace silver on amazon music. The african queen remastered by horace silver on amazon. Horace silver piano woody shaw trumpet joe henderson tenor sax. Also available in itunes more by horace silver see all. Ginettas vendetta summer solstice sessions june 20th 2019, featuring. Johson, whom silver had wanted to work with for quite some time leading up to this album. Album the cape verdean blues, horace silver quintet. Featuring a francis wolff photo of horace silver s reallife dad sitting near a pond on the cover designed by reid miles, song for my father was recorded at rudy van gelders englewood cliffs studio over two datesabout a year apartwith twosets of personnel. The cape verdean blues horace silver quintet to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on.
This is a discography of the recordings of horace silver september 2, 1928 june 18, 2014, an american hard bop jazz pianist. This is a total of 18 complete quintet charts, transcribed from the original recordings complete with all the different outchorus stuff that other people rarely include in some of. Recorded in october 1965 and released the following year cape verdean blues by horace silver deserves to. Song for my father the rudy van gelder edition remastered 1964 doin the thing. Song information for the african queen horace silver quintet on allmusic. The african queen est une composition du prolifique horace silver, inspire des musiques traditionnelles africaines. Cape verdean blues import, remastered horace silver format.
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