Horace Silver • Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers

 

Review
by Rovi Staff
In 1954, pianist Horace Silver teamed with drummer Art Blakey to form a cooperative ensemble that would combine the dexterity and power of bebop with the midtempo, down-home grooves of blues and gospel music. The results are what would become known as hard bop, and the Jazz Messengers were one of the leading exponents of this significant era in jazz history. Before Silver's departure and Blakey's lifetime of leadership, this first major session by the original Jazz Messengers set the standard by which future incarnations of the group would be measured. The tunes here are all Silver's, save the bopping "Hankerin'" by tenor man Hank Mobley. Such cuts as the opening "Room 608," the bluesy "Creepin' In," and "Hippy" are excellent examples of both Silver's creative composing style and the Messengers' signature sound. Of course, the most remembered tunes from the session are the classic "The Preacher" and "Doodlin'," two quintessential hard bop standards. In all, this set is not only a stunning snapshot of one of the first groups of its kind, but the very definition of a style that dominated jazz in the 1950s and '60s.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/horace-silver-and-the-jazz-messengers-mw0000192509

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Reseña
por Rovi Staff
En 1954, el pianista Horace Silver se asoció con el batería Art Blakey para formar un conjunto cooperativo que combinara la destreza y la fuerza del bebop con los ritmos a medio tiempo y desenfadados del blues y la música gospel. El resultado es lo que se conocería como hard bop, y los Jazz Messengers fueron uno de los principales exponentes de esta importante época de la historia del jazz. Antes de la marcha de Silver y del liderazgo vitalicio de Blakey, esta primera gran sesión de los Jazz Messengers originales marcó la pauta por la que se medirían las futuras encarnaciones del grupo. Todas las melodías son de Silver, excepto el bopping "Hankerin'" del tenor Hank Mobley. Temas como el inicial "Room 608", el blues "Creepin' In" y "Hippy" son excelentes ejemplos tanto del creativo estilo compositivo de Silver como del característico sonido de los Messengers. Por supuesto, los temas más recordados de la sesión son los clásicos "The Preacher" y "Doodlin'", dos estándares del hard bop por excelencia. En conjunto, este conjunto no es sólo una impresionante instantánea de uno de los primeros grupos de su clase, sino la definición misma de un estilo que dominó el jazz en las décadas de 1950 y 1960.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/horace-silver-and-the-jazz-messengers-mw0000192509

Tracks:
1 - Room 608
Written-By – Horace Silver

2 - Creepin' In
Written-By – Horace Silver

3 - Stop Time
Written-By – Horace Silver

4 - To Whom It May Concern
Written-By – Horace Silver

5 - Hippy
Written-By – Horace Silver

6 - The Preacher
Written-By – Horace Silver

7 - Hankerin'
Written-By – Hank Mobley

8 - Doodlin'
Written-By – Horace Silver


Credits:
    Bass – Doug Watkins
    Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
    Drums – Art Blakey
    Liner Notes – Ira Gitler
    Photography By [Cover] – Francis Wolff
    Piano – Horace Silver
    Producer – Alfred Lion
    Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
    Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley
    Transferred By [Digital Transfer] – Ron McMaster
    Trumpet – Kenny Dorham

Notes:
Recorded on November 13, 1954 (#1, 2, 3, 8),
Recorded on February 6, 1955 (#4, 5, 6, 7).
Originally issued as BLP 1518 in 1956.

Label:    Blue Note – CDP 7 46140 2
Country:    US
Released:    1987
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Hard Bop
https://www.discogs.com/release/3190397-Horace-Silver-And-The-Jazz-Messengers-Horace-Silver-And-The-Jazz-Messengers 

 

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