The late, great Dexter Gordon said, "Bebop is the music of the future." Listening to Horace Silver's quintet from 1961 makes me a believer. Mr. Silver was perhaps the greatest of the hard-bop pianists of the late 1950s and early 1960s, but his greatest accomplishment was putting together the tightest bands in the land. The twin threat of Blue Mitchell on trumpet and Junior Cook on tenor saxophone makes every Horace Silver album of this era essential.
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Filthy McNasty (Horace Silver)
The late, great Dexter Gordon said, "Bebop is the music of the future." Listening to Horace Silver's quintet from 1961 makes me a believer. Mr. Silver was perhaps the greatest of the hard-bop pianists of the late 1950s and early 1960s, but his greatest accomplishment was putting together the tightest bands in the land. The twin threat of Blue Mitchell on trumpet and Junior Cook on tenor saxophone makes every Horace Silver album of this era essential.
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